Unmissable stuff from the mighty Pelle Neroth Taylor, who has done incredible legwork on the role of Anglo-American intelligence in the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, and Operation Gladio-style ‘stay behind’ operations throughout Scandinavia.

The myth of the ‘Winter War’ as a heroic success - when in fact it was a totally avoidable conflict that ended in repeated disaster for Finland - has become entrenched over the past decade, and the wrong lessons have been learned as a result. Britain and other European countries are now looking to Finland as a model to emulate, with civilian preparedness woven into military planning under a “whole-of-society defence” approach. And it’s based on a delusional misreading of Finland’s historic experience.

As Pelle masterfully writes, the real conclusions for countries to draw about relations with Russia are very, very different - and favour diplomacy, peaceful coexistence, and constructive economic and political relations. But we can’t have that, can we?