Going Underground for a Traffic Solution ; One Topic Dominated Discussions When Conservative Party Chairman Dr Liam Fox Toured Birmingham City Centre Yesterday. It Wasn't Europe, Education or Health, As Chief Reporter Paul Dale Explains

Birmingham Post › June 03, 2004

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Shoppers and office workers enjoying the lunchtime sunshine in Victoria Square were in no doubt about the biggest city council election issue in Birmingham.

Virtually every person who spoke to Conservative Party chairman Dr Liam Fox during a walkabout outside the Council House mentioned, unprompted, the city's appalling road congestion and poor public transport.

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Going Underground for a Traffic Solution ; One Topic Dominated Discussions When Conservative Party Chairman Dr Liam Fox Toured Birmingham City Centre Yesterday. It Wasn't Europe, Education or Health, As Chief Reporter Paul Dale Explains

Social services, housing and schools rated not a single mention.

The reaction delighted local Tories, who are proposing their own 'Big Idea' in the form of a pounds 200 million und...

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