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But it is really: as we saw on Friday, there's no comeback to them. There's nothing stopping them saying that they're not able to run a service as they don't have the staff and there's nothing anyone can do to them (if there was, Barber would sure have done it)

But surely a contract would entail supplying trains. If they don't deliver, then shouldn't we get our money back?

That should be the first thing to do. it would save the Albion money. It would have no effect, Southern get paid by the government regardless of how many passengers on the trains - that's the problem with Barber's letter. GTR don't care as it doesn't effect their income and the government...

A bit harsh to blame local politicians: Kyle and Lucas have been very active, meeting commuters at the station, gathering responses from passengers and lobbying ministers. They're only individual MPs, they're very limited in their power. And local councillors have even less power, I'm not sure...