Dmitry Medvedev believes his prediction of united Ireland will chill Westminster… I’m not sure I share his confidence on that one

Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow. Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/AFP

Lindy McDowell

As if the issue of a United Ireland wasn’t contentious enough, we now have Vladimir Putin sticking his oar in.

Not mad Vlad in person - he’s too busy murdering civilians in Ukraine and committing crimes against humanity - but one of his Kremlin lapdogs, Dmitry Medvedev.