Now he is back on the Tory front line as shadow deregulation secretary as Michael Howard uses him to spearhead his campaign to cut red tape.

BBC: John Redwood

Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran said a referendum should draw a line under the issue of independence.

BBC: Scotland politics

Shadow transport minister Maria Eagle also criticised the decision to privatise the line.

BBC: East Coast train

As a few people pulled on the line, it grew taut, as a green, eerie shadow resolved itself into the classic, menacing profile.

BBC: Protecting sharks off Florida��s eastern coast