Peter Rhodes on fake accents, delayed justice and finding the blame on your desk

When will that be? Before or after someone is prosecuted for Grenfell Tower? Before or after someone is jailed for sewage pollution? Before or after we get all the answers about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings? Under successive governments, this country has become a world leader in trampling things into the tall grass.

Don’t expect things to change. Deputy First Minister Angela Rayner’s tentative interview on Radio 4’s Today was exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s spent his entire life in opposition, where politics is based on bashing those in power rather than coming up with practical solutions. Suddenly the responsibility is on your own desk and people are looking to you for action. Scary, isn’t it?