The wrong kind of excuses

Britain and snow don't go together well. So far we've had 48 hours of senior transport executives blaming the wrong kind of weather (again) for road, rail and aircraft fiascos, largely involving machines not moving very far.

Things are never going to change, in spite of global warming.

In 2050, the UK's travel executives are going to blame the wrong kind of heat when rail tracks start melting, cars get stuck in the tarmac and when aircraft get sand stuck in their hydrogen jet engines.

Passengers missing their journeys will get angry when the travel companies do not offer them any drinks, forgetting that water is rationed.

Weather forecasters will predict the end of the crisis after about three months, when the temperature drops. All except a descendent of Michael Fish, who will confidently predict an early hurricane season after a few days.