Blair changes mind about U-turn

Can you believe this guy? He floats the idea of an EU referendum to distract people from what's happening in Iraq and Palestine. Then he realises that the EU business could be as career damaging as Iraq and Palestine put together so he does a semi-U-turn on his U-turn. I think we call that a zig-zag. That way he gets (or hopes to get) all of the benefits of a moot discussion on the EU and none of the costs of a losable referendum this side of a general election. This would be very clever but the twists and turns are making him look very silly. Martin Rowson, The Guardian's cartoonist puts it best.