MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: This country's economy is now in serious peril. This is not only because the Government is nudging at the very outer limits of what it can raise in tax and borrowing.
It is still less than a year since millions of voters decided that they would give Labour a chance. Many voted for Sir Keir Starmer's (pictured) party.
In a stunning series of air strikes, its forces attacked nuclear facilities and missile sites. They also took out three of Iran's most senior security chiefs and several of its top atomic scientists.
How can it be that the parent of a child in a London suburb was told by her GP that the boy is not eligible for important therapy - because he does not attend a state school?
The Tories are languishing in the polls behind Labour and Reform. No wonder some have read it the last rites. And yet, under Kemi Badenoch there are signs the party is flickering back to life.
It is tempting to think that their parallel hostility to private schools is partly motivated by the proof fee-charging schools provide, that good schooling is still possible.
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Inch by inch or, as the EU would prefer, centimetre by centimetre, this country is being drawn back into the dreary orbit of Brussels.