and he was asked about it today on a trip to wales. did you authorise evacuating animals out of kabul? no! this whole thin- is total rhubarb. the military always prioritised human beings and that was quite right. the thing is that is not quite the issue, is it? no! the prioritisation is separate from was he in some way involved in that decision—making chain? it is quite a bizarre story, this, and the reason it is problematic is notjust because no—one quite knows who is telling the truth — and one of the animal welfare campaigners was speaking again on the bbc this morning and he said the prime minister absolutely was involved and he's been saying that for months, hasn't he? ..and he even said, i wish he would just say it, because i am really proud of what we did! he should be proud about helping to achieve this thing of getting these animals and the staff from the charity out of kabul. but it is the timing of it, it is awkward for number 10, even if you think it isjust a bit of a weird story or,