Well, back to the Commons for the first time since the election. It was a very different atmosphere that greeted me as I wandered through the corridors to my office, bumping into new and former colleagues of mine who'd been successfully returned. Few of us had predicted such an incredible result, so many were still euphoric. Our first task was to vote for the Speaker. Labour's Lindsay Hoyle had won our confidence before the election, serving for only two days before the House rose for the campaign. We were all confident he would be returned and he duly was, and rightly so. Lindsay is a thoroughly decent and honourable man, who will give the Chair back its dignity, so sadly undermined by its predecessor. The PM made a short speech, as did the other Party leaders. Corbyn looked and sounded like a broken man, and so he should be. His ruinous and disingenuous campaign was rejected and thank God it was. Afterwards, I attended the first meeting of our small group of like-minded Conservative MPs, to discuss the election result and other matters. My in-tray was already filling up, so my team and I sat down to once again work our way through the many emails and letters received. Supper with my two sons ended an extraordinary day.