Not much chance of that DS. Its not the way Blair operates. He's at least ten times smarter than anybody else who has occupied that office in living memory. And to paraphrase Dame Edith Evans , I think you're confusing him with someone who gives a shit....

For the last forty years successive English governments have been putting an avuncular arm round Paisley's shoulder and saying, Come on Ian - be reasonable.....and he's made each and every one of them look like complete dipshits. Blair's not daft, he will keep his hands in his pockets.

Unless MI6 managed to get that picture of Paisley in bed with a choirboy....in which case some underling will be despatched with message - we have your balls in one hand and the potato peeler in the other. Blair will be leaving his smile that he keeps in a jar by the door for another photo opportunity. And he's quite sincere in that.

Unless...I think maybe we're all f---ed, yet again.