A small victory in a disaster. A child, pulled from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Laos. The first survivor.
International teams, British divers, Thai Navy SEALs. They all want a piece of this. The optics are everything.
The Bangkok junta needs a win. The British divers, the quiet professionals, they know the score. Expect the cables to hum tonight.
Whitehall will be watching. The real game begins now: who gets the photo-op, who gets the blame if it goes wrong? The cave is a labyrinth.
Water levels rising. This is a high-stakes operation. Every move is political.
Every rescue a point on the board. The survivor's family, they don't care about the game. But the game cares about them.
Watch for the leaks. Someone will brief against someone else. It's always the way.
The rescue teams are heroes. But in the lobby, we know heroes are made, not born. Tonight, the narrative is being written.
And I'm watching.
