The magic of May

Theresa May has promised to introduce a new programme to automatically compensate travellers for late trains, quacking “so that when your train is late you won’t have to waste more time getting your money back”.

And she has the cheek to lampoon Jeremy Corbyn for “magic money tree” fantasy politics after coming up with this codswallop?

If there was one railway company under national ownership such a scheme would be feasible, but to imagine half-

a-dozen rail providers who can’t even be trusted to do honest ticket pricing are going to participate like good little boys and girls – rather than glitch and botch their end of the system to ensure most customers will give up in frustration, a piece of cake to accomplish with anything involving computers, the internet and smart phone apps; and in a manner near impossible to prove was deliberate graft – is naivity at best, at worst harebrained desperation for any idea demonstrating empathy with the great unwashed.

Linn Park Gardens Johnstone, Renfrewshire

MARK BOYLE