Tories gain two seats in last night's council by-elections. Including this improbably emphatic gain from the LibDems: OADBY AND WIGSTON Wigston Meadowcourt Liz Darling (Conservative) 833 Michael Phip… (View Post)

Best approach, surely, is to arm Ukraine and Taiwan to the teeth with defensive weapons so as to make any invasion attempt too costly to contemplate. Everyone knows the West won't actually go to war … (View Post)

Individual by-elections don't, but taken as a whole, over time, they can provide pointers. If they get their act together the Tories still seem capable of getting some pretty respectable results whic… (View Post)

I'm not that keen on Ukrainian nationalists either but you can understand why they may not be very enthusiastic about having their destinies decided by an ex-KGB operative like Putin - with a history… (View Post)

IndyRef is dead. The whole issue has become so toxic that mainstream Scottish opinion will not want to touch it. The Sarah Smith imbroglio, and the reaction to it, is instructive. Today's Courier edi… (View Post)