In a world seemingly gone mad, sitting down with a cup of tea, talking to invisible beings and hearing their voices on play back - shouldn't surprise me. But it always does, especially when they are able to come through as clearly as these speakers did.
To those of you who have asked about our communicator's awareness of the political situation; I have been made aware that communicators are not permitted to be explicit on current affairs, or tell us what is going to happen. The most they are allowed to do, in my experience, is to warn us of impending problems and to console us in our predicament.