In an attempt to counter the rumours circulating at both ends of the M4 about Conservative differences over devolution, Nick Bourne's office cut short the bank holiday weekend to issue a press release. In it he said that as leader of the Conservative Group in the Assembly he continued to enjoy a close working relationship with Cheryl Gillan, the Secretary of State for Chesham and Wales.
The photographic evidence clearly shows that I'm nobody's poodle, he claimed.
