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.
