Prime minister insists he basically got what he asked for,but what he’s basically got is a basic gulf between his promises and realityWhere better for David Cameron to launch his “deal in our time” than a large shed in a Chippenham industrial estate? Just far enough from Westminster to avoid any tricky questions in parliament from his own Eurosceptic MPs, and close enough to London to be domestic in next to no time. Though perhaps not close enough, or as his speech was pushed back by 15 minutes because trains to Chippenham had been delayed due to signalling failures.Welcome to Chippenham,” said Jürgen Maier, the chief executive of Siemens UK and the sheds proud owner. “Here at Siemens we are proud to be at the forefront of a revolution in signalling, or keeping Britain’s railways running safely and on time.” The prime minister grimaced. He might have guessed that this was going to be one of those days when everything that could disappear wrong would disappear wrong.
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Source: theguardian.com