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Sarge in charge

Betsan Powys | 13:55 UK time, Wednesday, 16 December 2009

It's Christmas so ask and you shall, if you've been good, get.

You asked, says a knowledgeable source, why Edwina Hart was so fed up at the photo opportunity to unveil the new Cabinet.

Never a fan of cameras, she seemed less inclined than usual to smile for the official snapper.

Could it be, came the suggestion, as a result of the news that though she'd held on to the key Health and Social Services portfolio, have been taken away and given to other Ministers? And she'd only just been told?

Like what?

Youth Justice. Gone to Leighton Andrews atd the Children, Education and Lifelong learning department.

Who will now support the First Minister on issues relating to the Civil Contingencies Act? No one. Move over Mrs Hart. He'll do it himself.

And who will in future be the liaison point for the Armed Forces in Wales and Veterans, the responsibility that meant it was Mrs Hart who travelled to Normandy to

It's Mrs Hart no more. The man with responsibility for 'liaising' for the Armed Forces in Wales is the .

Might that go a little way to explain that cabinet photo?

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