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
Peace in Our Time (Good Riddance album) Peace in Our Time (Good Riddance album) Peace in Our Time is the eighth studio album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released April 21, 2015 through Fat Wreck Chords. It is the band's first studio album since their 2007 breakup and 2012 reunion. Good Riddance had broken up in 2007, but reunited in 2012. Singer Russ Rankin began writing songs for the band's eighth studio album in 2014. "I don't know how I wrote songs before GarageBand on my Mac computer", he said. "Being able to sit down with my laptop, plug in my guitar