Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kii te kaihautū atarangi a Ed Balls ka taea e te roopu te whakaroa i te HS2 kia neke atu i Birmingham hei painga mo te raina hou ki te Rawhiti-Hauauru. Kua whakapaehia a Labour mo te tuku i te 'whainga ki te raki' i muri i tana whakaaro ka whakarerea e ia tetahi raina tereina tere tere ki Manchester me Leeds. I kii te kaiwawao atarangi a Ed Balls ka taea e te roopu te whakaroa i te haere o HS2 ki tua atu o Birmingham hei painga mo te raina hou ki te Rawhiti-Hauauru. I kī a David Cameron kei te 'whakamoea te iwi i roto i ngā rohe nui o tō tātou whenua' a Labour. Engari i kii a Mr Balls ko te aro nui ki te waahanga tuarua o HS2 <unk> e hono ana i Birmingham ki Manchester me Leeds <unk> kaore he whakaaro pakihi, ohanga ranei. Ka mea a Mr Balls: 'Ko te haere tonu me te mahi i te rawhiti-hauauru inaianei te mea nui.' I tautoko i mua a Labour i te HS2, ka nui ake i te £50 piriona te utu, ahakoa i mohiotia a Mr Balls he feaa mo taua mea. I korero a Mr Balls i muri i te uiuinga a te Whare o nga Rangatira i whakatupato i te kore o te Kawanatanga ki te 'whakapono i te take' mo te raina tere tere tere, me te whakatau ko te whakapai ake i nga hononga tereina o te rawhiti-hauauru ka pai ake mo te ohanga. Ka anga whakamua a Labour ki ngā mahere ki te hanga i tētahi rārangi hou i waenganui i Rānana me Pirimia, me te mahi ka tīmata i te tau 2017. Engari ka whakaarohia ano e ia te waahanga tuarua o te kaupapa, e whakawhānui ana i te raina mai i Birmingham ki Leeds me Manchester, a ka timata te hanganga i waenganui o te 2020. Engari, i kii a Mr Balls ka kawea mai e nga kaimahi nga mahere rite ki te HS3 e kiia nei, he raina hou e whakaarohia ana e hono ana i te Raki-rawhiti me te Raki-uru. I mea ia: 'Ka hiahia ahau ki te matapaki me pehea e taea ai e taatau te whakapai ake i nga hononga rawhiti-hauauru me David Higgins mai i te ra tuatahi, a ki taku whakaaro koinei tetahi mea ka tere haere tatou i te wa e paatai ana tatou i nga paatai nui mo te waahanga tuarua o HS2.' I tāpiri atu ia: 'Ko te whakaaro kia tatari tatou ki te mahi ki te rawhiti-hauauru kia oti ra ano i a tatou te waahanga tuarua o te raki-hauauru he mea poauau. Kaore he tikanga ohaoha, o te pakihi ranei. " I tautokohia e Labour i mua ake nei te HS2, ka nui ake i te £50 piriona te utu, e hono ana i Rānana ki Manchester me Leeds...
I kii te Pirimia kei te 'whakamoea te iwi i nga rohe nui o te whenua' I kii a Ed Balls ko te whakawhānui i te HS2 ki tua atu o Birmingham kaore he tikanga ohaoha I kii te Kaiwhakahaere o te Kaimahi ka titiro tuatahi ki te raina hou o te Rawhiti me te Hauauru.