The new team?
After the tributes to Ian Paisley (including one through gritted teeth from the SDLP's Declan O'Loan) and the acceptance speeches from Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness (who acknowledged that the honeymoon is over) tomorrow it's off to Downing Street. I am really looking forward to my second 6:45 am flight of the week.
Tonight a well informed source told me the new DUP ministerial team will be:
Finance, Nigel Dodds
Enterprise, Arlene Foster
Culture, Gregory Campbell
Environment, Sammy Wilson
I am presuming Jeffrey Donaldson will remain as a junior minister. There is a suggestion that the new team may remain in place for a relatively short time before another reshuffle.
Another source told me earlier in the day that Edwin Poots has circulated a paper to his fellow ministers countering Peter Robinson's downbeat DFP appraisal of the Maze stadium. A last blast, perhaps, by an outgoing minister?
I'm 
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