Jeffrey says he will not be bound by dates but I’m sure he’ll be as attentive to Christmas as the rest of us. So I wish him a happy day and hope that his proven ability to take his mind off the urgent political questions of our time will ease him into it and allow him to enjoy it.
Israel is in no position to lecture Ireland about its moral compass. But the Israeli foreign minister presumes to summon the Irish ambassador for a reprimand over language used by the Taoiseach in welcoming the release of an Irish child kidnapped by Hamas.
I love The Crown. I have seen every episode, including the first four of the new series. Some critics have panned it and I don’t agree with them. One of the things that most annoyed them was the appearance of ghosts. Charles is visited by Diana and Mohamed Al-Fayed is visited by his son Dodi shortly after the car crash in Paris.