03/12/2009

Noel Thompson turns the spotlight on the week's hot topics in the world of politics at home and abroad.

Is the experiment of powersharing perilously close to the edge, or is the current spate of mudslinging a perverse indication that forward movement is imminent? We take the pulse of the Assembly.

Plus a look at the Belfast boundary controversy that could scupper the grand plan to reduce the councils from 26 to 11.