Christmas time

My family always have a traditional Christmas. It's gift exchanges in the morning, followed by a big slap up lunch, then a movie with an optional nap and finally drinks and cards in the evening. Then Boxing Day was the time Dad and I would go and watch some team stuff us four or five nil.

. This year though, with my son running up a big private hospital bill, we'll be keeping it lean. Never mind, younger kids don't worry about ipods or cars, they just enjoy the fun and appreciate what they get.

What will lie ahead in 2009? Well for me there will be another addition to the family. It's an exciting time, but I'll also be keeping focused on my long term plans for business and life.

For the UK the credit crunch aftershock will really be felt next year. Let's just pray none of us are causalities. That's really all we can do about that.

Enough waffle. Merry Christmas to all readers, bloggers, conservatives, leftists and Saints fans. But not Spurs fans.

It seems like we are back to the days of Charles II. David Green's arrest is remarkable not only for the fact that he "leaked" information that was obviously in the public interest to know about, but also for the fact that it was handled so differently to the arrest of Tony Blair.

Green received no money for his leaks. As far as I'm aware, nobody was punished for the information in the leaks, such as Jaqui Smith being aware of the high number of illegal immigrants working in Whitehall and lying about it.

As a Popular Alliance member, I'm against uncontrolled immigration and - like most people - I'm against the 42 day detention rule. Moreover, I most definitely support the "leaking' of information that exposes incompetence in government whilst endangering nobody. Long live Private Eye!