Beeching cuts and the Cotswold Line between Oxford and Worcester has increased significantly, and double track has now been reinstated on the Golden Valley Line. The Conservatives increased their Commons majority in the general election of 8 October 1959, their first with Harold Macmillan as prime minister, who famously said that most people "had never had it so good". Ernest Marples, previously the Postmaster General, was made Transport Minister two weeks later in a cabinet reshuffle; Marples was described by some as "cocky", "flash", "slick" and as a "construction tycoon", and Macmillan noted that the Northern working-class boy who had won a
Never Had It So Good had no idea it would wind up on the radio. Neither did he." Never Had It So Good "Never Had It So Good" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in September 1989 as the second single from the album "State of the Heart". The song reached #8 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Carpenter and John Jennings. The song is about a relationship with Carpenter's ex-boyfriend at the time, telling him that he "never had it so good" now that he is