AS THE dust settles over last week’s elections here in Sussex, what, if anything, do they tell us about the current state of national politics?

Why is it that when Ukrainians speak to their close relatives in Russia and tell them that they are being bombarded by Russian shells and missiles, they’re not believed?

It was a different world back in 2018 when the parties last fought for the council seats which are up for grabs next Thursday – no war in Ukraine, no Covid, Britain still in the EU, Mrs May in Number 10 and Jeremy Corbyn leading Labour.

Normally, when asked to write a piece for The Argus I don’t have a problem knowing what I want to say. But this week – faced with writing about the war in Ukraine – the blank page on my computer is intimidating.

WE LIVE in momentous times – not because of the impending invasion of Ukraine by Russia, nor having a serving Prime Minister being investigated for breaking the law but because of the Queen.

People will put up with a great deal from their politicians, but being treated with contempt is not one of them says Ivor Gaber

Ivor Gaber asks if Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour conference last week was the first tentative step in the party’s revival or just a reminder of how much it still has to change

The election of Joe Biden to the United States Presidency, succeeding the divisive Donald Trump, is good news not just for America but for us as well says Ivor Gaber

Brexit: It may be that both sides are right in this increasingly bitter and seemingly insoluble controversy – and that is where the problem lies, suggests Ivor Gaber

Are there lessons for us here to learn from events across the Atlantic? asks Ivor Gaber