Tuesday 9th March 1982
JH<[John Hoskyns] xeroxing memo. Alfred S<[Alfred Sherman] has contracted to write for Weidenfelds an account of gvt
advised JH to take copies.
Budget cabinet - more or less a love in. WW<[William Whitlaw] says we have a shot at their (SDP wet) tax. Lawson pointed out that there would be a little elbow room next year.
Lunch with Denis T<[Denis Thatcher] and PTB<[Peter Bauer] at IEA - Denis T very impressed by Peter.
Question Time - PM asked which economists supported her policy - she said AAW<[Alan Walters] + Patrick Minford.
Budget went down well
Brilliant performance by GH<[Sir Geoffrey Howe] on Television - made the point that last year the armchair critics said he had got it wrong - output improved etc.