I know, I know, it's serious because as the well-worn groove on the embassy carpet springs slowly back to life and diplomats debate what to do with the space a work gym, maybe a selection of plants to improve the atmosphere somewhere at last to put the coffee machine an elderly argument wheezes back into life between those who are little older now, maybe a little less inclined to forgive and those who never forgave and who always remember what it feels like and always remember what it felt like when their comrades made excuses because who'd have thought their hero would end up as a sex pest in a cupboard I know, I know, it's serious