white elephant

Not even the banks know what to do with this gargantuan white elephant.

Lord Forsyth described the project as "a complete white elephant and a disaster" and Leader of the House Baroness Smith of Basildon called the situation "unacceptable".

“This will turn into a total white elephant,” said Capellán, president of the industrial park near the Dominican Republic.

He added: "The only way that the government can afford this white elephant would be to take money from all the other nations and regions in the UK."

During a debate in the House of Lords, Conservative peer Lord Forsyth called the project a "complete white elephant and a disaster".