At the Labour Conference, Tony Blair made two announcements.
He paid an underhanded compliment to Margaret Thatcher by saying he does not have a reverse gear and, in the same speech, he confessed that, in the past, he had chosen the easy route by taking decisions that would be popular with the population at large.
It is reported Mr Blair is now preparing the ground for reversing Labour policy on university top-up fees as a result of the unpopularity of this policy both among his supporters and the youth of this country.
My question is this: Has Mr Blair discovered his reverse gear or is this one of the U-turns he is accustomed to making?
-NM Malta, Hove
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