Stephen Byers, the former transport secretary and New Labour outrider, has announced he is to stand down as an MP at the next general election.
I can think of only two responses:
1) Who cares?
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2) Good riddance.
Oh, wait . . .
3) Can anyone name a single thing that Stephen Byers has done, either as a backbencher or as a minister, to improve British public life?
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