An email has just landed in my inbox via the servers of the Parliamentary Estate:

“I am an avid reader of your blog, as I am sure many others are also. You really do have plenty of people guessing at some of your sources…”

Flattering, but unfortunately things will be quiet around here for the next five days. I’m out of Leicester for a few days, and I’ll be back on Wednesday.

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