http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6903506.stm
"The scrapping of regional assemblies has been criticised by the
leaders who run the East Midlands version."

Yeah.  Who'd have thought it.  People on the gravy train don't want to
loose their ticket.
It would only have been news if they had celebrated the end of the
idea,  I know I do.