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I’ve put et some exercise When an officer hollers out, ‘Gyates on the ate is opened, I’ht prisoners can participate froistered The low point of my day

I return to the ground floor and watch the first half of a Hu who plays athe war in the North Atlantic However, we are all sent back to our cells at five, so I never discover if it was the Germans or the Americans on the last War

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I have an unscheduled visit from two senior officers, Mr Scanell and Mr Green To be fair, s in prison are unscheduled; after all, no one calls in advance to fix an appointment with your diary secretary They are concerned that I a the afternoon to take advantage of forty-five minutes of fresh air and exercise They’ve heard a ru I was threatened by another prisoner, and for that reason I’ve remained in my cell They ask me if this is true, and if so, am I able to supply them with any details of those who threatened me I tell them exactly what took place in the yard, but add that I a tearaway involved They leave twenty es of their report sheet left blank

I ask Tony ould have happened if I’d told them the name of the two culprits

‘They would have been transferred to another prison later today,’ Tony replied

‘Wouldn’t it be easier for theest

‘Good heavens, no,’ said Tony ‘That would de, not to mention common sense’

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Supper Vegetable stew and a lollipop The lollipop was superb

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Fletch visits my cell and tries to convince me that it’s my duty to name the cons who threatenedbefore they’re doing exactly the sa to someone less able to take care of theest what the headlines would be the following day if I had given the officers the names: Archer beaten up in yard; Archer de overtime to protect Archer, Archer reports prisoner to screw No, thank you, I tell Fletch, I’d rather sit in , hands raph It’s a luxury to have a seventy-two-page paper, even if it is yesterday’s I devour every page

The lead story is a poll conducted for the Telegraph by youGovco 40–60 behind Ken Clarke in the national polls, he is comfortably ahead with the Party membership It seems to be a no-win situation for the Conservatives The only person whobooth is Tony Blair

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