I finally cracked on a Merseyrail train when I saw what another passenger was doing

Need to knowOn Tuesday morning, it all got too much for me11:53, 01 Aug 2026Political Editor Liam Thorp on a Merseyrail train(Image: Liam Thorp)ECHO Political Editor Liam Thorp discusses his experience of anti-social behaviour on a train ride this weekThere is a chance that as I approach the latter years of my 30s, and as the stress of having two children under the age of three tears away at what is left of my sunny disposition, I am becoming a bit of a grump.But that issue pales into insignificance in the blood-boiling ranks when compared with what appears to be a worrying and rising trend in public places. I can't be the only one who has noticed more and more people thinking it is absolutely fine to blast loud music or videos from their phones on public transport, or to have very loud co