Britain is in a parlous situation. The Labour Government and Chancellor Rachel Reeves have been put to the test over the last 21 months in office and found sorely wanting.
The Labour Government, with Streeting's blessing, is pursuing a dystopian experiment to test puberty-blockers on healthy children who think they were 'born in the wrong body'.
The Prime Minister has endured a nightmare fortnight in which he has suffered two major departures while trying to launch 'phase two' of his Labour Government.
Britain's beleaguered Labour Government has begun a desperate scramble to determine which of our taxes should be jacked up - and by how much - in the autumn Budget.