"I take up my pen once again to record a momentous time in the affairs of men (and, thank God, because this is intended to be a secret diary, I am not required to add"and women" ). So begins the latest volume of Adrian Mole's diary,. It is May 1, 1997. Now a celebrity chef at Hoo Polo restaurant, Soho, Mole has returned to the Midlands to cast his vote for the ravishing and Chanel-suited Labour Party Candidate, Dr. Pandora Braithwaite, the love of his young life.