“The future for high-speed rail in the Southwest is bright. It’s happening, and we are proud to be at the forefront of this transformation in transportation,” he said.

Hegseth, who has questioned whether women should be allowed to serve in combat, rails in the book against “diverse recruits, pumped full of vaccines and even more poisonous ideologies.”

Several times in that run, they have been locked on for the winners' enclosure, only to veer into the rails in the final quarter.

She earmarked £650m for local transport investment to improve connections, mentioning areas such as Crewe and promised money to improve rail in the North.

That normally ceremonial process almost went off the rails in 2021, when Trumpov urged Republicans to block legitimately elected Biden electors from swing states.