So then: what have I been up to these past three weeks? The short answer: working for Andrew George MP (St Ives and the Isles of Scilly) in his Westminster office, which is next to Big Ben.
Andrew George MP: representing Cornwall for over 13 years!
The long answer? Well, I could tell you, but I'd probably have to kill you. Or at least, make sure you never talked to a journalist. But I can confirm a number of things that the general public are probably aware of anyway...
1. MPs are, as a rule, EXTREMELY busy. This obviously depends on their role: if they're a new MP you will probably see them quite a lot; if it's Cameron or Clegg you're trying to spot, fat chance. You get used to seeing familiar faces after a while though: Alistair Darling and David Miliband have been spotted by yours truly from time to time.
2. An MP's diary is INSANE.
3. Cornish people write the nicest letters: one of them sent a typewritten letter. How awesome is that, eh? :-D
4. Movember (where men grow moustaches to draw attention to prostate cancer) has been well supported by many MPs: Mike Crockart, Roger Williams and Tom Brake to name a few!
5. You can work in Westminster for about six months and STILL not know where a room is.
6. I have lost count of how many letters we receive.
7. Bob Russell (MP for Colchester) has made a special chocolate bar for Lib Dems, and I have proof!
8. There are 650 MPs in total.
9. I have met... about 20, give or take. Mostly Lib Dems, like Charles Kennedy and Simon Hughes: but also Neil Carmichael (Conservative MP for Stroud), Nic Dakin (Labour MP for Scunthorpe), and Barry Gardiner (Labour MP for Brent North).
10. I am loving every minute of it, eeeeeeee :-D
That's all for now folks, but there may be more shortly!
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