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transport secretaries are like trains : july 2007 : david millward : uk : telegraph blogs where am i? telegraph.co.uk telegraph blogs uk blog home david millward blog home telegraph blogs search   blogs home uk foreign business technology politics arts sport society travel motoring fashion gardening david millwardon transport more uk correspondents blogs david millward has been the telegraph’s transport correspondent for more than a year and been on the paper’s staff since 1982. previously he has reported on sports news, politics and has the proud distinction of having been thrown out of yugoslavia. he is married and has two cats. technorati profile print this pageemail this page click on the button for your rss reader if your rss reader is not shown, click the 'other reader' link for the feed page google reader or homepage my yahoo! bloglines my aol technorati favorites netvibes pageflakes windows live other readers transport secretaries are like trainsposted by david millward on 03 jul 2007  at 10:06  tags: david cameron, transport, government, trains, stephen ladyman, chris graylingi have been the telegraph's transport correspondent for about two and a half years - not that long really. but already i am on my third secretary of state and, come to think of it, third tory shadow as well.it's easy to miss transport department reshufflescome to think of it, i have now been involved in transport longer than any member of the current transport ministerial team.all of those who were in place when i arrived have gone. even stephen ladyman, who entered the department for transport in may 2005, has been shuttled off.does it matter? yes it does. transport has - for far too long - been a staging post for politicians on the way up or on the way out.in stephen ladyman, transport had a roads minister who knew his stuff and did not have to be briefed up to the eyeballs.when it came to fielding the flak over road pricing and facing the angry voters it was ladyman - and not his upwardly mobile boss, douglas alexander, who stuck his head over the parapet.in my fantasy reshuffle he would have been promoted to secretary of state, but he has been shabbily treated. the tories have hardly fared better. in chris grayling, they had something rare in an opposition spokesman, somebody who was ready to work on policies for government, rather than merely slagging off the other side.about the only other i can think of is the much - and unjustly - maligned john prescott who, unlike many of his colleagues, took into account that labour could find itself running the country.but david cameron, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to shift grayling to more important work.as you wait at the platform just remember transport secretaries and ministers and their shadows are like trains -there will be another one along soon.posted by david millward on 03 jul 2007 at 10:06post to: del.icio.usdiggnewsvinenowpublicredditcomments [0]back to top comments there are no comments for this post so far comment on this post you must be logged on to leave a comment. join the debate with the telegraphs' reader community: read blogs from other telegraph readers write your own blog share your opinions with the rest of the community save all your comments in one place joining is free and only takes a few moments sign up now | log in blog archive july 2007 june 2007 may 07 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 december 06 november 2006 october 2006 september 2006 august 2006 view all david millward's tags "the nitwits" 2007 4x4s aa advertising aer lingus air fares air transport summit air travel airline airlines airport link airport security alistair darling america american immigration anfield ann coulter anti road-pricing petition arctic monkeys arsenal aston villa aviation baa badges ban baulking bill clinton blackpool bluetooth boeing 787 books borders bp breadwinner britain british airways british waters budget airlines cabinet car carbon emissions cardiff cars cats challenge champions league charles kennedy chelsea chelsea tractors chicago children chores chris grayling civil aviation authority climate change co2 co2 emissions commercialism commute commuting compensation computers congestion congestion charge conservation conservatives david cameron delays department of transport douglas alexander driving elections environment fans football gordon brown green liberal democrats london motoring motorists music passengers politics public transport railway road pricing road safety ryanair security sport tax technology tony blair tories trains transport travel usa   © copyright of telegraph media group limited 2006. powered by irpublish™ v5.2.5035.1112 and irblog™ v1.5.2302.0.  
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