Three stories - one pleasing, one displeasing, and one just plain batshit. GOOD Gordon Brown wants to help inject some order and stability into the lawless Niger Delta region. The oil-rich lawless Niger Delta region. BAD Max Hastings writes possibly the most depressing column we've ever, ever read. MAD… read more…

Three categories, three news snippets. GOOD The dinosaur-ridden House Of Lords is due for a long overdue shake-up. BAD People everywhere are attacking Labour's speedy U-turn on their knife crime policy. MAD Brits abroad continue to make this nation proud.… read more…

Three story-shaped nuggets that are either joyful, woeful or ... erm ... madful. GOOD Britain is doing its bit for diplomatic relations by trying to defuse tension with Russia over the Alexander Litvinenko case. BAD Further depressing signs for the global economy - massive banking organisation IndyMac has been… read more…

It does what the headline says. GOOD Knife crime may not quite be the 'epidemic' many are claiming, says Sunny Hundal at The Guardian. BAD The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon reckons that poor people are pretty much screwed. MAD A couple of days old now, but so genuinely insane we… read more…

Three opposing sides of a news-flavoured triangle. GOOD Hazel Blears is on a crusade to rejuvenate local politics and strengthen communities. BAD According to Iain Dale, ITV has axed their last political show and have no plans to replace it. Still - there's always room for another series of… read more…

Shiny and new, this is. We bring you Westmonster's daily not-quite-unholy trinity of stories that fall into the following categories: good news, bad news and downright insane news, all handily linked-up for you good people to peruse. GOOD Oil crisis? Bah. We're all going to be just fine, says… read more…