Simon Nixon

Bring back Beeching

Simon Nixon says that we must build more motorways – and scrap railway lines

issue 02 August 2003

Simon Nixon says that we must build more motorways – and scrap railway lines

Perhaps the most important discovery I have made over the last few years is that the way to stay sane in Britain is never to use public transport. The Department of Health tells us to eat five portions of fruit a day and to give up booze and fags.

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