The Labour manifesto promised a new era of transparency, a new honesty and openness by government. They talked of public service, and of always placing the nation's interests ahead of their own. These were fine sentiments.
In recent weeks, we have seen the opposite. The government tried to block any of the papers about the conduct of Peter Mandelson in office from being available.
They have been reluctant to talk about how he became Ambassador to the US and what he did in that role. There are also unanswered questions about his links to Epstein as Secretary of State in the previous government.
The Commons insisted on the release of the documents, but we are still waiting for them. Why is it so difficult to release them? How much is going to be redacted or held back?
Meanwhile, the Government has been allowing and probably encouraging debate and discussion about Mr Windsor, stripped of his titles and no longer a working royal.
This is despite it being the subject of a police enquiry, which the government regards as a reason to be cautious over discussing Mandelson.
The mainstream media have allowed the Mr Windsor story to dominate, when there are many more important national issues which the government is keen to hide.
There is the refusal of the Government to revise or review its dreadful giveaway of the Chagos Islands and its continuing bad treatment of the Chagossians.
We have heard poor legal explanation after poor legal explanation of this ridiculous and needless generosity to a country friendly with China. Only GB News has given this prominent and balanced coverage.
The PM's refusal to release draft texts of his EU reset makes sense. It reads like a thriller - John Redwood | Getty Images
There is the refusal to publish the text of the giveaway Agreement over Gibraltar's borders, finalised we are told, on December 18 last year.
As the Government will want Parliament to ratify this new Treaty with the EU involving Spain and Gibraltar, they should publish the text and allow proper debate about whether it is a good idea.
Why do they want EU and Spanish officials involved in our sovereign border, base and airport in Gibraltar, a place which has always voted overwhelmingly to stay British?
There is the refusal of the Government to release draft texts for the wide-ranging and deeply damaging EU reset Agreement.
The Government wants to give away 12 years of our precious fish stocks, quite a lot of our money, our right to make our own laws in a number of important areas, and the rights of UK students to get support to attend non-EU universities abroad.
Why do they want to do this? What benefit do they claim this might bring? Why is Parliament denied access to the working documents? Why can't the rest of us be part of these vital conversations?
If the Government wants to undermine Brexit, it should first consult the people who voted for it.
There is a misleading spin on the economy. Labour inherited two per cent inflation, almost doubled it and now claims credit for getting it back down to three per cent.
They said they would boost growth, inheriting the best growth in the G7 for the previous six months, only to slow it to a near standstill. They inherited low unemployment and have put it up most months since taking office.
They have driven youth unemployment above the unacceptably high EU levels after years when we kept it much lower.
There is silence over the colossal losses being made by the Bank of England and paid for by taxpayers, highlighted by GB News.
There is an unwillingness to address the criticisms of the dear energy policy, which is fast closing our factories and ending our oil and gas industry.
Too many promises in the manifesto have been broken. The Government would have a better chance of getting policy right if it published the documents and accepted the facts.
You can only remedy a problem if you first understand it and set out for all to see how you are going to improve. Trying to spin your way out or diverting attention will make things worse and add to the Government's unpopularity.