Two weeks is a long time in politics. Two weeks ago Ruth Kelly, evangelist for a third runway at Heathrow, departed. No tears shed there. With the reshuffle imminent, I was hoping that John Hutton would find himself also shuffled elsewhere. He made no friends among those concerned about climate change by his single-minded determination to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth, apparently battling his cabinet colleagues to do so.
So, reshuffle day today, and it's excellent news. Not only has Hutton been moved from Business to Defence (I hope he doesn't continue with the same carefree attitude to risk when in charge of weapons), but a whole new department has been created: the Department for Climate Change and Energy. This sudden attack of joined up thinking has taken everyone by surprise.
There's a nice article on the BusinessGreen blog about it all by the way
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