A Grand Day Out

MPs arriving at this morning’s meeting of the Welsh Grand committee were met with a frosty reception – from the room itself. In fact it was so cold that one of my pens stopped working. But that didn’t stop the MPs trying to generate their own heat.  This was better natured than the last time [...]

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Resignations and railway lines.

This morning’s Telegraph has further details on claims that the Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan would be willing to resign over plans to build a high-speed rail link through her Buckinghamshire constituency. She’s quoted as telling Andrew Gilligan, “I would defy the party whip – be very, very sure of that. My constituency comes first in all [...]

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