Trevor Philips in a U turn?

It must be all the Mail's Xmas' coming at once as Benedict Brogan reports this morning that

Trevor Phillips will break with years of political convention to call for the law to be changed to enshrine positive discrimination in favour of disadvantaged whites

In an interview with the Mail he

said ministers should allow councils and education authorities to introduce 'positive action' programmes aimed specifically at young whites unable to compete with highly skilled immigrants because the 'need is so great'.
And he warned that immigration has fuelled 'resentments that are real and should not be dismissed – resentments felt by white, black and Asian'.

So is this a U turn from the eqaulities chief or is he simply playing to the audience?