London To Birmingham 49 mins

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I did hear of a space plane being planned that could fly from Australia to the UK. Flting time about 2.5 hours, so not quite the 49 minutes you're after.

Investors invest in the hope that they will get more money out of a company than they put in, or they wouldnt do it. There is only one place this money can come from and that's customers. You are saying that people who are unemployed or sick have never paid income tax and you are also confusing income tax with tax. Have you never heard of VAT or the myriad of other duties and taxes?