On a miserably day of rain with north-easterly winds, I was at home with my cough working on election leaflets. Priory Candidate Sally was round with her two girls helping and cheeky Della enjoyed their company and shocked Diana by inviting them to stay for lunch and Debbie had Amy round to play.
The Financial Times features many of my old buddies in an article on the Computer and Communications industries, Thatcher resisting a speedier process of European integration and Peter Walker has become the first cabinet minister to express publicly unease on the Poll Tax. More than 1,000 workers have walked out of Aldermaston in protest over privatisation plans
The weather certainly did not change for the better today. The wind was strong and from the north-east and it was raining at times to complete the misery. I was at home trying to control my cough and I worked on the first of the last three election leaflets. Sally came round this morning with her two girls and we planned and wrote much of her leaflet together. Della was pleased to have the company but then she invited them all to stay for lunch and so poor Diana had to cater for them! I worked on all afternoon and evening and had not even finished this first leaflet by the end of the day but calculated that it would not take too long the following morning. I heard from Cambridge Liberal Democrats that they will be able to print them next week as we require.
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Daniel has been a reluctant worker on the swimming pool as well as his studies, but he is just about doing it. Debbie had Amy round to play this evening and it was nice for them both to get some time together now that Debbie goes to Kimbolton School. I worked on the leaflet for the rest of the day, but I did have breaks as I find these things quite a trial. I cannot say that I like doing them and then I must make each one a special effort and the best I have ever done. For Sally, this meant not only piecing together all of her press cuttings so as to make a montage, but doing something similar with her past FOCUS articles and then scanning and editing a map of her ward to create a visual demonstration of what the ward is and how the existing Tory Councillors are outsiders. I stopped at 10.00pm for the day but Di thought that I was still working with Sally and went to bed early. Then I was sitting in the lounge waiting in vain for my evening drink.
During my breaks today, I watched quite a bit of televised snooker and read interesting Financial Times features on the Computer and Communications industries. Many of the journalists' names are people I used to know. A familiar story in the news today is of Thatcher resisting a speedier process of European integration during talks with Irish Premier, Charles Haughey, chairman of the European Council. Peter Walker has become the first cabinet minister to express publicly unease on the Poll Tax saying that he saw "no great necessity to make a change from the rates". More than 1,000 workers have walked out of Aldermaston in protest over plans to contract out management of the plant in the latest privatisation move.