Ed Miliband and David Cameron can witter on all they like about putting a cap on energy bills or rolling back the eco-levy. It won't solve the basic, undeniable truth of the problem which is that we, as a nation, use far too much energy (and water, which is related) to go about our daily…

It's been said that no-one does pageantry and pomp and circumstance quite like us Brits and I think that's spot-on.

"The greenest Government ever". Well, David Cameron. That was a big fat lie, wasn't it? Your Coalition government has as much chance of achieving that aim as I have of beating Usain Bolt in a 100 yard dash to the pub.

I think I may have a new hero. Up there with Sir Steve Redgrave and 19-times champion jockey AP McCoy now sits the bearded wonder that is Jeremy Paxman.

The Beatles, ABBA, Take That and now UNIBUS or NMBER: as of next February there will be a new Supergroup to deal with.

They say confession is good for the soul. So, here goes: my name's Fiona and I think I may be a NIMBY.

We asked for Government help to boost the housing market and we got it, eventually.

When you see the animals in the neighbourhood wandering down the road in pairs, you know you're in trouble.

Has the statue in your town centre suddenly sprouted a brightly coloured scarf? Fear not, gentle reader, for you are neither imagining things, nor going loopy.

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse - aka Chris Smith, Ed Miliband, David Cameron and Eric Pickles - are bestriding the flooded plains. What amounts to a new sea is settling in on the Somerset Levels. There are landslips everywhere. The Tory heartland of the Thames Valley is under two foot of water. The West…