After successfully resolving a hotel billing dispute in my favour, we set off home from Brighton, dropping Angela off in Peterborough in time for her train to Stockport. Catching up with overdue election responsibilities and being disappointed at the lack of finding a local candidate to replace me in Paxton.
The Tories seem to have come off worse over the N.H.S. row and their campaign is looking increasingly in trouble with some party members being openly critical and the Stock Exchange ended the week sharply down again.
Slept well again but, Diana having lost her nightie with the bed linen, I took advantage of her predicament and we laid in together. The normal bathroom scrum with me being the last to get ready, and then down to breakfast for our last binge. There was little time to do anything apart from packing afterwards and then I ran into trouble with the front desk. The hotel terms were presented to me as excluding dinner on the third "free" night, which was not as I had understood it when booking. After some delay and referring to our correspondence and then higher management, they waived the charge for these meals which was quite good.
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This all settled, we set off for home having to drive quite fast to find time for lunch and yet still get Angela to Peterborough for her train to Stockport on time. This evening, catching up on my mail and journal feeling a little depressed at returning home with election responsibilities weighing on my conscience. Percy had left messages that my Paxton choices for the local election had declined our advances and now he wanted to put up John Brown from Perry to stand here which will not go down well at all. I elected for an early night after all this, feeling quite tired. The Tories seem to have come off worse over the N.H.S. row and their campaign is looking increasingly in trouble with some party members being openly critical of the way it has been conducted. The Stock Exchange fell sharply again yesterday.