Awakening to news of a South African crisis, NHS problems, and the growing Japanese earthquake death count.
Struggling with flood water and then helping Nigel with his house and preparing for the party and my Brocket Park Field Trial before an early evening film with family.
Dr Lee Potter, who rebuilt relationships between the government and the NHS between 1990 and 1993, has now spoken out against government dogma in health matters and called for a Labour Government.
We woke to hear of a crisis in South Africa where Nelson Mandela and F.W de Clerk had to patch up a row where de Clerk felt he was insulted in Cabinet over a possible amnesty for police guilty of offences under the previous apartheid regime.
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They were all friends again later if you believed the spin-doctors. Dr Lee Potter, who rebuilt relationships between the government and the NHS between 1990 and 1993, has spoken out against government dogma in health matters and called for a Labour Government.
Animal rights campaigners are claiming a victory at Shoreham where shipments may be stopped. Only dead bodies are now being found in the Japanese Earthquake debris by specialist Swiss and other search teams and over 4000 have now died.
The official response to the crisis has been criticised as there was little coordination and control and the armed forces were slow to be brought in. Their leaders were at a loss to act, and their traditional and cautious group culture has lacked the autocratic individual style that makes heroes and leaders in such circumstances.
The UK Government has refused to deny that the recent support of the Ulster Unionists was due to a political deal involving full consultation with them to slow and bluntten the peace initiative.
As soon as we drew the curtains this morning, we could see that the flood water was rising and, after the rains overnight and yesterday, there was obviously a lot more to come. Debbie professed herself too ill to go to school for her last English Mock GCSE exam and so I just walked Sam and Della to the bus stop.
Coming back with the dog via the sluice gates, I could see that they were opened wide and still the water levels upstream of the lock were rising so that I think that this will be a salutary experience for John Osborne and his attempts to cultivate Mill Meadow as it begins to flood.
I could only check The Jolly and pulled it up as far as it would go on the slipway. Whilst Diana was in Bedford, I had quite a lot of things to do both before and whilst with Nigel.
My journal was chiming away with Church Bells with the two and then one-day reminder for my half anniversary of my relationship with Wiggly and I had to get her a present and card.
I stopped off in St Neots and got a nice decanter and glass set, got it gift-wrapped with a nice card to accompany it and dropped it round to her house with a note about the party arrangements as I can hardly get to speak to her.
Whilst there, I picked up some clothes for tomorrow night' panto and party and before calling in, I also had to buy some food. I got some French Sticks, quiches and cooked chicken drumsticks which, with the sausage rolls, roll-mops and pate that Nigel already has, should solve the food problem and he will buy a portable HiFi in the afternoon to provide the music.
I took round a heater which will help but he was in all sorts of problems with his heating and was struggling to get the new boiler connected. At least I could help with moving the new oil tank and lifting it into position. I had a bite to eat and a cup of tea with Ashley who is struggling with his domestic situation and his mock exams and felt he did not do well with Chemistry today.
I felt really nervously exhausted from experiencing their disorder and so had to rest upon my return but then updated my action lists for the first time and wrote up this last day's journal. I received the running order today for the last Novice Field Trial for the season, to be held at Brocket Park, and will have to prepare Sam a bit better if he is to do well.
The Science Fiction film was quite good in the evening as it was full of action and simulations. It was a pity that Debbie missed it through feeling unwell and was even more poorly when we got back. A bit of a rush for me to prepare the car for the shoot tomorrow, fitting the waterproof seat covers and putting in all the equipment and dog box.
I then packed ready for the morning before I took a bath, cut my toenails and washed my hair. Expecting Di to be in bed by 10.00pm, I joined her in the lounge but we both stayed up until after 11.00pm before retiring. I left a couple of messages for Wiggly on her answering machine and could only surmise as to how she was getting on.
News today of the EEC looking urgently into the rearing of calves for veal in crates. Shoreham has now been closed to live animal shipments and now the protestors concentrate on Brightlingsea.
Two groups of terrorists have been brought to justice as a man and a woman have been charged with last July's car bomb attack on the Israeli Embassy in which 14 were hurt and also two IRA bombers have been jailed for plotting a campaign in England.