The design is a complete...

The design is a complete change from the hi-tech black and blue rectangular logo of last year"s exhibition, staged at Birmingham"s NEC. A spokesman for the show"s organiser, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, explained: "We chose a logo featuring the red, white and blue flag because it emphasises the British nature of the event, which is something we are keen to do."

And - surprise, surprise...

And - surprise, surprise - I took the opposite view, believing that some motorways should be widened... especially if they were deliberately built too narrow in the first place, as the London orbital was. After all, around 99.9 per cent of Britain is not M-way!