After the reshuffle
I watched Gordon Brown's reshuffle unfold with even more interest than usual this morning. If the Secretary of State Shaun Woodward had been moved we would have had to go back to the drawing board with tomorrow's Inside Politics. There had been some speculation that Des Browne might keep his Scotland job and get responsibility for Northern Ireland. But in the event Mr Browne left the government altogether.
The fact that Mr Woodward had agreed to record an interview for me at noon gave me some assurance that he was assuming he'd remain at the NIO. So for now there will be no "Department of the Nations and Regions". Tomorrow you can hear Shaun Woodward's views on the reshuffle, whether the British and Irish governments will organise "hot house" talks, and the courtship between the Ulster Unionists and the Tories.
Inside Politics will be broadcast at a quarter to one tomorrow on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Ulster.
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