Coalition gives cut and thrust to industry

摘要

Last week was a surreal one in Westminster but by Wednesday the news had finally emerged: Caroline Spelman had got the top job at Defra, A surprise appointment, Spelman ousted fellow Tory MP Nick Herbert, who was bumped from the shadow Defra brief tobecome minister for police in the new administration. The implications of her appointment will be many and muddled, not least because she takes power as part of the first full coalition Government this country has seen since World War Two.