In charts: drought risk as England faces driest year this century 📊 https://www.ft.com/content/8e69c305-8f22-4052-817d-5397f107d8c8

Olaf Scholz mocked British railways over “broken tracks and bad trains”, claiming that "nothing works any more” in the UK. Turns out: Germany rail problems have become so bad that Deutsche Bahn long-distance service is less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain. www.ft.com/content/d3b6...

My article comparing British and German rail punctuality in the @financialtimes.com today with @olafstorbeck.ft.com While British trains perform poorly, the German network suffers even more from delays, especially on intercity lines. on.ft.com/4gKX4Sf

In a debate last week, Olaf Scholz argued that rail privatisation in Germany would “end as badly as in England, where nothing works any more”.  But how does Deutsche Bahn really compare to UK trains? @jonathanvincent.bsky.social crunched a few billion datapoints to check: on.ft.com/4hFuxyX