Feeling much stronger. The sun really brightening everything up. We've had so much rain and I think everyone's fed up with it. A busy morning working on constituency matters and then out and about in my constituency. Labour's new recruit, MP Natalie Elphicke, apologised for comments she made supporting her ex-husband after he was convicted of sexual assault. Wonderful what a conversion can bring about! In other news, the Bank of England boss weighed in on a row over whether the UK economy is recovering from the cost-of-living crisis. Whooping cough cases at the start of this year had more than trebled compared with the whole of 2023, new figures revealed. Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would "stand alone" if it had to in its war against Hamas, after the US threatened to stop sending some weapons to its ally. So much for a firm friend. This is politicking of the worst kind. And Israel's Eurovision contestant, Eden Golan, would perform at the second-semi final this evening, despite being booed by crowds during Wednesday's rehearsal.