Parliament returns on 1 September, followed the next day by Andy Burnham’s first Prime Minister’s Questions.
For Lionel, the summer recess has lasted quite long enough.
He has exhausted the newspapers, reorganised his complaints and watched a council meeting about revised drain-cover procurement—twice.
But relief is approaching.
Soon Westminster will once again provide shouting, finger-pointing and several carefully prepared answers to questions nobody asked.
Watch Lionel explain why he cannot wait for normal parliamentary disorder to resume.