Labour’s socially mobile Gloria de Piero is not very happy with the civil service, writing in the Guardian that fast stream civil servants still overwhelmingly come from privileged backgrounds: “There is clearly something wrong here, and we need action”. Perhaps she should talk to Rossendale Red Prince Will Straw about what might be done. Will was a fast stream civil servant who worked for the Treasury and whose mum was also a fast stream civil servant and career mandarin. Now he wants to be an MP, following in the footsteps of his dad. Social mobility in the civil service is great if you are a wannabe Labour MP with mummy and daddy helping you along…