Canceling phase 2 was silly, will be built under a different name now.
And pausing the Euston section was also a waste.
Crack on with it all and it will be better long term than pausing and cancelling it
I've heard they still haven't sold the land yet, so there is still hope, seems an awful waste of effort to end at Birmingham. If they sell off the land for the addition platforms at Euston that will be the death nail for sure.
I spent ten years working on the HS2 environmental assessments. Horribly-managed costs, and Rishi's decision to curtail phase two was disastrous.