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the warehouse and he is unable to operate a hand-held terminal: "I write the systems, I don't drive them," he says. He is optimistic about the future ,although he believes the continual ramping of fuel prices is creating a difficult situation with some companies not prepared to pay increased rates: "And then sadly you have to part company," he says. Mays defines himself as a regional haulier who gets a little help from his friends in the Transport Association, a nationwide network of operators who put work each other's way, Goods could be trunked from a Fellow member such as Elcliss in the North-East to Harley Road Services which carries out the local distribution. Nearby competitors are banned from joining this exclusive club.
The election result has put a dampener on Mays' political ambitions—he once stood as a Conservative candidate in the massively safe Labour seat held by the late Eric Heifer. He admits that Blair's landslide has removed power from the Tories for at least 10 years: "I am spending more time with my family now," he says, pausing to ask CM's photographer if his hair is
standing on end: "I don't want to look like a member of
Prodigy.'