Beaufort realised he had probably gone on about things John could not understand, but there was little other way of explaining Europe in 1940. He swallowed hard, as he didn't quite know where to go from there. "I would be thankful you cannot comprehend it, because it does start to become thinking the unthinkable." He sighed with a certain resignation, "But yes, it is. Apart from being a politician at war and then having to admit that you've lost. And your people no longer trust you." Having to contemplate moving the government to Senegal or other absurd ideas was shameful. He knew it was humiliating, but he also knew he had little other choice.