In the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty on the railways as a result of the pandemic, it is surprising that considerable sums of money and much time and energy is being devoted to the concept of driverlessness. The idea that you can get rid of drivers is a regular theme of speeches at fringe meetings at the Conservative party conference, and in the output of like-minded think tanks.

How idiotic it would be, if a Gastrologist, who classified all people according to the food they ate, were to define a grown man as a potatophile, or a herringophile, according to the favorite dish of one’s childhood, or youth.

Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?

Even Warren Buffett was skeptical of Amazon way back when.