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

Regular readers of this blog will know that I don't trust politicians - of any ilk- further than I can throw them. And as a journalist I think I'm supposed to be completely neutral. However, I'm a bit fed up with a lot of the hoo-ha in the papers about last week's elections.

So, a man who held the exalted position of Environment Secretary for two years is against the Climate Change Act.

Eavesdropping on a conversation between two ladies of advancing years on the station platform the other day, I heard the following exchange:

Greg Barker, ex-MP for Bexhill & Battle, former Government Minister and the man charged with delivering the Coalition's Government's Green Deal programme knows who he is blaming for the programme's relative failure.

According to the latest Markit CIPS survey, construction growth is at a 10 month low. Not great news, since all the Brexit hoo-ha is hardly likely to make the economy any more stable any time soon.

Apparently it's all our fault. By which I mean those of us who are parents.

After three gruelling years chipping away at debt mountains to restore balance sheets, it is no surprise there is sense of survivors' relief and jubilation.

It seems ages since we had a buoyant housing market, but the latest forecasts indicate that we could see growth in private housing. If this actually does come to pass, both the big national house-builders and the smaller individual builders could be expected to profit (not before time you might say!).

Well, I hope you all survived the festive season and managed to recharge your batteries after the challenging year that was 2014.