How sad can it be to change the opposition's front bench? (6,7)
I believe the answer is:
shadow cabinet
'opposition's front bench?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'how sad can it be to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'how'+'sad'+'can'+'it'+'be'='howsadcanitbe'
'howsadcanitbe' anagrammed gives 'SHADOW CABINET'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shadow cabinet that I've seen before include "Senior members of the opposition" , "part of the front bench" , "Policy-making group of opposition party" , "Opposition politicians" , "Opposition's leaders" .)