It's Hard to be Positive About 2012

I am determined to be more positive on this blog in 2012, even if it does mean me biting me tongue sometimes. Yet, it is going to be a horrendous year for many within Wales, as the public sector cuts really start to bite from April 1st onwards. As the former British labour Chancellor Allistair Darling recently stated, the current state of the economy is potentially even worse than the original recession in 2008, as there is now realisation that the private sector cannot fill the gaps left by the public sector job losses. There will actually be cases where people still in full time employment will be close to losing their homes due to cuts to their pay and conditions. I have never seen this before in my working life.

So on the positive side, there's always the Queens Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics. Good grief, this positive blogging thing is going to be harder than I thought.