Our current minister for rail is unusual for a minister of anything in that he’s not worked his way through the political ranks, but has instead come up through the institutions as a specialist who actually knows his portfolio thanks to a whole career of direct experience.
On his appointment, it proved a welcome change for the industry itself. Most ministers have more party politics in their CVs.
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