Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leason were detained in Brunei over the Barings Merchant Bank collapse
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leason were detained in Brunei over the Barings Merchant Bank collapse

A tax planning meeting with advisors and tidying up my inquiry outcome as Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leason were detained in Brunei over the Barings Merchant Bank collapse and the government just survived their latest Euro vote in the House of Commons last night.

Snow overnight and news of bad weather around the country

Mr and Mrs Nick Leason were detained in Brunei as police try to investigate the background to the Barings Merchant Bank collapse.

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The government survived their latest Eurovote in the House of Commons last night by a margin of just 5 with ex-Minister Norman Lamont the only Tory to vote against and just five of the nine rebels abstaining.

The row will continue. A financial planning meeting with Roger Brittain and Gerard Chadwick in St Neots this morning, tackling the question of how to plan my tax and also the investment monies for the rest of time it has to last us.

The Broad Heritage Trusts monies are settled for good, but we did agree a number of measures that will allow our own finances to improve. To my office for the rest of the day, writing up and replying to many of the individuals involved in my St Ives Inquiry and this took me until quite late when I opted to go to bed at a reasonable time.

I paid Debbie £5 today for the last five days dog-walking and she was pleased to receive it and I was pleased to give it. Snow overnight and news of bad weather around the country.