After supervising my workmen again, I joined the rest of the family on a trip to Cambridge to see Di's Mum and Dad driving Daniel's Montego much to his chagrin. Then with Daniel to see the HiFi and car accessory shops to try to find an alarm system for the boat without success lunch at Wimpy's. Then to this evening's Policy Committee meeting of the District Council at Huntingdon, a poor-tempered affair.
Despite the threats, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been re-elected as leader of the Soviet Communist Party by the huge margin of 3411 votes to 501, UEFA has lifted its ban on British clubs taking part in European competitions from next season and Kenya is now "unsafe" according to Britain and the US and citizens have been warned against travelling there. The Prudential has been severely burned by its acquisition of estate agents during the worst housing market for 36 years.
I was up at a reasonable time today on a breezy but quite warm day with showers and I carried on with my computer journal before and after breakfast. The electricians and gardener both came promptly and got going on their jobs and then, after we were ready, I joined the rest of the family on a trip to Cambridge to see Di's Mum and Dad. We went in Daniel's Montego which was quite commodious, and I did the driving and also drove Daniel mad in the process. We all had a nice coffee together and then split up to go shopping. I went with Daniel to see the HiFi and car accessory shops to try to find an alarm system for the boat without success. We had lunch at Wimpy's and then drove home and I erected a post in the garden to take an Infra-Red alarm light by the moorings and the electrician is going to install one in the morning. Later, I updated my journal and started to sort my papers, but it was soon time to go to this evening's Policy Committee meeting of the District Council at Huntingdon. This was a bad-tempered affair with the Council Leader, Derek Holley, clashing with Labour Leader Jim Lomax on just about every issue whilst I was trying to make some valid points that were lost in the melee. They seem to take everything so personally.
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I was home by 9.00pm and then had time to relax before taking Diana to bed. Despite the threats from radicals and reactionaries, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has been re-elected as leader of the Soviet Communist Party by the huge margin of 3411 votes to 501. UEFA, the European football association, has lifted its ban on British clubs who can resume their place in European competitions from next season. This will give clubs such as Manchester United and Aston Villa the chance to earn an extra £3m as they have qualified for next year’s competitions. Kenya is now "unsafe" according to Britain and the US and citizens have been warned against travelling there. The Houston Summit has agreed a wordy declaration welcoming the developments in eastern Europe but a dispute has emerged between the US and Europe on how to proceed with the Americans favouring another study and the EEC wanting its Moscow mission to be the only one. The Prudential has been severely burned by its acquisition of estate agents during the worst housing market for 36 years and today announced the closure of 175 more of its estate agent offices (having already closed 100 last year).