Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, worked up over nothing

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown a jounalist that I normally quite respect, having the courage to sometimes point out that the Muslim community is not all sweetness and light, appears to have got all hot and bothered about supposed racism in Yorkshire. Apparently she didn't like being made to feel that she did not belong in first class. Because she didn't, having not even bothered to get a ticket before boarding.

On my way to Harrogate to speak at a conference on hospice care, I am late, so rush on without a ticket. Standard class is packed and, with a column to write for the Evening Standard en route, I decide to go first class.

Sorry but even journalists have to pay for things they want, sometimes. I know this whole having to use money to buy stuff can be a bit of a drag, but it is not like white people are exempted from it. The cash point does not have a secret honky button where it will spit out the readies even if you don't have a bean to your name. I know, I've searched for it very thoroughly. At times desperately. It is not there.