And replaced by an Eton & Oxford educated baronet, who once famously said: "The homeless are what you step over when you come out of the opera". He should ensure the cabinet keep in touch with the people.

And from the "you couldn't make it up" department, little did he know when he posed for this photograph, it would come back to link a hat-trick of topical news - bicycles, trains and Jimmy Savile



Schadenfreude on its grandest scale

In case any tory apologist thinks that the poster may have been photoshopped, as of this morning, it was still available on Young's official website, including the accompanying text:

On(sic) 1982, along with Jimmy Saville(sic), the Youngs featured on a British Rail poster promoting the transport of bicycles by rail. Sir George had made a critical speech in the House, having found British Rail restrictive and at times unhelpful to cyclists.
Putting his bicycle in the guards van felt like invading someone's private space.When they responded with some improvements, BR invited Sir George to help with their publicity.
(Some of these posters were still up at stations in Ealing during the 1983 General Election campaign. Ingeniously, Sir George's opponents argued that British Rail's publicity programme should be added to Sir George's election expenses. They didn't get very far, as Sir George's name was not on the poster.)

And replaced by an Eton & Oxford educated baronet, who once famously said: "The homeless are what you step over when you come out of the opera". He should ensure the cabinet keep in touch with the people.

And from the "you couldn't make it up" department, little did he know when he posed for this photograph, it would come back to link a hat-trick of topical news - bicycles, trains and Jimmy Savile



Schadenfreude on its grandest scale

In case any tory apologist thinks that the poster may have been photoshopped, as of this morning, it was still available on Young's official website, including the accompanying text:

On(sic) 1982, along with Jimmy Saville(sic), the Youngs featured on a British Rail poster promoting the transport of bicycles by rail. Sir George had made a critical speech in the House, having found British Rail restrictive and at times unhelpful to cyclists.
Putting his bicycle in the guards van felt like invading someone's private space.When they responded with some improvements, BR invited Sir George to help with their publicity.
(Some of these posters were still up at stations in Ealing during the 1983 General Election campaign. Ingeniously, Sir George's opponents argued that British Rail's publicity programme should be added to Sir George's election expenses. They didn't get very far, as Sir George's name was not on the poster.)