Not quite a Lobby veteran, but 16 years at the heart of power has taken its toll as my hair is turning white and politicians are beginning to recognise me. Remain sane, but still deeply sceptical.
Whitehall sources pointed to institutions like the BBC, the DVLA, the Passport Agency, the UK Border Agency, Ofcom, the Pensions Regulator, UK Financial Investments, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Met Office as examples.
In an unusual move, the Coalition Government will this morning publish in full its legal advice on the constitutional consequences of Scottish independence from Professor James Crawford, of Cambridge University – regarded, say Whitehall sources, as the pre-eminent authority on international law – and another leading academic, Professor Alan Boyle, of Edinburgh University.
