Planning the running of St Neots Town Council, mayor-making of Michael, agreeing policies and allocating responsibilities and also planning committee places for the District Council as well. US President Bush has had a heart attack and is in hospital with irregular heartbeats.
There had been a lot of discussion over the telephone about how to progress matters on the newly-formed Town Council. Already, there were councillors feeling their way over the new relationships and, after my campaign to oust "The Lady from Great Paxton" for living outside the ward and controlling events they were keen that I should not be too closely involved. In the end, however, we all met (Town councillors plus me and Percy) at Derek's house at 4.00pm and laid our plans. I had been doing some more clearing up in the morning and had also looked into the allocations of District Council seats for a group of five. I was therefore able to agree the disbursements of committee places and spokesmanship’s for the District team before the main discussion got under way about the Town.
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My only interest on the Town was to make sure that a) The tactics for Mayor-making were sustainable b) Michael did not become too overcommitted and c) that the spokesmanship’s were co-ordinated so that we would not be differing in local policy. The meeting of the Liberal Democrat group on the Town Council went well and they agreed all of the committees and chairmanships, sharing them with the other parties whilst retaining overall control. It was also agreed that Michael be proposed for Mayor and Derek for deputy Mayor, but it might be the case that the other parties would not support that idea. Back home this evening, I carried on clearing up my office before going to bed. The news is beginning to filter in from the outside world and it seems that US President Bush has had a heart attack and is in hospital with irregular heartbeats leaving the spectre of the idiotic Senator Danforth Quayle taking over if the President was to have to have surgery or more serious treatment.