David Maddox: The business of government

The Scottish Cabinet meeting this afternoon will be getting down to the serious business of erm... watching television, I have just been told.
Like many of us, the senior ministers want to see the inauguration of Barack Obama and particularly what he has to say in his inauguration speech. New hope, brave new world etc.
I suppose the odds are quite long on him mentioning Scotland and astronomical on him telling the world he will be accepting the new Obama tartan being offered him by the Scottish Tories.
But, while accepting that people like to share these historic moments with friends (assuming all the Scottish Cabinet like one another), if this was so important for Alex Salmond and co, you have to wonder why they did not reschedule their Cabinet meeting and get down to their own serious business of running Scotland?
One thing that is sure to happen is that the name Obama is going to be dropped into lots of speeches to justify various political positions over here with tiresome regularity.