There’s not much mention of the British manufactured weapons found in Iraq alongside the Russian materiel. (Black humour moment- The alleged Russian suppliers took time out from their rebuttal of US claims for a quick sales pitch for their anti tank missiles “if they were in Iraq in any quantity, then the U.S. infantry would be taking greater losses than they are now.” You’ve gotta love capitalism.)

Meanwhile, Victoria Clarke, the Pentagon spokeswoman and fashion criminal we thought was a transvestite has today toned down her offences against colour coding-