“The road to independence is open.” Er – up to a point, Lord Copper. It is cheering news that Kenny MacAskill, sometime SNP Scottish justice minister, is again giving political utterance, since we need a good laugh in these grim times.
Sunak plots survival of Tory party amid dire new polls
As the PM and his top team headed to Chequers to thrash out election-winning strategies, new polls suggest Tory prospects for 2024 are worse than ever.