Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "GBNews" channel.

  1. Starmer has only been in charge for a few days. This is the result of 14 years of Tory incompetence.
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  2.  @peterwilliamallen1063  HS2 needs binning ASAP. We do not not need 100 mile long commuter lines.
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  3.  @peterwilliamallen1063  You do not get it. Stop sucking in HS2 propaganda. London wants to use the existing mainlines for largely commuting. The Chiltern was downrated to a commuter line. Southern end of MML was largely turned over to Thameslink. The MML was only electrified to Bedford, where Thameslink stopped. Wise up.
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  4.  @peterwilliamallen1063  It is obvious you have little idea. The Chiltern ran the London-Birmingham/West Mids services. The WCML was electrified then all cities to the west were put on the WCML in 1966. The Chiltern Line was downgraded to a purely commuter line with many major stations on the line having their through lines removed. Despite the downgrade Chiltern Railways saw a slot then reintroduced a London-Birmingham service on this slow diesel line after about a 20 year gap. HS2 need 100% cancelling, except for the London to Aylesbury section as the Chiltern tunnels are already under construction, so may as well keep them. Merge this section of HS2 into the Chiltern then upgrade the Chiltern. As the Chiltern is a more direct route, it will match HS2 times to Birmingham. Then the WCML south of Birmingham is relieved of Birmingham trains, giving great gains there. Also, commuting to London from around Aylesbury will be faster with more trains. Th rest of the country needs the bottleneck removed on the WCML, ECML & MML. Also full in-cab digital signalling with faster trains (Alstom Liberty does 180mph on existing track). What is also needed is a bypass tunnel under Crewe station. Gt.Central from Aylesbury to Leicester needs reopening for passengers and freight. This will add two extra tracks to the WCML from Rugby to London.
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  5.  @degsbabe  Pure opinion. Do you know Vine's background? Like presenter on Newsnight?
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  6.  @peterwilliamallen1063  London by stealth has stolen the southern end of mainlines for its commuters. So London wanted another line to extend its commuter belt.... and take some of the mainline traffic.
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  7.  @peterwilliamallen1063  Capacity is NOT a problem. That is HS2 Ltd propaganda. HS2 needs halting at Aylesbury. The Chiltern tunnels are underway so build them. Run HS2 track onto an upgraded Chiltern line - it is still only diesel. Call it another name as HS2 is a red rag to a bull. London to Birmingham will be about the same journey time as HS2 as the route is more direct. HS2 London to Birmingham is 52 mins according to the DfT. Quite slow for a high speed line. Then open up 40 miles of Beeching cut track from Aylesbury to the WCML at Rugby. Make it 4-track with two slow tracks serving the towns along the route. This will give high speed track from London to the WCML at Rugby. This will give two extra tracks for the WCML into London via Aylesbury. So the Birmingham and West Mids train will be off the WCML. WCML has more capacity. London gets what it wants: * The London to Aylesbury commuter corridor has faster and more trains. * The London to MK commuter corridor has faster and more trains. BoJo gets a face saving way out and kudos, opening up a Beeching closure. For the East Mids... The Aylesbury to Rugby line can extend to Leicester (It is the old Gt.Central) then connect onto the MML, so giving extra capacity to the MML. This is the best way out... and far cheaper. A no-brainer.
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  8. HS2 has to be binned. The spiraling costs are out of control.
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  9.  @oliverflanagan7623  It appears you do not know the aim of Vine's show.
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  10. HS2 reminds me of the USSR. Officials had reserved lanes in roads just for them. HS2 will be so expensive few will use it except HMG men and rich finance people. At least the Soviets were up front. We do it by another means that cons people.
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  11. Steve made millions hsppy, thinking they knew him giving them a warm feeling 6 days a week. He paid a big personal price for that. His marriage and health. In jobs I have had I refused to work weekends as my personal life was more important.
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  12. He was not sacked. He was moved. He had two BBC weekend shows. Look, when he was moved from the breakfast show in favour of Chris Evans, the ratings went up by 600,000. Steve was moved from the breakfast slot back to the afternoon slot. It worked.
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  13. What were all those flags about at Southport? Buntings for funerals?
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  14. Starmer has only been in charge for a few days. This is the result of 14 years of Tory incompetence. Since 2010 the population has risen five million. FACTS are wonderful things.
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  15. So Birmingham will get its THIRD line to London.
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  16. phase 1 :- London Euston to WCML at Lichfield, with a branch to Birmingham; phase 2a :- Lichfield to Crewe; phase 2b :- i) branch at Birmingham to the ECML at York with branch to Leeds. i ii) Crewe to WCML at Wigan with a branch to Manchester. Sunak has said that only phase 1 will be built. That is Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow will be on HS2 after phase 1 completion.
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  17. You make me larf.
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  18. Steve was brilliant, but he openly said he based a lot of it on Kenny Everett. Kenny seems to be forgotten these days.
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  19. phase 1 is from Old Oak Common to the WCML at Lichfield, with a branch to Birmingham. After phase 1 is completed the times from London to Manchester is 1 hr 30 mins. Is that slow! Then as the Liverpool, Glasgow, B'ham and Manchester trains are off the WCML and onto HS2 there is more capacity on the WCML. Why all the whingeing?
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  20.  @boostar155  It is best to listen to what he has said. 1) He will get the people trafficers. Stop it at source - aboard. 2) Also process asylum seekers quickly, meaning most will be deported. Facts are wonderful things.
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  21.  @harrizar1772206  Starmer inherited a 1945 situation by the previous buffoons. A long crawl out. Equating Labour to the Tories is downright silly.
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  22. Vine's show is a very different show.
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  23.  @degsbabe  Try basing it on some facts. Facts are wonderful things.
