Reading your column is like a breath of fresh air and a reminder that investigative journalism is not a dead art. As a former government lawyer and Director of Defence policy I have an appreciation of the many layers of subterfuge, misinformation, disinformation and blatant propaganda surrounding the ongoing Ukrainian issue by the West. From distraction techniques for Covid and cost of living, to financial profiteering by NATO and Arms Dealers on Ukrainian integration and standardisation of kit. To Germany being welcomed into the International Arms trade for the first time since WWII and the supply of cheap labour in the U.K. following the departure of Eastern Europeans by Visas being handed out as hoc to non European Ukrainians without appropriate Security or Criminal record background checks. The willingness and naivety of the general Public to play along and indeed actively participate in this coordinated abuse of power is startling even to this old cynic. Please keep up your excellent work.