Christmas is a Christian festival, but as Russel Norman pointed out earlier this week, much of the spirit of Christmas applies equally to those who have a non-Christian religion or no religion at all.

Over the summer holidays blogging here will be light. The Green MPs are all taking a well-deserved break, and I hope to too. There will be a couple of General Debate threads (please treat this as one), and if something important crops up or if a Green MP suddenly finds a spurt of enthusiasm, maybe a post or two by an MP.

The blog won’t be moderated as frequently as usual either, but I will be checking in from time to time. Commenters who are not registered or fail to log in may have long delays before your comments appear.

And please don’t take the less frequent moderation as an excuse for trolling, abusing other commenters, or other bad behaviour. Follow the blog policy and all will be good. Otherwise, you may burn in Hell for eternity discover there are consequences. Compliments of the season, and wishing you all the best.