Still out of action today, but watched and read about home and world affairs with interest. Also time to write to several constituents on various matters. Meanwhile, in the Commons, there was a surprise which no one was prepared for, not least on our side of the House. Just before PMQs began, Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke was guided to a seat just behind Starmer, claiming the Tories "have become a byword for incompetence and division". Personally, I bear no animosity against Natalie and I hope she finds whatever it is she's looking for. If she deludes herself that Starmer and Labour will stop mass immigration, I'm afraid she really is barking up the wrong tree. I fear, though, for her peace of mind, as I do not believe for one minute she will find happiness on Labour's Benches, and she has lost the respect of her former colleagues on ours. What's even more baffling, is that she's not standing at the next election, anyway. Stranger and stranger. In other news, an "undeclared" Russian military intelligence officer would be expelled from the UK, the home secretary announced, as he also revealed the closure of several Russian diplomatic premises. A woman who shouted and waved aggressively at a cyclist on the pavement, causing her to fall into the path of a car, had her conviction for manslaughter overturned and walked free from court. And there was fighting and a bombardment on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, as Israel said the Kerem Shalom crossing had reopened for aid.