Just a new leader - or is it regime change?

Peter Stonham explores the wider world in which public transport has to exist, and the links that will enhance its prospects

The question of leadership is a hot topic at the moment - and how the handover of power is both determined, and its potential consequences. Not just in the Labour Party and North Korea, but the  transport world with the decision of Sir Moir Lockhead to finally retire from FirstGroup in March next year, as the latest in a significant reshuffle at the top of Britain’s passenger transport groups.

The eventual prising of Sir Moir’s fingers off the steering wheel at First has one or...