Today and it can deliver what i anticipate it ukraine will be able to take advantage of the situation. there was a time when he was kind of the dean of diplomats in europe even though he represented britain and all that. he still had a sort of aura about him. now what a sad state. nobody in the world believes anything that he says because when he talks about somehow this is all the fault of nato, it is our fault, they can solve this tonight. they can say, ok, we re backing out. that is how quickly they can solve this. i said yesterday on the programme there had been almost a metamorphosis alignment and attitude certainly that we are getting from the white house and from the uk. i m not sure whether the europeans are in the same position just yet. what do you put that down to? do think that comes from the intelligence and from what the generals and the