Public outcry has led to a promise that politicians salaries will be reduced and bonuses recently paid to ministers given to charity in Poland.

Slawomir Sierakowski looks at Antoni Macierewicz’s changes to Poland’s military and suggests he wants an army he can use against the people.

It’s still possible to hope that the Trump presidency might not be as bad as the president-elect has promised, that some of his wilder notions might be filed under ‘electioneering’.