One down

COALITION critic Huw Lewis, the deputy minister for economic development, was the first casualty of the Labour/Plaid carve-up of government in the Assembly.
The AM for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney was sacked to create space for Plaid supporters.
He was not happy and suggested that his dismissal was a failure to heal Labour's wounds over the pact.
There's an interesting view of the politics involved here.
Update: The cabinet announcement is expected at noon.

Mr Lewis, 43, kept his criticism of the coaltion deal inside the Labour tent and pledged to swing behind the special conference decision to back it.
Mr Morgan did not doubt his ability in the post and Plaid didn't push for his sacking, he said.
So the dyed-in-the-wool Valleys Labour politician assumes it could only be his political stance over coalition and was 'deeply disappointed'.
“I’m more deeply disappointed about the signals this sends about party unity," he said.
“The only Labour minister that was against the coalition is the only person to lose a post.
“Constituency parties like mine would be very curious about that as a co-incidence really.
“The first thing we have to do is be a united party and it doesn’t help if the Assembly Government is sending out the opposite signals.”
But the simple maths of three into two don't go was always going to disappoint someone.