As somebody who likes to keep up to date with technology (although with varying levels of success), I thought I would try writing my Westminster Diary on my BlackBerry in between listening to speeches in the Chamber.  

We are still in the phoney war phase before full hostilities break out at the General Election. Our defences are being constantly probed in the hope that Labour's likely fate might be reversed. Labour is hoping that if it puts my Party under enough pressure we will buckle and fall apart. Sorry, it's not going to happen.

We will continue to see swings back and forth in the polls but it is my view the underlying fundamentals of politics remain the same. We have a Government that has wrecked our pensions, run up enormous unsustainable debts, destroyed our economy and created huge social problems. The demolition job on the nation's pensions is rarely spoken about and probably won't feature strongly at the election, but it is probably this Government's biggest indictment. In many ways this is a bigger financial disaster, and one with more profound long-term social implications, than the damage done to the public finances – which have also been wrecked. But we do have the answers, and it's clear Labour does not. Rather than an economy built on unsustainable debt we need to rebuild savings and pensions. We will restore aspiration so that enterprise is rewarded and business is encouraged. There will be many more good schools and a real choice for parents rather than the current pretence of choice. We will make Britain one of the most family friendly countries in Europe.

However, we do have to work hard to get our message across and hope that the media give us a fair chance. To that end we had around 30 MPs in Reading West on Monday supporting our brilliant candidate Alok Sharma. Meanwhile, the PM was in Reading East doing a staged 'walkabout' and scripted speech, surrounded by a mass of police officers. Sadly, once again, Brown won't engage with the general public.

My constituents have written to me with many questions about crime which I would have liked them to have had the opportunity to ask. Or I could have put them across on their behalf, but instead Labour Councillors and a Labour MP asked planted questions.

In a classic act of of Gordon Brown rudeness, which PMs should be above, he ignored Parliamentary tradition and protocol and failed to notify me of his visit.  He managed to tell the press, Labour politicians, the Police and many others – he obviously didn't want to be questioned.