Whitehall and Network Rail heaved a collective sigh of relief when the Grim Reaper achieved what new Labour had failed to do by removing Gwyneth Dunwoody from the Chair of the Transport Select Committee.
Alas Louise Ellman who is the TSC's new Madam Chairman is already proving to be a member of the awkward squad.
Ellman was on the 'Today' programme this morning talking about the TSC's report into DafT's lacklustre publication 'Delivering a Sustainable Railway', which is supposed to give a 30 year vision for the railways.
Ellman's tip-top performance saw her lambast the Government for a lack of ambition in planning new high speed lines and Network Rail for "serious failures of management" over its disastrous Christmas blockades.
Bonuses for porky NR Directors were also criticised.
Download the TSC report here
St Gwyneth, Our Lady of Transport, must be smiling down from above.
