Well, I'm not sure that the PM will be choosing That Byrds Track for his next outing on Desert Island Discs, but the climb downs are coming thick and fast this week. Although the No10 spin machine will be working overtime to put some positive gloss on things, there's more than enough justification for many of the criticisms that have been levelled at the government - that the proposed reforms have not been thought through fully, that Landsley didn't consult widely enought before drafting the White Paper and that the subsequent legislation is poorly drafted and dangerously muddled.
In light of this, it was interesting to hear the Laurence Buckman on the Today Programme this morning pressing home the advantage and demanding further changes including the dropping of the requirement for competition. Not very likely considering the broad political consensus that competition is inherently good as well as it being a Conservative article of faith.
So, whilst this is a turn of sorts, it's not a U-turn - it's more like a poorly controlled swerve that may yet leave the coalition limousine embedded in the lamp post of history.
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