Stinky trains and squashed tomatoes

I spotted a rather dull article in the Metro this morning (one of many), as I stood on a chilly platform waiting for the 07.58. I had to abandon reading it as the train approached, and instead put on my determined ‘I’m-going-to-do-this-but-I-know-it’s-going-to-be-bad’ grimace as I prepared to board, ready to be hit by that wall of smell which can only be described as a sweaty dog mixed with overtones of early morning passenger excretions. Oh the joy of trains.But I digress. The article itself was a rather uninspiring blurb with the title “Injury lawyer bills '480 per cent higher' than compensation payouts”. True to form, you might say, for the Metro. Sigh.Thinking this would be classic Law Actually material, I went back to the article via their webpage, only to spot something much more interesting, albeit rather dated now. Goodness knows how I missed it at the time.It was so good, I thought I wouldn’t trust the Metro any further so I skipped off to search for it on googl…