If you live in England, particularly south east england then you will know what this byline is referring to without even reading a word of this blog.  Psychic?  No, just sick and tired of our public transport system.  Here are common reasons for our train service not running on time, or indeed run at all:

1. Leaves on the line
2. 'Signal failure' (did someone jump a light you might ask)
3. Heavy rain fall
4. Snow/Sleet/hail
5. Too hot
6. Too cold
7. Not enough staff
8. Fault with the train
9. Someone sneezed

Ok, maybe not the last one- but it might have been, but they do tend to make up reasons and play the most vague reason via the tannoy.
This week i.e yesterday and today the reason selected was number 4.  Quite a few inches of snow fell over Sunday night and Monday leaving us without the use of our cars, bikes and even public transport.  Now let's state the obvious: the government is trying to get us to use publi transport.  Now pray tell me this Mr 'President' of 'Britain' how can we use public transport when -

      (a) it isn't running at all
      (b) it cannot cope with rush hour traffic as it stands at the moment
      (c) so many delays occur unannounced that people would be late for work and therefore receive disciplinaries

Lets also not forget the fact that although we are in financial troubles we also have to build and host an amazing olypics, add the fact that English workmen have somehow got to actually finish on time.  How will our transport system cope with all these extra bodies when it cannot cope at the moment?

Lets move on.  Norway, Sweden and other countries such as Canada do get quite nippy and get many feet of snow.  They also have nice warm summers.  When the weather sneezes their transport system doesn't break down.  When the temperatures reach -25 and below, the transport system pays no heed.  Why therefore when they have a wider range of temperatures are our politicians saying that we are encountering 'such adverse and extreme conditions' may I ask?  Any why, when other countries technologies with coping with all of this is available to see, is our transport system so _____ (fill the blank).
Transport leaders and politicians state that we need investment before we can see improvements, now this has been said for many a year and this country is in so much debt it is as long as a time warp from Quantum Leap.  Our commuters pay price hikes each January for less trains, trains with less carriages and delays.  Pray tell when this investment we have all been paying into will occur?

So ladies and gentlemen,  this is my argument, and one that I am sure that many of us hold.  As like tens of thoudands, and yesterday, millions of workers, I am yet again, unable to go to work to do my job.

Many thanks