Labour MPs spent their last long spell in opposition yearning to be in government so they could make a difference, rather than merely complain from obscurity.
Now they’ve had long enough in power to realise an uncomfortable truth: even as a minister, you can still be totally powerless.
The only person in Westminster who seems capable of getting anything done is Baroness Louise Casey. Baroness Casey, who, as well as running the most recent review on grooming gangs and leading yet another inquiry on social care, is rumoured to be in line to be the next Cabinet Secretary, was brought in this week to help the beleaguered inquiry into grooming gangs after four members of the survivors’ liaison panel resigned over the shortlisted candidates to chair it.
Those victims complained – not unreas