The problem with some of the things (which I actually agree with), is that many people whine about the costs and the fact it would need to be a nationalised industry, since private sector wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

I would love to see big engineering projects returning to Britain and have high-speed rail akin to France and Japan. British Rail was basically the blueprint which everyone else copied and improved upon while we stuck with the past. Many of his other ideas in that article I agree with.