It will be interesting to see if the current travel misery deliberately being inflicted on London and its commuters, and the leaving of the union-friendly EU, triggers long overdue union reform., and perhaps some sensible new laws making the striking employees liable to compensation claims.

A proposed compensation claim against Southern Rail by a group of commuters would seem to have no merit at all, save for the unions who are doubtless delighted to see more pressure being put on their member’s employer, and the solicitor paid for bringing the claim.

Transport staff are eight times more likely to go on strike than the rest of the UK workforce, whether encouraged by their paid sponsor Jeremy Corbyn or not, official figures show.