With your personal involvement working for a refugee charity TBG and first hand input from people directly involved in the conflict, it means I'm very grateful for that input and it's very enlightening. I also admire the work you are doing and your commitment.

I'm still on the fence as to whether people are against peace talks because the West, so far, have done very little to broker peace imo and this view and rhetoric has been at the forefront of one of the Tory Party leadership contenders. It's why I feel that a counter argument from Corbyn, for example, helps to balance things somewhat.

I totally agree that peace will be down to pragmatism and not humanitarianism on Putin's part.

It still doesn't sit comfortably with me to endlessly supply arms to a conflict that has to end with talks and negotiations.