Keeping up appearances
The photos above are a)the official headshot and b)a picture taken some time ago ,of Justine Greenings, Secretary of State for Transpost in the British Parliment. Now, why, I hear you ask, am I putting photos of a British MP on my blog.I will explain......today I had to spend some time in a posh hospital and luckily it involved an extended period of watching Sky news on a Sony Bravia flat screen. (I would like to point out that I was there in a personal capacity, not as part of my job, before you all think Sony Bravia viewing is acceptable during a public servants workling day!) There was great excitement in advance of the Secretary of State for Transport's official announcement of the approval of the HS2 High Speed train, which would travel at 225km per hour from London to Birmingham in 49 minutes !!!! I kid you not. In advance of going "live" to the Commons, we heard from locals who lived in various villages along the route who were not happy, we viewed a couple of quie...