Feels as if, in saying he'd accept a ceasefire on current battlelines, Zelensky is playing Trump pretty well at the moment. He know it won't happen because Putin. But it gives him a chance to be seen to agree with Trump.

Thanks Dafydd -- Katie is coming through with something, so that's been a great help. Let's think about a follow maybe tomorrow. I'll be talking with Rachael shortly, so we'll have an idea about what we are doing. Cheers.

With the greatest respect and as someone who greatly enjoys (and agrees with much of) your writing, do you think the authority of your piece is undermined at all by the use of an anonymous (if widely known) pseudonym which nevertheless maintains your anonimity?

It does rather sound like that. Biden must have been tempted to get up and walk out.

A perfect reminder of summers past and future possibilities!

Yep. V good point. And we're going to see more of that I fear.