This from Our Man by the Photocopier...
Virgin Trains has issued a timely press release about Christmas travel which includes the following wise advice:
Planning ahead is the best way to ensure you get back home to your nearest and dearest without a hitch this Christmas.
With less than a month to go before the present West Coast franchise runs out of steam and with still no confirmation of what will happen after 02.00 on 9 December let’s hope this release was sent as an advisory to DafT, where there is precious little indication of any kind of planning and absolutely none of actually getting things done.
Indeed, if the present impasse between Euston and Horseferry Road is not resolved pdq, the only way to get home for Christmas on West Coast will be a nice brisk walk.