It was bad enough that prominent Labour donor Lord Alli was given an access-all-areas pass to Downing Street and was allowed to throw a jolly party there for friends and fellow fundraisers.
Reading the findings of the official report into the Grenfell Tower disaster elicits three powerful emotions - sadness, incomprehension and, finally, intense anger.
The success of Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) in the German state elections may have shocked the country's ruling elite but it was no great surprise to anyone else.
Just as Gordon Brown had his 'prawn cocktail offensive' to seduce the City ahead of the landslide 1997 victory, so Sir Keir Starmer played footsie with corporate grandees before this election.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: After the stern admonishments delivered by Sir Keir Starmer in his No 10 speech this week, millions of voters will feel like they have already been given detention.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: In this free country of ours, Labour's plan to extend the smoking ban to pub gardens is an authoritarian step too far, which will have no effect on public health.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It would be understandable for Brexiteers to feel anxious about the amount of time Sir Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz are spending in each other's company.
So now at least we know the truth. In his first major speech as Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed what every man and his dog had long suspected. Tax rises are on the way - and they will be brutal.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Millions who voted Labour on July 4 may already be experiencing pangs of buyer's remorse. By tomorrow, it will be crystal clear they've been sold a pup.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Following the lifting of Covid restrictions and Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, gas and electricity bills inevitably skyrocketed.