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  24.  @slippery-out-there  What silly world are you in? Vine is a political journo with a radio show focusing on current affairs, a completely different focus and field to Wright's. You never realized that did you! The comments on here prove to me that people should be give IQ tests before being sold computers.
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  25.  @erniewild277  Oh! A Daily Mail Reader.
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  26. Needs Land Value Tax. That will sort it out.
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  27. @JB-1976 You make me larf.
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  28.  @jermainetrainallen6416  Any gain from HS2 over upgrading the existing network is so minimal it does not justify the horrendous cost.
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  29.  @jermainetrainallen6416  Capacity is NOT a problem. That is HS2 Ltd propaganda. HS2 needs halting at Aylesbury. The Chiltern tunnels are underway so build them. Run HS2 track onto an upgraded Chiltern line at Aylesbury - it is still only diesel. Call it another name as HS2 is a red rag to a bull. London to Birmingham will be about the same journey time as HS2 as the route is more direct. HS2 London to Birmingham is 52 mins according to the DfT. Quite slow for a high speed line. Then open up 40 miles of Beeching cut track from Aylesbury to the WCML at Rugby. Make it 4-track with two slow tracks serving the towns along the route. This will give high speed track from London to the WCML at Rugby. This will give two extra tracks for the WCML into London via Aylesbury. So the Birmingham and West Mids train will be off the WCML. WCML has more capacity. London gets what it wants: * The London to Aylesbury commuter corridor has faster and more trains. * The London to MK commuter corridor has faster and more trains. BoJo gets a face saving way out and kudos, opening up a Beeching closure. For the East Mids... The Aylesbury to Rugby line can extend to Leicester (It is the old Gt.Central) then connect onto the MML, so giving extra capacity to the MML. This is the best way out... and far cheaper. A no-brainer.
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  30.  @jermainetrainallen6416  Capacity is NOT a problem, and less so since Covid and Zoom. Understand what I write. On the Chiltern the most used section is the London commuting section. Having a new fast line from Old Oak Common to Aylesbury give more capacity on that section. Upgrading the Chiltern will mean some 4-tracking in parts and reintroducing the passing loops at some stations. The only section of the network that had a potential future capacity problem was the WCML south of MK. Taking the B'ham trains off the WCML also relieves that section. Reuse the Beeching cut lines from Aylesbury to the WCML at Rugby, gives a high speed line from London to the WCML at Rugby via Aylesbury. Then the WCML gets two extra tracks into London. All his adds so much value for a pittance to the full HS2. All official reports on HS2 have mentioned that expanding and upgrading the existing network was never seriously looked into. read the likes of Christian Wolmar, Michael Byng, etc.
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  31. Oh my Lord! Such right-wing drivel!
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  32.  @dogbreaththe3rd851  ....and you are in cloud cuckoo land.
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  33. Have you listened to his views? Nazis 1930s talk.
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  34. JFK was right in relation to the USA, as the system doe not allow enough change. Why isn't Trump in jail for the Capitol uprising?
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  35.  @Nighthawk-m9u  How?
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  36. In hindsight moving Steve to a few shows a week was the right thing to do. He was pushing 70 needing to get his lifestyle and diet sorted and spend more time with his children. People who dedicate their lives to their jobs invariably end up like Steve. He should have used his new found time to sort himself out.
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  37. It is best to listen to what Starmer has said. 1) He will get the people trafficers. Stop it at source - aboard. 2) Also process asylum seekers quickly, meaning most will be deported. Facts are wonderful things.
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  38. phase 1 is staying, which runs onto the WCML at Handsacre. This means Manchester will be 1 hr 30 mins from London. That is not slow. It will not be just a London to Birmingham line at all. Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester will all have services run on phase 1.
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  39.  @joshuacorden4295  phase 1 is staying for sure. The Tories took the bad design and approved it, then after constant criticism, still went ahead. Labour only offered a concept.
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  40. All the qualities are saying phase 2 will be cancelled.
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  41.  @peterwilliamallen1063  It is not me that is saying it. It is the qualities.
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  42.  @peterwilliamallen1063  You are silly.
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  43. People have to take to the streets this Spring and Summer to force an election.
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  44. phase 1 is from Old Oak Common to the WCML at Lichfield, with a branch to Birmingham. After phase 1 is completed the times from London to Manchester is 1 hr 30 mins. Is that slow! Then as the Liverpool, Glasgow, B'ham and Manchester trains are off the WCML and onto HS2 there is more capacity on the WCML. Why all the whingeing?
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  45. You are confused.
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  46.  @intellectualproperty17  Nope. They have been replaced many times over the years.
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  47. Cancel HS2 then lots of money.
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  48. You make me larf.
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  49. HS2 need halting at Aylesbury. The Chiltern tunnels are underway so build them. Run HS2 track onto an upgraded Chiltern line - it is still only diesel. Call it another name as HS2 is a red rag to a bull. London to Birmingham will be about the same journey time as HS2 as the route is more direct. HS2 London to Birmingham is 52 mins according to the DfT. Quite slow for a high speed line. Then open up 40 miles of Beeching cut track from Aylesbury to the WCML at Rugby. Make it 4-track with two slow tracks serving the towns along the route. This will give high speed track from London to the WCML at Rugby. This will give two extra tracks for the WCML into London via Aylesbury. So the Birmingham and West Mids train will be off the WCML. WCML has more capacity. London gets what it wants: * The London to Aylesbury commuter corridor has faster and more trains. * The London to MK commuter corridor has faster and more trains. BoJo gets a face saving way out and kudos, opening up a Beeching closure. For the East Mids... The Aylesbury to Rugby line can extend to Leicester (It is the old Gt.Central) then connect onto the MML, so giving extra capacity to the MML. This is the best way out... and far cheaper. A no-brainer.
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