Scottish Secretary post to be retained

Yet another story based on 'senior Whitehall sources' in today's Scotland on Sunday. This time the post of Secretary of State for Scotland is to be retained in Gordon Brown's imminent reshuffle. So not scrapped, amalgamated with the Northern Irish and Welsh counterparts, or restored to full standalone status - all as reported on the basis of 'senior Whitehall sources' over the past few weeks - but retained, probably in conjunction with another Government department. So the same as it is now.

I give up. Watch this space.