Schools out for Summer!!!

Parliament goes into its somewhat lengthy recess at the end of business today. The length of summer recess has provoked some commentators to raise questions about how hard MP's work - but the bigger scandal is today's announcement that the Government has published 65 written statements - meaning there will be no scrutinty (apart from in the press) as to what the Government is doing.

One of the first tasks of the new Conservative leader (whoever that may be) will be to call the Government to account at morning noon and night!