“It’s been a quiet week!” says Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, with a big smile. Nandy is surprisingly upbeat considering her government has just had a near-death experience after less than two years in power. She introduces me to Owen, her communications adviser. “Owen is going to sit in, in case I say something really fucking stupid, and I have to apologise to the nation.” Is that likely? “Erm, it’s possible. It has been known.”