I promised myself, last week, that I would make sure I wrote about something different from Brexit in this week’s column. I can’t write a fourth consecutive bad tempered column about the travails of the Brexit process, I told myself. I even consulted a regular correspondent for ideas. She suggested talking about ways grandparents can occupy their grandchildren over the summer. (Loads of opportunities locally – the forest, canoeing on Severn, Go Ape, the safari park, carpet museum, Bewdley museum, mountain biking, loads of sports clubs. Fun for all the family.)

But this week’s breakdown of any semblance of sanity during the Customs Bill and Trade Bill, accompanied by countless emails from constituents about the betrayal of their viewpoint, demands some sort of comment from a constituency’s local MP.

Everyone is unhappy. If you were a hard Brexiteer, happy with a so-called no-deal outcome, you will have been betrayed by the Chequers deal and the White Paper. If you are a soft Remainer, happy with Chequers and the White Paper, you will have been betrayed by the government’s acceptance of the amendments to the Customs Bill that were designed to head off a hard Brexiteer rebellion. So, over the last couple of weeks, Remainer “enemies of the people” have been moved from rebels to loyalist and back to rebels without changing their views at all. Similarly, Brexiteers have gone from loyalists, to rebels, to something else. One of them described themselves as the insurgent rebels, whilst the Remainers are just rebels.

Ministers and aides are resigning daily. One of the latest came completely unexpectedly from a Remainer over a Customs Bill amendment. It is all completely bonkers. Or so I thought.

In amongst all this, someone had the bright idea that a good way to send a message to the wider population about our diligence here in parliament is to vote to break up for the summer early and give ourselves 5 days’ extra holiday. You can’t make this stuff up.

I’m keen to meet any constituent who would like a sensible conversation about all this. It’s too difficult to explain in emails so please do get in touch if you want to chat it through. But to be clear, my priorities are that my constituents have a safe and secure future, with good public services and a future with opportunity. The sooner we get back to normality, the better.