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Jess Phillips: Boris Johnson ruined my son’s birthday

Jess Phillips’s frustration at Britain’s trains is a feeling plenty of commuters can relate to. But Mr S isn’t so sure the MP for Birmingham Yardley is right to blame Boris Johnson for the current misery at Euston – or for spoiling her son’s birthday:

The problems at Euston are caused by a broken down train that is blocking the line in and out of London, according to Virgin Trains. It’s possible to blame the PM for plenty of things, but Mr S isn’t sure this is one of them…

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