Ben Harnwell

There are some people who think if that were to happen, if Zelensky were to flee Ukraine, that might hasten the end of the war.

I would caution massively against that interpretation.

If this were to happen, the reason he would be...

ejected by his own domestic political class, is that he's no longer able to provide the one reason that has sustained him for, what, a year and a half beyond his presidential mandate, and that is he's no longer bringing in the money.

He's no longer bringing in American money specifically, and there'll be no prospect of that, and that's why they will get rid of him.

And presumably bringing someone like General Zelensky, who's the...

currently in exile in London as ambassador, a beloved figure by the military, by the Ukrainian people.

So that would only mean, the switcheroo would only mean that this war is going to go on and on rather than tidy up quickly.

No, Steve, the reason I really want to come onto the show today and share this with the warring posse is this is one of my all-time favourites coming out of Ukraine.

You remember we said sort of three years ago how the Ukrainian political class was,

taking advantage of having gold-plated facials.

You remember that?

And we all laughed and said, you know, folks, that's where your heart and tax dollars are going, right?

Can you afford gold leaf facials?

No, but they were being hoovered up by...

the Ukrainian political class.

Well, there is one thing better than that now.

In these raids that have taken place over the last 48 hours in Ukraine, in amongst the duffel bags, stuff, stuff full of cash, in addition to the sort of, I think, how many sort of 200 hours worth of intercepted phone calls, they found...

In one of Zelensky's key political operatives, they found a golden toilet.

Not a gold-plated toilet, Steve, a golden toilet.