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Geoff Hoon "kissed hands" with the Queen this week and took the seals of office as her new Secretary of State for Transport. By Andrew Porter and James Kirkup Geoff Hoon clearly relishes the nuts-and-bolts aspects of overseeing the country's various transport networks and systems Photo: JOHN ROBERTSON Two hours later he found himself in a Nottingham music club called Rock City- known affectionately among the local student population as Rock Sticky because of its beer-soaked floors - listening to a singer called Seasick Steve. "He's a straightforward American blues signer and he's starting to get recognition over here," says Hoon. The new Transport Secretary knows a bit about recognition. As Defence Secretary for six years he was one of the faces Tony Blair's Iraq War, in particular the row with the BBC and the subsequent... [read full story]
