I have just the thing sir!

Does Tony Blair have a cosmetically disguised black eye? There was something distinctly asymmetrical about his right eye tonight during the live press conference with Olmert.

During which both men swapped platitudes when not being overtly evasive or as Blair twice admitted "elliptical". Elliptical?...mmm.. I'll stick with evasive. Daisy Mc Andrew of the BBC was having none of it:

"Mr. Blair the British Press has been dutifully following you on your whirlwind trip of the Middle East this last few days and its hard to see what, precisely if anything, has been acheived by this trip?"

" Mr. Olmert, you referred THREE times to new initiatives on the Palestinian situation which Mr Blair discussed with you today wouldn't it be helpful to tell us what EVEN ONE of those might be?"

Surgical Strike Daisy!


And all this activity and press hordes traipsing through an all ready overactive West Bank today to give public support and propping to Abbas' call for new elections. It would appear that Abbas is doing a Bertie.. when you dont get the result you like- call another election. Dontcha just love democracy? It comes in all sizes and shapes; "That one doesnt fit sir?, Here sir, let me get you this new style, faux-democracy, looks like the real thing, and with a few good spin cycles wears just like the real thing, but of course its totally synthetic."