In Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip yesterday, exhausted people danced, celebrated, blew horns, and beat drums after hearing the news of the new ceasefire, summoning sunlight after a 2yr storm of bullets and bombs.

Is it only me who can see the – my word – 'stupidity', of what the UK is witnessing week on week - month on month – year on year – in that place of power, people call parliament? What are we to learn from these lessons?

The current health secretary – Wes Streeting – has just announced that injections for weight loss will now be widely available – free – on the NHS.

It’s one of those funny things in life which we give little attention to at the time. But it’s also one of those things – one of those powerful things – which can help us so very much. Call it a Sixth Sense.

Chalk’s a useful thing. It’s good for writing on blackboards – although perhaps less useful for that, nowadays. It’s also good for tennis court boundaries – giving rise to the famous question “Who saw chalk dust?”

It’s a strange thing that some things in life are glaringly obvious to thinking people - including ones as young as six – but not it seems to our politicians. Is it about time we all took a critical look at these political ones?