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Wandering round the NMBS Exhibition the other week, I was struck by a rather curious idea. Maybe, just maybe, things aren't quite as bad as we had been thinking them.

Britain was once described as a 'nation of shopkeepers'. Now that nice Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps, wants to turn it into a nation of housebuilders.

Those Meet the Merchant/Supplier speed dating events are a really good idea, aren't they?

It strikes me that there's something of the 'this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you' about tomorrow's Emergency Budget.

This government Green Deal is starting to look a little bit more complicated. Now climate minister Greg Barker has announced (at a Tory Conference fringe meeting) that big retailers like Tesco, Marks & Spencer and B&Q could be selling insulation and home energy efficiency measures under the deal as a way of getting more householders…

Ever get that feeling, when listening to a presentation, that the person giving it has X-ray vision straight into your brain and you therefore totally and utterly agree with what they are saying?

So we have a housing crisis. Again. The National Housing Federation yesterday released the results of a report that showed owner-occupation is likely to fall to just over 60% - the levels it was back in the 1980s.

What a crappy, crappy thing to happen to Carvers.

To paraphrase the great Benjamin Disraeli, there are lies, dammed lies and telephone cold-callers.

I'm trying to be positive, really I am.