Two of those articles are from early 2018 and the other two from 2017. I'm not saying Virgin trains are perfect by any means but are you aware of the shambles of the May'18 timetable changes (not all the fault of train operators admittedly) or that Northern have had strikes every Saturday for months and months with further cancellations of some Sunday services.
Anyway, as 22/04 wrote, back to thread. Not being aware of all the legal implications, I am nervous about Mr T's intervention by buying that chunk of shares. There was a reported denial that it was done to scupper the deal but it begs the question why he would pay the price he did if he was only going to get 1p for them. How likely is it that it would force a higher offer?