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Old January 15th 18, 10:44 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Heathrow Hyperloop hype

On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:59:42 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 15/01/2018 09:19, Recliner wrote:
Here's the latest hyperloop hype from CES, now proposed as a means of
providing very fast links between Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, instead
of a new runway:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...gatwick-hyperl
op-instead-third-runway-says-branson/

Extracts:

His aspirations to send tourists into space have been notorious for
setbacks, missed deadlines and broken promises.


Ah, more anti-Branson hype from the Torygraph, what's the matter,
doesn't he make big enough donations to tory funds?


I suspect his crime, in the Telegraph's view, is that he's strongly
anti-Brexit. And perhaps he fell out with the Barclay twins at some point?


Branson lost his right to comment on Brexit when he ****ed off to live on
his rock in the atlantic and not pay any tax. That, the desperate self
publicity and the blatant hypocrisy** are what get up peoples noses about this
bearded twerp.

** eg recent conversion to the enviromental cause. A bit rich coming from a
man who runs an airline and is probably single handedly responsible for more
CO2 having been generated than anyone else in the UK currently living.