Lest we forget  

Please stick with me. I know the first golden rule of blogging is to keep making regular posts and – where appropriate – to reply to readers' comments. It is something I particularly enjoyed doing back in February and March when I was recovering from illness at home (and to be fair, had lots of time on my hands). Sadly, in the past few weeks, I just haven't had anything like the amount of time to sit down and gather up my thoughts – now I've started to receive emails, tugging at my heart strings to keep on blogging! Firstly, I haven't gone away.   Sadly (as a result of the illness earlier in the year) I am having to have lots of medical tests, which have put me out of action a bit. I've also been incredibly busy in the Commons, having secured a couple of debates – which take up spare time in preparation. Anyway, I wanted to reassure my loyal...