I hear no ships...
Eamonn Mallie has caught me out - pointing out that on Good Morning Ulster this morning, I said that some officials believed the Ulster Unionists were turning a blind ear to the Hillsborough negotiations.
In my defence, one, my radio technology had just blown up on me just before and two, I have passed form having once told ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Four listeners that the government was bringing the mountain to the fusilier, as opposed to Mohammed.
Currently, I am looking at the gates of Hillsborough Castle, where not a great deal is happening whilst Martina Purdy is keeping an eye on the internal DUP and Sinn Fein gatherings at Stormont.
More straws in the wind that preparations are being made for an announcement this afternoon include the Taoiseach's decision to postpone a planned trip to Spain and the news that Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness have written to Willie Hay asking him to postpone the scheduled First Minister's Questions, which should have happened at 1430 this afternoon, by a week.
I'm 
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