The importance of minutes
It's worth checking out Ogden's comment on Executive Showdown 2 as I think his quote from "Yes, Prime Minister" is the most salient comment so far on the great Margaret Ritchie Stormont minutes controversy.
Today on Talkback, Sir Reg Empey rode to Margaret's defence on his white charger, although it might be a more potent intervention if he could find those notes which he left somewhere around his house. Sir Reg is a DIY fanatic so the notes are probably buried under a pile of rubble.
On tomorrow's Inside Politics, I suggest to the SDLP Leader Mark Durkan that the only way to go is to tape all future Executive meetings. He tells me that it may come to that. The Executive table doesn't have microphones, but I wonder if any of those note takers had a dictaphone running?
Aside from the technicalities, I do get around to asking Mr Durkan a few other questions, like whether he is contemplating marching into opposition.
The programme is on at 12.45pm on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster tomorrow.
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