Sir, Jeremy Corbyn became my hero on Wednesday for recommending women-only carriages (report, Aug 27). I could have done with such discrimination last February when I was “imprisoned” for an hour on a late-night train from Milton Keynes by a dozen female revellers on a hen party trip. I had balloons exploding in my face, streamers raining down on me from all directions, the most appalling fox-like vocals ringing in my ears and glasses of bubbly splashing on my best blue velvet suit. When I tried to make a strategic withdrawal to the toilet I found the door jammed. It really was hell on earth, though one lady carrying a cardboard cutout of a Chippendale described it as “hen heaven”.
I do hope Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister and legislates at the earliest opportunity.
Paul Thomas
Headington, Oxford