The morning after a magnificent send-off from regional colleagues and friends seems as good a time as any to confirm my departure from the Western Morning News on Friday.
After almost four fantastic years of badger culling, DEFRA-bashing, unitary-yawning, tourism-talking, campervan-driving, expenses-exposing and, mostly, laughing, I am moving on to pastures new.
From next week I will have a complete change of pace and pressure covering politics at the Independent on Sunday. As someone has already noted, they could not be more different papers and probably don't share many readers but I'm looking forward to a new challenge.
Thank you to everyone who has taken time to read this blog or been remotely informed by the political coverage in the WMN in what has been a fascinating time for politics; nationally in general and in the Westcountry in particular.
As a Somerset boy I will always have fond memories of working for a paper I grew up knowing, covering a region I love.
But for now, I think it's time for a quiet cup of coffee and hope there isn't too much shouting at PMQs.
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Congratulations Matt and good luck. I hope to keep up with your future work on Twitter!
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