John Major's anger at the reported comments of his ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont
John Major's anger at the reported comments of his ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont

Suffering from a head cold made walking Sam a chore but we managed it and then I stayed in to complete my financial summaries apart from an outing to the Little Paxton Little Chef for lunch. T

he political news today is of John Major's anger at the reported comments of his ex-Chancellor, Norman Lamont, who was scathing about the "Back to Basics" campaign.

I felt really miserable today and very sorry for myself as I had come down with a head cold and runny nose. I had little enthusiasm to take Sam out for his two walks but just about made it. He was quite good as I concentrated on obedience, jumping and quartering but then I left the retrieving alone for once.

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There was still that icy wind and so I gave Sam a rest from the water. Daniel was up early today and off after breakfast with his friends to take his car back to the dealer in Norfolk to see about the automatic transmission. He came back with quite good news later but missed the chance to come out with us to the Little Paxton Little Chef for lunch. I spent just about the whole day working on my financial summaries for the entire family and trusts, but I did take a break in the afternoon to watch Jonathan Davies excel at Rugby League and get his team through into the next round of their cup.

I was too ill to go to the Liberal Democrat event this evening but had a bath and went to bed after finishing my work. Daniel's new motherboard and my co-processor chip came today but bad news as we found I had damaged the motherboard on my new computer, and it will all have to go back. The political news today is of John Major's anger at the reported comments of his ex-Chancellor, Norman Lamont, who was scathing about the "Back to Basics" campaign.