Thursday 17th December 1981
Notes on MTFS [Medium Term Financial Strategy] sent to Burns + Middleton plug for M1 guide (with M0 and retail M1) and £M3 as subsid - 3 year growth
Peter Utley + Matthew Simons (New ec ed D Tel)
- a bit wet - especially on AID
- said SDP were against WIT Meade and Incomes policy
- John Horam says econ pol is same as Thatcher
Party at No. 10 [different pen used from this point] Late night cabinet on Ian MacGregor s crazy idea for buying Kaiser . PM had great rows with him.
David Hart s for dinner - he had his book accepted by Anthony Blondin, David Portillo (ex Energy). [sic: Michael Portillo]