Look, I've had it up to here with watching people skip through barriers while I'm standing there like a mug, tapping my Oyster card like some kind of law-abiding sucker.
Saturday morning at Stratford station was the final straw. I'm watching this endless parade of chancers hop over barriers while enforcement officers – and I use that term loosely – are basically cosplaying as furniture. My blood pressure hit the roof.
When Politicians Actually Do Something (Shocking, I Know)
Here's the thing about being in politics: you spend most of your time in meetings about meetings, writing strongly-worded letters that nobody reads, and pretending to care about focus group findings. But sometimes – just sometimes – you've got to get off your backside and actually confront the problem head-on.
That's exactly what I did last weekend.
Armed with nothing but a camera phone and years of pent-up frustration, I marched down to one of London's busiest stations to call out Sadiq Khan's complete failure to tackle this mess. The results? Well, let's just say the video's been viewed over 10 million times, so clearly I struck a nerve.
The Establishment's Meltdown Was Predictable
Channel 4 and the Guardian absolutely lost their minds. Not over the blatant law-breaking happening right in front of everyone's faces, mind you – but over me having the audacity to film it and call it out.
Their response was so predictable it was almost boring. "How dare this politician shame people for breaking the law!" they cried, completely missing the point that maybe – just maybe – we should be more concerned about the actual criminality than someone pointing a camera at it.
It's like getting angry at the person who reports a burglary instead of the burglar. Mental.
This Isn't Just About Train Fares
Here's what really gets me: this whole episode is a perfect snapshot of broken Britain in 2025.
Walk down any high street and what do you see? Charity shops, dodgy vape stores, and those weird fake American candy places that nobody can explain. Graffiti covering everything that doesn't move fast enough. Basic standards have gone out the window, and half the establishment seems to think this is perfectly fine.
I spent three hours at that station and watched dozens – literally dozens – of people jump barriers while uniformed staff stood around doing absolutely nothing. What's the point of having enforcement officers if they're too scared or too lazy to enforce anything?
It shouldn't fall to members of the public to police this stuff, but here we are.
The Slippery Slope Nobody Wants to Talk About
This might sound dramatic, but bear with me: when you let petty crime slide, bigger problems follow. It's not rocket science.
If someone can hop a barrier in front of a uniformed officer without consequences, what message does that send? That rules are optional? That enforcement is a joke? That honest people are idiots for following the law?
Once-proud towns and cities are having their soul ripped out by this kind of casual lawlessness, and too many people in positions of power are living in la-la land, pretending it's not happening.
Why Hard-Working People Are Fed Up
Every morning, millions of people drag themselves out of bed, commute into work, and do the right thing. They tap their cards, pay their fares, follow the rules.
Then they watch some chancer waltz through without paying a penny, while they're left feeling like complete mugs for being honest.
That's not just annoying – it's corrosive to the whole idea that following the law matters. And frankly, I'm sick of it.
So yes, I confronted fare-dodgers with a camera. Yes, the liberal media had a meltdown. And no, I'm not sorry.
Sometimes you've got to call out what everyone else is too polite – or too scared – to mention.
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