The British Government has begun to look chaotic, changing leaders with alarming frequency. If Starmer is replaced before July, we will have cycled through seven prime ministers in a decade.
They reverberated from the hotel foyer and through the open main door into the Washington Hilton ballroom, where I was sitting at one of the tables closest to the entrance.
As the sun set on Monday evening in Dubai, after more than 48 hours of unprovoked missile and drone attacks from Iran, I enjoyed dinner at Gigi on the Beach.
There was half an aeroplane between me and my wife, but symbolically it was a chasm. I was wedged into economy. Stephanie, meanwhile, was reclining in business class.
When I heard Anthony Joshua had been involved in a car crash, like many other sports fans I was shocked. The accident was far more serious than anyone could have imagined.
CRAVEN: The resort of Crans-Montana yesterday lay blanketed in sorrow - any trace of a holiday atmosphere obliterated, with the ski runs closed as a mark of respect and nearly all restaurants shut.
NICK PISA IN LAGOS: The Daily Mail has learned that Joshua's driver did not have a valid driver's licence before the smash on Nigeria's most deadly road which hospitalised the multi-millionaire boxer.