Voices: The Elizabeth Line isn’t the only thing breaking down...

I’m fortunate, on the whole, that I don’t have to use London’s Elizabeth Line much these days, because this newest part of the capital’s public transport network is fast becoming as unreliable as the ones that date back to the Victorian era.

I say “on the whole” because, reportedly, the , lasting several hours, led to an outbreak of our famous Blitz spirit – the comradeship and talent for improvisation that got Britons through the bombings during with grim gallows humour and the installation of a makeshift loo in a corner.