The coronavirus crisis has shown us all that squeezing the life out of the National Health Service for a decade was a disastrous move by the Tories.
The health service is rising to a challenge of increasing tests and preparing to treat thousands and thousands of extra patients, its dedicated staff responding once again to a national emergency.
But the service would be in much ruder health had the reckless Tories not imposed the tightest straitjacket in its history.
Lengthening waiting lists and ambulances and A&Es missing targets were alarm bells missed by a Government which seemed more interested in privatising services.
We salute doctors, nurses and all the other workers who keep our precious NHS running.
But Chancellor Rishi Sunak will not be telling the truth in tomorrow’s Budget if he declares the service will get the resources it needs.
And lost lives is the result.
Web of trouble
Revolting Tories show Boris Johnson’s Government is not as strong or secure as his party wants us to think.
That 38 rebels voted against the Huawei 5G internet deal, to slash the PM’s majority to just 24, might be a sign of trouble to come.
Former leader Iain Duncan Smith protested over the wrong issue – there is little evidence the Chinese company’s involvement is a security threat – but Mr Johnson is on notice.
If he mishandles the coronavirus crisis or the already-spluttering economy, Mr Johnson could be given a bloody nose in Westminster.
Saving grace
The greatest gift we can give is the gift of life – so stem cell donor Stefan Berens is a very special man for saving Jo Kelly and her baby daughter Phoebe.
If every one of us checks if we can join the Anthony Nolan register, we too might be heroes like the German economist – and who knows, our own lives may be saved one day.
