Relax, the grown-ups are back in charge. Aren't they?

Respect to Tony Blair for waiting so long before he jumped in the back seat and started giving directions to the new Prime Minister. It must have been what, all of two minutes? They don’t move that fast in the pits at Silverstone. First, the former premier used a newspaper article to punt his idea for ID cards.

Next came a speech at the humbly titled Tony Blair Institute for Global Change on how artificial intelligence could save the public sector billions. So far, Sir Tony (as we must now, rather annoyingly, call him for reasons of consistency) is being treated with the politeness due to a neighbour who peers over the fence and tells you how to cut the grass. Team Starmer does not need Sir Tony giving them advice in person.

With so many old faces from the Blair years popping up in government, it looks like the infiltration work is already done. Still, given the feelings Sir Tony arouses in some quarters, it would be wise to keep the man himself a suitable distance away. Perhaps Elon Musk can find him something to do in space.

There is another reason to let voicemail do the honours next time Sir Tony calls. Should the new Prime Minister need an ideas guru, a suitable candidate is ready and waiting. One who is wise, inspiring, and possessed of an unparalleled knowledge of top ten hits from the 1970s.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ken Bruce. The Greatest Hits Radio DJ earned the thanks of a nation this week when he told his former employers at Radio 2 to grow up and st.