A more restful day archiving and watching cricket on TV before attending a Saint Neots Museum committee meeting until late this evening and then news of a possible European compromise on monetary union with Thatcher prepared to accept the first stage of the EMS as she faces yet more industrial unrest at home
I spent the day jointly reviewing a backlog of newspapers of May/June for cuttings and watching the last day of the second test cricket match on the TV. After the last pair of batsmen for England kept Australia at bay for 90 minutes; and then the England bowlers took four Australian wickets for 50-odd runs; the Aussies won the second test and now England were two down in the series. This evening, I attended Saint Neots Museum committee meeting and saw the designs of a team of Newcastle students for the project on the alternative sites of Shady Walk and the Riverside Park. The meeting went on quite late and I only got back at 10pm, when I had to feed and put away the ducks in the failing light. The news today is of a European compromise on monetary union with Thatcher prepared to accept the first stage of the EMS (after inflation is down from 8% to 5%). The Delors’s report was accepted as a suitable vehicle for progress and an intergovernmental conference to map out the way forward.
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The House of Commons approved the second reading of Thatcher’s ID card law for football supporters. The TGWU has reaffirmed its support for a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament. The national and local government organisation, NALGO, has voted by its membership in favour of a national strike because of the pay being less than inflation. The UK trade deficit was ‘only’ £1.32 billion for May, which is half £1 billion better than feared, but still one of the worst results ever. Today, the rains came after a month and a half of drought with thundery showers giving useful amounts of water for the lands and gardens.