A Ukrainian flag flies over the town hall in Tunbridge Wells, as on so many churches and in city centres around the country. This affluent area has been among the most generous in offering aid to Ukrainian refugees, with more than 300 settling in the Kent town, part of an outpouring of kindness almost unprecedented in recent British history.
Yet as the energy crisis begins to bite, driven in large part by the effects of the war, which reached its six-month anniversary last Wednesday, there is an indication that sentiment is starting to waver. More questions are being asked: when does this conflict end? Is anyone working towards an endgame? Who is providing the political leadership to steel us for wartime levels of sacrifice?
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