As we go to press, the impact of Trump’s “war of choice” against Iran is making itself felt. His continual boasts that striking Iran "extremely hard" would finish the job "very fast" are increasingly hollow. They may help calm “the markets” but are scary news for the world’s population (including those Iranian workers who have been resisting the Islamic regime for years). The lack of fertilisers, as a result of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, comes at a time when African farmers, already facing climate change drought, are planting this year’s crop.