Yes, Britain’s railways are a mess. But is anyone sober enough to care? | Zoe Williams

Prosecco for the birthday party, Pimm’s for the horsey bunch, some cheeky Stellas for the short-haul crowd: it was all going down on my train the other morning On Saturday I went to Liverpool with my youngest, and the overhead lines went down at Crewe, but also there were crew…

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