Dear Reader,

Have you noticed anything different about this month's update?

Dear Reader,

This week I'm updating you on exciting news from the European Parliament - roaming charges in the EU are finally to be a thing of the past and you will have greater consumer rights when you buy package holidays online. This is a really good example of what can be achieved in a single market of 28 with all of us working together.

 Dear Reader,

This month has been a busy one!

Dear Reader,

Huge congratulations to Tim Farron on his election as our new leader, and commiserations to Norman Lamb.  We were served well by both of them who ran good and fully engaged campaigns.  We are lucky to have two such competent people prepared to lead this party of ours.

Dear Reader,

Like many of you I have been seeing again this month upsetting footage of thousands of migrants taking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean on clapped-out ships to reach mainland Europe.

Dear Reader,

This last week has certainly been an interesting one. While I cannot promise to have watched the Queen's Speech avidly (I was held up in Geneva Airport for 24 hours on Wednesday - occupational hazard) the contents of it were not surprising.

Dear Reader,

I am bringing out a special edition of my newsletter because I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who worked so hard over the general election campaign.