Colleagues, the press, my constituents - wherever I go it's the question I am asked most. Like speculation over a celebrity marriage, we're all wondering if the coalition will go the full five years or if it will all end in tears much before then.

If there is one question a new MP will invariably get asked after the obligatory ‘how are you settling in?', it tends to be ‘have you got an office yet?'. Offices in Westminster seem to be a slightly comical source of prestige

New MP Jonathan Reynolds shares more early impressions: catching the Speaker's eye for his maiden speech, government MPs shaking their heads at David Cameron, and Vince Cable close to tears

New MP Jonathan Reynolds walks us through his early impressions of parliament, the litany of rules (where you can and can't sit in the tearoom) and a boisterous first Labour meeting