i'm shaun ley, and this is the programme which brings together leading columnists from the uk with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to the folks back home from the dateline london. welcome to all of you, lovely to have you back around the table with us for the programme. 0n the home front during world war ii, toasters admonished civilians, careless talk costs lives. could it be this time, also? allies fear if vladimir putin regime change is their ambition, the war in ukraine could be lost. there is talk of a decision to radically,