In the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland explains why the current financial crisis could prove a change for a fresh start, while Simon Jenkins says it was politicians whose laxity and craving for popularity lay at the root of the present trouble.
In the Times, Daniel Finkelstein discusses Gordon Brown's most "shockingly idiotic" comment and argues that far from being a triumph for the prime minister, the president situation represents "total, utter, dreadful defeat".
Simon Heffer, in the Daily Telegraph, warns the Tories they must spell out the country's predicament and make the case for capitalism.
On the blogs, the BBC's Nick Robinson says the prime minister is "hoping to create a spirit of the economic blitz", while ConservativeHome questions whether the economic crisis has scuppered first minister Alex Salmond's ambitions to break up the United Kingdom.
