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Yes, he's just been lying about peace talks.  I think it's to get the stock market  to go up and down, so his chums can make some more millions.

It is true that the case against Jeremy Thorpe was badly handled. He was an establishment  figure, and the Judge was certainly  biased in his favour. Thorpe had managed to marry the Countess of Harewood, a concert pianist, whose former husband  was first cousin to the Queen! That helped.   The police enquiries were also suspect.  They had been told many times of Thorpe 's homosexual leanings and activities, but took no action. Interestingly,  these were noted on his MI5 file. Thorpe also had a brilliant Defence counsel, George Carman QC, one of the finest advocates of his generation. He destroyed the prosecution  witnesses in cross examination, helped by the judge. Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder, but it was admitted that he had, in effect, at the least, plotted to harm Norman Scott, his lover. He was never charged with any lesser offence, even though the alleged potential assassin, Andrew Newton, shot the dog of Norman Scott. The general view after the trial,  was that Thorpe had got away with murder, so to speak! Private Eye, our satirical magazine, founded by Peter Cook, occasionally produced a short vinyl record with the magazine.  They did after the Thorpe  trial, it was narrated by Peter Cook, as the Judge. It started:-   "Ladies and gentlemen  of the jury, before you retire to consider your verdict  of NOT guilty...."   ...and went on from there. I wish I still had it!

Carl Beech, see above, was given an 18 year sentence, though he was also convicted of other crimes. He was released, on licence, after 7 years.

Even philippine carrier Cebu Pacific just announced earlier yesterday they are reducing and cancelling some flights to and from Bangkok, Hanoi, Melbourne, Sydney, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur routes citing crisis on global fuel prices. I'm a bit worried my MNL-BKK flight may get cancelled too. Well, even my DXB-MNL flight from here in Dubai where daily missiles and drone attacks are happening is not confirmed to fly. 😅😅😅    

I stayed in an Airbnb in Tokyo which I can recommend - it’s listed on Booking.com as “Hotel Shu” - it’s not a hotel. It is a building with long-term rentals. It’s not too far from Shinjuku ni-chome. No issue with guests (they don’t even mention it in their rules like some of the other Airbnbs I looked at). The room is small, not much bigger than a hotel. There is a small kitchenette and a washing machine. A great supermarket around the corner and convenient to everything - bus, subways (Shinjuku sanchome and gyoenmae stations) and not far from Shinjuku station  I’m in a hotel in Nagoya and my room is bigger than the Airbnb. One thing, the bed was hard. It’s a futon on a platform. I like the bed in Nagoya better. I would not book an overnight without first meeting the guy. There are all sorts of things that you might find when you meet him that are not obvious from the website. One guy I met in Kyoto had really bad breath - not from food, but from years of not flossing and poor dental care. I would not want to spend an entire night with someone like that. I’d say meet the guy first, and then if you like him, arrange an overnight. I’ve been doing 1.5 hour, which seems to be the right amount of time to chat , snuggle and get down to business. I find a lot of the guys speak some English. Google translate is kind of fun to use though. Some agencies charge for their room and some are free. They all seem to charge for a business call. So in the end, using their room may be cheaper. But finding it can be problematic if you don’t know your way around, or if like me, you are not good at reading directions (I mistook right for left once and I went to a completely different location another time - and I lived in Japan and speak some Japanese!) - the problem I had with the Airbnb was the one I stayed in last year was hard to find. (Hotel Shu is easy, and the neighborhood is more of a grid layout than the former rice field I was in last year). I’d say don’t stress about it. Overall, Japan excels at service, and these agencies do a really good job of ensuring that their guys meet the same standard you would find outside. The staff have been very easy to work with in booking (I use email rather than their form) and these guys really do take their work seriously. Not all of them have been perfect, but they do make an effort. And when they are hot, Japanese guys are really hot.