by Simon MacCulloch

“Services previously run by South Western Railway (SWR) are the first to be brought under public control
by the Labour Government… The first SWR service under public ownership… will be a rail replacement bus.”
—ITV News

It seems a bit churlish to fuss
When they take back the railways for us,
But let me explain:
When I pay for a train
It’s a train I expect, not a bus.