Thursday 12th March 1981
Favorable comment by Butt (Times) + McCrae (Guardian). My quit rate rule looks as though it is a runner.
Discussed budget strategy with JH [John Hoskyns] + D. [David Wolfson]. Promised to do a paper on (a) Reforms, and (b) General stance
George Brown + Boothby + Jap Amb [Japanese Ambassador] at cocktails for G&T (Tom Griffin + Thomson) at HC [House of Commons]