Public opinion.. a strange animal at the best of times..
Tony has been battered these past twenty four hours.. what with Donald Rumsfeld's blase approach to the British commitment to the cause.. threats of resignations from his own ministers.. the intractibility of the public towards this action.. it's been difficult..
Seems now the new UN resolution might not even make it to the voting stage.. what with so many of those holding veto's blithely tossing them about like confetti.
This is not good for Tony.. the public has been geared now to expect legitamacy, whatever that really means..
A sampling of what the motk was saying..taken from various sources from around the island today, gave us this should there not be another Resolution passed by the Security Council..
..It makes it far harder to hold the Labour Party together...
..It will outrage a swathe of public opinion...
..All those extra tests announced hours earlier would presumably fall...
..So would promises of further delay...
..It could therefore bring war even closer - within days..
And the question now aimed at the continent.. at Jaques Chirac.. with his inspirational intractability..
..Has France pressed the 'Go' button?