Day 188

An excellent day, Government in disarray after opposition to their pit closures gathers momentum, Lamont and Major looking more like Laurel & Hardy than ever. After this, and Black Wednesday, what'll happen when they cut public spending? (Again)?

I was depressed politically after the election, today I recovered, kept whistling The Red Flag and the Marseillaise. In years to come, will this be a Big Historical Thing? I hope Peter Lilley has to eat his words in time.

50th anniversary of El Alamein - ~ turning point of the Second World War. Is it a symbol?