Some people have a choice about whether or not to vote Labour. I wish I did too

‘It was important to him to do good’ … Polly as a baby, with her MP father, Robin Corbett (left). Photograph: Courtesy of Polly Hudson

With hindsight, perhaps my expectations were slightly too high. When Labour won the 2024 election I thought the whole country was going to live happily ever after, like the end of a fairytale in which good triumphs over evil.

Spoiler alert: that hasn’t quite happened.