I thought I was proud to be British when I watched the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. But that was nothing to how I feel now, watching the Team GB and Paralympics GB victory parade.

Hmm. Do I sense a degree of rearranging the deckchairs on The Titanic here?

It being party conference season there's been the usual avalanche through of ideas that the various parties have had for boosting a) the economy and b) - probably rather more importantly in their leaders' minds - their chances of election next time round.

When Sunday Times economics editor David Smith addressed THE Conference, the all-industry conference in Cyprus back in 2005, he did so during a period of unprecedented growth and prosperity for the UK construction industry.

Dear Mr Cameron. Um, What the- insert own expletive here - are you playing at?

The sale of 22 branches of Burdens to Wolseley raises almost as many questions as it answers.

Holy crap. Could this shower that we voted in get any worse?

Since I wrote this on Saturday, DECC ran a live webchat with Greg Barker MP this morning (Monday). They had 2000 people taking part and 650 questions submitted.

So the Government thinks it's so important to get us all the invest in the energy efficiency of our homes that it is prepared to spend its own (well, taxpayers') money to promote it.

What can we expect from the Santa Osborne's Autumn Statement this afternoon then?