Monday 14th December 1981
PM stupid - wants to suppress the article by David Howard (Fed) showing M3 is better than M1 [sic: see 15 December entry] - I begin memo.
David W s [David Wolfson] on son of YOP [Youth Opportunities Programme] - in context of revolt of the £16 payment.
Only ½ of the YOP s are on trg [training] yet average cost is £50 pw.
Lunch Edmund Goldberger, Julian Amery etc.
Nice old buffer JA - hopelessly romantic but also very shrewd.
Dinner Simon Jenkins, Posner, and BR - clearly designed to mend fences - could I see any case for subsidy . Jenkins said he wanted to split up BR [British Rail] - sell off Southern Line.