Russia’s Victory Day, 9 May, was the first occasion since he started massing troops on the Ukrainian border late last year in preparation for an ill-considered adventure, that Vladimir Putin played his hand competently. Or it could be that he will do all the things he had been predicted to do on Victory Day but did not – declaring all-out war with general mobilisation, resorting to chemical or nuclear weapons – at a later date. This remains to be seen.

Fox is finished but GB News has a future if it grows up
The channel’s managers need to find a better balance between respectable recruits and the lunatic wing it courts.