So the Budget then. Not what you'd call a rip-roaring listen was it? It seemed to me to be missing something. Oh yes, that was it, the 'f' word. As in fiscal (deficit). As in how are we going to fill the black hole? (see earlier rant on this topic) I suppose this close to…

And so it begins. Yesterday's announcement that the General Election is to be on May 6 puts an end to the 'phoney election' period and the campaigning moves up a gear.

Wow, this national insurance row is hotting up. Now Jewson's Peter Hindle has waded into it.

Passion. That's what this election has been missing so far.

Right that's that done for another four or five years. My civic duty in exercising my democratic right to help decide the future of this country. I've done my bit for the election 2010.

Well we managed to bugger that all up quite nicely. Instead of a nice, smooth handover of power with Tory-Boy Cameron gurning for the cameras as he moved into No10 while Gordon Brown packed the tea chests and moved out, we have got ourselves a hung parliament. And all because the electorate had the temerity…

So bye bye new Labour and hello to the new politics. Or the Dave 'n' Nick show.

Bloody hell. I go AWOL for a week and look what happens.

So already under the new coalition government we have had action. Housing minister Grant Shapps has metaphorically put his money where his mouth is and scrapped the need for controversial Home Information Packs. Apparently this has already boosted the housing market with estate agency website RightMove claiming to have seen a 34% increase in houses…

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.