...oh and what you might have missed upon the BBC site, dazzlenation...let me see...is this the context as to why putin is apparently not going to attend the funeral of etc etc....go figure:

What a Pizza Hut ad says about Gorbachev - and Russia - BBC News

oh and daldry had wanted a reminder of 'robert parsons'...one of marr's old 'muckers'?...."he had never heard of him" replies BI online....are you sure about that....seeing as marr used to be political editor etc etc....go figure: