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‘Alison has had a list typed up,’anything into the visits room, so I’ll have it posted on to you tomorrow’

This news gives uilty that I had ever doubted my friends would stand by me

I alert the two boys to the fact that I aent, Jonathan Lloyd, my publisher, Victoria Barnsley, and my editor

, Robert Lacey, fairly soon, but, as I am only allowed one personal visit every teeks, I don’t want to see anyone other than the family until I’ve been moved to an open prison

Will tells me that he’s already booked himself in for teeks’ time, but hopes I will have been transferred to so before then Because I’ve not been reading any newspapers or listening to the news, as I’m heartily sick of inaccurate stories about s me up to date on the battle for the Tory Party leadership He reports that the polls clearly indicate that the people who deserted the Conservatives at the last election want Ken Clarke, while the party membership favours Iain Duncan Sh neither is a close friend However, it doesn’t take a massive intellect to work out that if we hope to win the next election, or at least overnment’s majority to ensure that opinion – forht be wise to take some notice of the electorate’s views as to who should be our leader

I consider dropping Ken a note, but realize it may not help his cause

Will goes on to tellQC are in regular touch with al team Gilly wondered if Potts’s animosity had been aimed at Nick Purnell, as it’s the talk of the Bar that he lost his te the pre-trial and trial itself, but never once in front of the jury

‘No,’ I tell the to do with Nick It was entirely personal’

I’ directly in front ofacross the table and kissing her I re told by Kevin that this was the s I watch more carefully and decide this is about sex, pure anis

James tells me about the film he and Nod (Nadhi, Rush Hour 2, which in normal circumstances I would have seen with them

‘Don’t worry,’ he adds ‘We’re keeping a list of all the films you would have enjoyed, so that you can eventually see them on video’ I don’t like the sound of the word ‘eventually’

I talk to Will about when he expects to return to America and continue with his work as a doculand while his mother is so unsettled and feels in such need of him How lucky I am to be blessed with such a family

An announcement is made over the tannoy to inform us that all visitors ether? All round the roo commences before friends and family reluctantly depart The prisoners have to rened out and left the roo up and down the rows The man whose kiss had been so overtly sexual now has his head bowed in his hands I wonder just how long his sentence is, and what age he and his girlfriend will be by the time he’s released from prison

When the last visitor has left, we all file back out of the rooain my search is fairly cursory I never discover what the other prisoners are put through, though Del Boy tellssuspicious on the video cas

On the way back toho completed his sentence He adds that he had a visit fro by hiain, she’s made it clear that she’ll leave him