SO business minister Baroness Vadera thinks she can see “a few green shoots” of recovery does she?

It seems that no sooner has Recession become the R word of choice, than Government policymakers are desperately trying to replace it with another: Recovery.

Now the latter is what we all want, but while many people believe it is easy to talk ourselves into recession, I fear it will prove a damn sight harder to talk ourselves out of it.

We had a few green shoots in the back garden at Off Centre Towers recently, but the so-called Big Freeze has dealt them a fatal blow and they are busily shrivelling up and going black.

Let’s hope Baroness Vadera’s green shoots fair somewhat better, for all our sakes.