that was hezbolla's deputy leader, naim qassem speaking to my colleaguejeremy bowen.the next few days, you may notice some changes. virgin trains, a familiar sight on the route between london and glasgow, is disappearing after more than 20 years, to make way for a new operator. remember those days? tony blair in no 10 and the spice girls were the biggest band in the world. that year, virgin won one of the first franchises to come out of the privatisation of the railways. it promised more trains in and out of london, faster speed and tilting trains, all designed to get more of us off the road and onto the railway. but did it work? well, virgin trains say the passenger numbers have more than doubled on this line but passengerjourneys across the whole of britain have also doubled since 1997. true, the faster services have been cut between london and manchester by half—an—hour. the rail regulator says that virgin trains are less punctual than the national average. also, the average distance of operators says it is down to network rail. so what is the verdict from passenge