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So, next week's Comprehensive (not) Spending (anything) Review. Is it going to be as bad as we think it will be?

Sometimes it seems as though there are two - if not more - different economies out there.

Oh dear. It's not looking very good out there is it? And I don't just mean the view from my window which suggests that the extra vest and woolly socks might be required sooner rather than later.

Viva Espana.

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.

I'll admit it. I was one of those who suggested that the "conservatory tax" would put people off having any RMI work done on their properties.

Ever get that sense of déjà vu?

What with emails and the world-wide Google-web, one doesn't get much proper post these days. So anything that does make it through the letterbox stands out.

So the tabloid journalist in me is dying to write the headline: Government in listening to merchant industry shock.

It is a truth, universally, acknowledged, that once something hitherto unremarkable has been brought to your notice, you start to notice it more.