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This is appeasement. We tried that in 1939. It didn't work then; it never does. Continuing to support the Ukraine means – at its most selfish – sapping the Russian economy and its manpower, at no more than financial cost to ourselves. Then waiting for Putin to die, go gaga, or be deposed . . . .

Let's not forget the first year Politics 101 exam paper: Question 1: "How many of the following questions can you avoid answering?"

Maybe. But not necessarily. All she had to do was give the "speech to camera" that I suggested, then keep shtum. If the interviewer had insisted, she could have said "I've not had time fully to consider the Brits' arguments; so have not yet decided. I will take part in the US decision-making...

Well; in any OTHER election, any sentient life-form which stood up and said, barked, howled, quacked, cheeped, roared, hissed, grunted or gurgled: "I'm not Donald Trump" would win by a mile. But this is the US . . . .

Not often you see US electoral managers make an obvious false step. Watch yesterday's news clip of Starmer and Lammy being welcomed and greeted by Joe Biden and his team, to discuss authorising - or not - long-range missiles to be targetted inside Russia. WHERE WAS KAMALA HARRIS ...

No. It would be greyer. I was writing in English; not Colonial . . .

I did once ask an American friend what he thought of irony. He said it was like bronzy – only greyer . . . .

"has a horrible presence about her and …… bares her teeth…" ?? Are US citizens electing a TV news presenter ……… or a President? Not [of course] to mention Ronald Reagan, who was both.

FWIW I use abrasive nylon wheel brushes in an electric drill. First Coarse; then Fine. Picks out the rust, leaves the steel surface bright and clean. Fast.

That's because Elm has 'interlocking grain': one way for a few millimetres, then the other way. So, whatever way you plane it, you'll be tearing up some of the grain. Only solution is a VERY sharp plane, and very light finishing cuts. Then sanding off. But what you gain, is that Elm does...

What is it FOR? The edge banding machined from solid oak is almost certain to fail - most probably during machining - because of the short grain. Even when attached to the MDF disc. Vastly stronger would be to steam-bend 6 x 16mm oak strip into the circular shape, and tapered sleeve-joint...

Not my half; never heard of them.

Saw sharpening files are all single-cut [as opposed to general metalwork files, which are double-cut]. They cut more slowly, but leave a smoother surface, and less burr. And that normally comes off the first time you use the saw.

I restore and renovate historic hand and tenon saws from the 19th and 18th centuries. Sharpening is a part of the process. Basic sharpening, on a saw that has just gone dull, is not difficult. Simple for rip-cut; a little more complicated for crosscut; quite tricky for fleam-cut. But that is...

Not for combination; but for side- and end-cutting, I have used Maun lever cutters for 40+ years. Not smart-looking; but the hinge is bullet-proof, and the cutting edges mega-hard.

Plus one for each of those.

I do try; I have stopped; I do question. You clearly have not.

Soviet apologism . . .

Not in my experience. I broke one - some 30 years ago. Use Stahlwille or Gedore now

Unregretted