Never mind Politician of the Year, it is the next 48 hours which hold significance for education minister Leighton Andrews in light of alleged actions by officials to help along examination performance in Wales.
The revelations in the Telegraph make damning reading (and watching). They put serious question marks against the integrity of those conducting and overseeing the examination process. Whether they also reflect badly on the ability of politicians keep a grip on things is something the media has not yet decided.
Although he is acknowledged to have acquitted himself adequately over the University of Wales debacle and eventually rode out a rocky period of questioning over the POWIS scheme, the scandal of fixing exams in schools is much closer to home.
The WJEC has acted promptly and suspended the officials. What now remains to be seen is whether Welsh Government's own Mr Fixit can come up with the right answers.
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