I'm a bit, surprised, Fionn, that after such a short acquaintance, your wife was co-opted onto the Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs committee.

Are you honestly trying to make us believe that official stands made by governments bear any resembelance to their actual policies.

I thought they warned you about these sorts of things in journalist school.
I believe, also, that conversational 'niceties' are just that: you know, like "Nice weather we're having" kind of thing.

Which all has very little relevance to the subject you started - prisoner releases.

B.