Clegg - Keep East Coast Main Line in public hands
Been to interview Nick Clegg.
Talked to him first about .
In case you missed it, the Lib Dems' decided that they would keep the line in public ownership until the franchise finishes in 2015.
some time next year.
Nick Clegg and his party's view is that what the line needs now is stability.
He points to the failure of GNER and National Express as evidence that the State needs to take control even if it's just for the next five years.
There'll be some of this on Look North this evening.
I pushed him on the future of Regional Development Agencies too - the Lib Dems have put them on a hitlist of quangos to scrap.
His answer was a bit more confusing on that.
He accepted was doing a good job, but still wanted it abolished.
His argument centred on the poor performance of its Southern counterparts, but also on the possibility it might not do a good job in the future!
Not sure that'll wash with many local Lib Dems.
Confusingly, a newspaper colleague tells me Vince Cable said One North East might not be abolished.
Perhaps they need to get together.
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