The BBC lovingly analyses Fidel Castro’s speech to the ‘National Assembly’ in Havana:

… a hush descended … He smiled and waved to the crowd as he lapped up the warmth of their applause … a short but polished performance from the lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro, his voice stronger and more assured … Now it seems he may have found a new mission in later life – to save the world from nuclear destruction.

Thank goodness for that. I was getting worried there.

The whole speech lasted just over 10 minutes and then, seated, he fielded questions for another hour.

Er … and what did he say then?

For that we turn to the Miami Herald.

Castro made a couple of blunders, referring to the Russians/Russia as ‘the USSR’ and ‘the Soviets’. Plus he claimed that the Big Bang which formed the universe happened 18,000 years ago.

Really?

With all this fretting about nuclear war and now this, maybe he’s getting all his Big Bangs muddled up?

What a farce.