Reading Rafael Behr's column in today's Times, I felt a brief stab of anger when I came to a quote from a former Labour minister: "I'd never have got permission to do most of the things I've done that have worked," one shadow minister told me recently. "So I don't ask".
The anger was brief because it was quickly followed by cynicism. We know this is how ministers behave. They think they can act with impunity.
Reasserting democratic control over politicians is the major challenge we face.
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