Appreciation All Round

As you can see from the sidebar, Philip Davies has been invested as this blog's official mascot, as promised. His commons performance last week is now preserved for prosperity and can be viewed by clicking on his amiable fizzog.

Davies has been informed of this prestigious appointment and, judging by his reply, I have a sneaking suspicion that it is much appreciated.

Dear Richard

Thank you very much indeed for your extremely kind email which is much appreciated and for your supportive comments which are much appreciated.

Best wishes

Philip

I think I can say, with confidence, that more MPs like Davies would be much appreciated by readers of this blog, and that if he could find time to kick Kevin Barron in the shins - very hard - at some point in the near future, that would be much appreciated too.

UPDATE: Davies, on being informed of his investiture, was understandably overwhelmed.

Thanks Richard

... he gushed.