For those of you who may have missed the announcement in last Saturday's business section, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself to you as The Telegraph's new editorial page editor.

Or maybe I should say "reintroduce" myself.

After 18 years at the paper - the last two as editor in chief - I am moving over as part of a newsroom reorganization to replace Claudette Durocher, a 44-year veteran of this paper who officially retired from this position a week ago Friday.

As a result, I thought it would be appropriate to give you an idea of what you should expect on our opinion pages going forward, whether you visit these pages in print or online each day.

Check that: Let me tell you what you shouldn't expect.