The prison service is indeed understaffed. Prison staff and police officers were handed their P45s en masse when Chris Grayling was Justice Secretary. Unsurprisingly there is now a staffing crisis in both services. He is now in charge of transport and is allowing a jaw-droppingly inept train operator like Southern to get way with murder. They would struggle to run an 00 Gauge train set. I think I will book a precautionary check-up with my GP, in case the PM is thinking of letting him anywhere near the NHS next year. Bill Ball, Hayward Road, Lewes