[Spoiler alert - contains election result]   The exciting prospect of a Russian election is upon us!  Not the Presidential this time, but th...

 ... it never does. Over the years I've tracked the barometer, nay, the roller-coaster of Polly Toynbee's agonisingly optimistic tak...

Mrs D taps daily into a rich seam of interweb humour, and the absolute avalanche of really funny Harry&Meghan stuff is often side-splitt...

Things are getting quite ugly for Putin - who faces "elections" shortly - and Russia generally.  High on his list of irritants is ...

Well.  Hard to believe, but this blog has been going for 20 years .  Check the listings in the sidebar - there it all is.  5,431 posts - and...