sentences:  "; later that year MacLeod abstained rather than support the Beeching Axe of lesser-used rail services.MacLeod also pressed for more and better roads around the highlands, particularly on the basis of improving tourism.In 1960 he moved a motion condemning the state drink monopoly in three Scottish towns (Annan, Dingwall and Invergordon) created during the First World War and obtained all-party support for its ending.