When it comes to the environment and inequality, world leaders need to start doing what they say
One of the best things about Davos is the train ride up the mountain. It is not just that the views are stunning. Nor is it simply that the trains always run on time. It is also the absence of the noise pollution found when travelling by rail in the UK.
There are no messages telling you the station is being monitored 24 hours by CCTV; nobody telling you it is important for your own safety to stand back from the platform edge or that this is a no-smoking station. Above all, no “See it. Say it. Sorted” messages – a form of acoustic torture that is both constant and mindless. The way to make the railways safer is to do what they do in Switzerland: have a guard on every train.
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