TONY BLAIR HAS GIVEN UP ON EUROPE:

Mr Blair, who will seek to shift the focus of his administration on to poverty in the Third World this week during talks with President Bush, has told his closest allies: “Africa is worth fighting for. Europe, in its present form, is not.”

I’m inclined to agree.

UPDATE: Plan B: The Telegraph offers an alternative — and a much shorter one — to the European Constitution.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Meanwhile, Jim Bennett sends this link and wonders if we should start taking bets as to the collapse of the Euro.