The Green Party's victory yesterday has left many decent people anxious and bewildered. They fear the old two-party system is collapsing and darker forces are moving in to fill the vacuum.
Were the Royal Family ever brought so low? They have weathered many profound crises down through the years but the arrest of the King's brother plumbs new depths.
No doubt there is more to come from the great swamp of revelations about this squalid, corrupt individual and his connections to high places across the world.
In a contradictory and deeply concerning ruling, Dame Victoria Sharp, Mr Justice Swift and Mrs Justice Steyn agreed the group had 'organised and undertaken actions amounting to terrorism.'
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: There is growing talk, among the Left-wing establishment, of appointing a 'caretaker leader' for the Labour Party, to make it easier for Sir Keir Starmer to resign.
Caught in the seething maelstrom of the Mandelson/Epstein affair, the PM's authority has evaporated, he has lost the respect of his backbenchers and the buzzards are circling.