Promising that Ministers will, where possible, take public transport (see DC says no to ministerial transport) like anyone else is a fine nod at the “we need to cut back and we’ll start at the top” ideal. Yet is it the most productive way to run a Government? The time versus money productivity equation I’ve been thinking...

Just discovered my usual Deals of the Week Thursday slot on Lorraine (GMTV) will  be hosted by Emma Bunton as it’s half term.  I’ve never met her before, though she seems lovely on the telly. Yet I’ve gone into a nightmare Spice Girls pun mode and keep thinking of silly lines such as… Explaining a bogof as...

Whenever I’m intereviewed in profiles they always ask “do you ever make a MoneySaving mistake, ever lose your discipline?”, the answer is “of course” though examples never seem to spring to mind.  Yet Friday night I made a basic cherry error. Leaving MSE Towers for home at 8pm on Friday night, Mrs MSE called and asked me...

At school, I was one of chubby boys who came last in cross country – I hated it, I felt like I was having an asthma attack and couldn’t breath. So having run the second 10k of my life this week in 45:35 the warm glow of satisfaction is mixed with a tinge of melancholy. Having never...