Transport heads replaced ‘more regularly than buses’ say papers

In the acres of newsprint about the political machinations behind the departure of Ruth Kelly, one or two papers commented briefly on how rapidly transport secretaries seem to come and go. Rik Thomas reports

Transport secretary Ruth Kelly’s admission that she is resigning from the Government, made towards the end of the Labour Party’s annual conference last week, unsurprisingly generated a large amount of media coverage, although most of this dealt with political issues with no direct impact on the Government’s transport policies. For example, on 25 September The Daily Mail devoted part of its front page and two full inside pages to Kelly’s departure without once mentioning...

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