I know everyone will have been horrified by the scenes coming out of Kabul over the last 2 weeks and that is underlined by the many emails I have received expressing concern and offering help.
As I write I have just heard the very welcome news that a constituent from Lancing and his family have boarded a flight out of Kabul after a week in and out of queues dodging the Taliban, stampedes and general chaos.
It was good to see the strong turnout at the Lancing Beach Green Park Run as another regular outdoor pursuit gradually returns to normal. No doubt spurred on by the Olympics around 100 enthusiastic runners of all shapes, sizes and speeds for the 2 Saturday morning events so far.
Parliament rose for the summer recess last Thursday with me still trying to catch up on a few hundred emails which have been relentless over recent weeks, particularly with constituents trying to make sense of the travel rules as we come out of lockdown.
My final weekly video before the Summer Recess, discussing the A27 works at Lancing, a meeting in No.10 and other Parliamentary briefings, the poorly thought-through cycle-lane scheme in Findon Valley and more.
“How on earth does a genocidal, industrial scale human rights abusing, free speech intolerant and planet vandalising regime square with the principles of the Olympic Charter?”
The House of Commons has voted for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics and there was unanimity on a
For once I had as near normal a constituency Friday as before the pandemic including visiting 2 local schools. It was a pleasure to catch-up with Shoreham Beach Primary again after having received a letter from Year 1 pupil Wilbur Topp wanting me to do more about the environment.
A busy week this week - discussing the vote on overseas aid, my debate on holding a diplomatic boycott for the Beijing Winter Olympics and other Parliament and constituency-based issues.
