David Cameron: From Paddington to Penzance, South West is back in…
After yesterday’s reopening of the Dawlish railway line, Prime Minister David Cameron writes for the Western Daily Press, announcing that the South West is back in business. And not a moment too soon.
It became one of the defining images of this winter’s storms: the railway track at Dawlish broken, twisted and suspended in mid-air, after the sea had ripped away the wall from beneath it.
I went to see the damage for myself. But this wasn’t just a blow for Dawlish or even just Devon –…