Right, so Donald Trump's Iran ceasefire has now reached the completely normal and peaceful stage where the United States bombs Iran again.

Not metaphorically. Not in sanctions language. Not with one of those anaemic State Department statements where everyone pretends "deep concern" is a policy. Actually bombs it.

A target screen. A blast. Smoke. And "Unclassified" stamped across the top of it.

This is the deal, apparently. This is the peace framework. Paperwork in one hand, airstrikes in the other, and the rest of us meant to sit here nodding along as though a ceasefire with bombing footage attached is a diplomatic breakthrough.

So let’s not let them walk us into their nonsense version of events here. This is not "tensions in the region." That phrase does so much washing-up for empire, doesn't it? Tensions. As if missiles  ...