Clearing up in my office and conservatory on a milder Spring-like day and finishing work on a second election address before welcoming Graham Clifton and family for a look around The Hayling View and then taking them lunch at The Anchor. Di’s parents then arrive for tea after which I go out to distribute leaflets to our delivery helpers and then watch the funny TV programme, ‘Honky-Tonk Freeway’. Animal rights protestors have been found to have started the two Edinburgh laboratory fires, the Bishop of Durham casts doubt on the ‘fact’ of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and 3,000 Muslims in Dewsbury, Warwickshire, burn an effigy of Salman Rushdie.
It was a milder day today and spring may not be far away. I had a fair sleep and a breakfast of cereal before returning to my office for some political work. I first spent some time clearing up my office, which had papers everywhere, before I could start and then mopped the floor in the conservatory before our visitors arrived. I managed to start the layout for the second election brochure and just about finished it by midday, called Michael and Percy and made some more arrangements for the campaign. My friend Graham Clifton arrived rather late with his wife Rosie and twin four-year-old sons. I showed them around the house and then took them off to The Anchor in Tempsford for lunch.
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They stayed until late afternoon and then Di’s parents arrived for tea. I spent this evening distributing leaflets amongst our delivery force during which time I had a chat to quite a few of them. Di went off to bed at 8:30pm tonight! I then got hooked on watching the TV programme, ‘Honky-Tonk Freeway’, which was very funny. I went to bed after midnight and have become quite used to such late nights and I have trouble going to sleep early now. The news tonight is of the controversy over the Bishop of Durham casting doubt on the ‘fact’ of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Such religious controversy is made headline news even though we are a nation of atheists. It seems that so-called ‘animal rights campaigners’ were responsible for starting fires at two Edinburgh laboratories at Rosslyn and Penicuik. Four firemen were injured as a result. At the climax of a march by 3,000 Muslims in Dewsbury, Warwickshire, an effigy of Salman Rushdie was burnt as a protest. They want new UK blasphemy laws to protect equally all religions.