Honourable Members were keen to have more trains so long as the new lines did not run through their constituencies.
David Amess 19/12/1990
Category: Not In My Back Yard, Railways
Anyone who can remain popular and respected while running the west coast mainline must be made of Teflon.
Matthew Taylor (IPPR)
Category: Railways
I'll always be fond of dear Ted, but there's no sympathy in politics.
Margaret Thatcher
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