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Pre-Budget Report 513–14, 680–4
premiership 546–7, 549–51; announcement about stepping down 753; farewell speech 759, 760; honeymoon 474–5; and opinion polls 674, 685–6; pressure not to resign 757–9; resignation 759–60, 761; seen to jeopardise 2010 general election 687–8, 692
and Prescott 71, 80–1, 227–9, 263–4, 270, 367, 388, 400
Prime Ministerial aircraft 46
Prime Ministerial style 520–7, 551–2, 669
Prime Minister’s Questions 521–2, 614
‘psychological flaws’ accusation 13–14, 403, 684–5
public spending 479–80
Purnell’s resignation 654, 655
quantitative easing 605
recession 611–12, 614–15, 616, 680–1
recovery plan 565–6
Remembrance Sunday 599, 673
reshuffles 573, 653–4, 657, 658
role in rise and fall of New Labour 741–2
and secret video recording scandal of former cabinet members 708
security and civil liberties 547–9
and Sichuan earthquake 551
Speaker’s resignation 651
spending announcements 9
staff 467–70, 475, 544–6; treatment of 520–1, 552, 669, 700, 701, 703
and Straw 264, 370, 685, 690–91
super-casino 470
tax credits 325
tax havens 623–4
and Thatcher 498
touchy-feely stuff 6
transport 293
Treasury 68–9
Trident 437–8
tuition fees 230–6
VAT 602–3, 681–2, 711
VE Day commemorations (2010) 749
victim mentality 515
volcanic ash air disruption 724–6
war room 653–4
working methods 57–8, 472–3 see also Blair–Brown relationship
Brown, Jennifer 72, 275, 613
Brown, John 227, 472, 564, 761
Brown, Nick
10p income tax band 534, 538, 540
and Blair 368
Blair and Brown 60
Brown as leadership candidate 442
as Chief Whip 573
coups against Blair 233, 235, 394
general election speculation 499, 511
Gurkhas 643
Harman on 689
Hotmail Plot 653
Northern Rock 528
planned coups against Brown 658
sacked from Cabinet 198
whips’ office 463
Brown, Sarah 58, 72, 458, 468, 560, 580, 596, 619, 647, 671, 714, 720, 737
and Carter 545
Chequers 472
daughter’s death 72
departure from No. 10 757, 758, 760, 761
G20 summit 628
Glasgow East by-election 556
Glenrothes by-election 599
holidays 474, 559–60, 661
and McBride 564, 637
and Lucy Parker 546
party conferences 570, 671
and West 465
worries about Brown 522, 550
Browne, Des 322
Bruni, Carla (Mrs Sarkozy) 759
Bryant, Chris 392, 394, 397, 402
Buck, Karen 397
Buckby, Simon 191
Budd, Sir Alan 284, 285–6
Budgets 70–1
2002 75–6, 77, 94
2003 195
2004 263
2005 301
2007 439–40
2008 532, 537–8, 541
2009 640–2
2010 710–11
Buffett, Warren 481
Bulgaria 151, 293
Burnham, Andy 504–5, 645, 654, 690, 755
Burns, Terry 578
Burton, John 168, 247, 449
Bush, George
7/7 331, 332
9/11 22–3, 26, 31, 32, 33–4, 35
Afghanistan 47, 51–2, 53, 54, 83
Axis of Evil 83–4, 250
bank recapitalisation plan 580
and Blair 27–31, 122, 379, 452; final meeting 443–4, 454
Blair’s address to Congress 214
Blair’s post-9/11 visit 39–41, 42
Blair’s visit (2004) 253–4
British visit 243–7
and Brown 460, 463, 465, 580
Chequers visit 16–17
climate change 446
commission to review US intelligence 241
election (2000) 26
election (2004) 271–2
Gleneagles summit 330, 331
Guantanamo 246
inexperience 26–7
Iraq 87, 93, 100–1, 122; admits mistakes 379; aftermath of war 186; Blair’s support for 99–100, 103; Camp David meetings 105–6, 176; Crawford summit 93, 94–8, 101; final ultimatum 167; handover of civilian power 269; Hillsborough meeting 177; invasion plans 144–5; “Mission Accomplished” 181–2; nuclear weapons 115; offer to Blair 154–7; and Powell 142; prisoner abuse and torture 260; Saddam 84–5, 86; Saddam’s capture 248; State of the Union address 143; UN resolution 141, 142; UN second resolution 145, 152–3; video conferences with Blair 242–3; war 172, 175
Lebanon crisis 381, 382, 384, 385
Middle East 98
Northern Ireland 423–4, 429
as politician 95–6
religion 447
St Petersburg summit 380–1
UN speech 106–7
unilateralism 91
unpopularity 378
war on terror 37, 40
Bush, George (senior) 39, 84, 97
Bush, Laura
Blair’s Camp David visit 29, 30
Blair’s post-9/11 visit 40
Chequers visit 16
Crawford summit 94
Butler, Sir Robin 64, 65, 109, 269
as Cabinet Secretary 288, 292
Butler Inquiry 109, 112, 121, 241, 269
Butler, Nick 681, 682, 684, 716
general election (2010) 729, 735
by-elections 500
Birmingham Hodge Hill 269
Brent East 224
Crewe and Nantwich 541–2
Davis 549
Dunfermline and West Fife 362
Ealing Southall 497
Glasgow East 555, 556–7, 674
Glenrothes 599
Hartlepool 274, 791n43
Henley 549–50
Leicester South 269
Norwich North 652
Sedgefield 497
Byers, Stephen
9/11 21
50p income tax rate 642
and Blair 371
Blair’s departure date 279
Blair’s Wobble 262, 265
and Brown 301
Brown demands gag 397, 402
Desmond donation 128–9
European constitution referendum 259
general election (2005) 320
Hutton Inquiry report 239
inheritance tax 392
lack of leadership contest 440–1, 443
Milburn’s return 273
Moore e-mail 130–1
planned coups against Brown 558, 658
resignation 131, 287
secret video recording scandal 708
suspension from Labour Party 708
as Transport Secretary 11
Byrne, Liam 269, 682, 732
Cabinet
7/7 332
Afghanistan 51
Brown 64–6, 69, 455, 460–4, 547–8, 555, 564, 568–9, 674, 685–6, 692–3, 714, 755
euro 193, 195–6
fatalism about 2010 election 692–3, 713
final Blair meeting 453
general election speculation 496, 498–9, 504, 508–10
Iraq 82–3, 98, 102, 103, 144, 149, 160–1, 780n99; dossier 115, 117–18; Goldsmith’s legal opinion 163, 164, 165–7
leaks 615
Lebanon crisis 383–4
marginalisation 64–6, 69, 289
Olympic Games 326
> planned coups against Brown 557–8, 568–9, 687–91
reshuffles 11–12, 197–8, 321–3, 369–71, 460–2, 571–3, 652–7
smoking ban 349
Cabinet Office 290, 291, 292
9/11 21
Crawford summit 96
Iraq 100
Overseas and Defence Secretariat 21, 83, 110
Prescott 11
Cable, Vince
bank bail-outs 606
and Brown 475, 526–7, 536, 752
Clegg and 715
and Darling 756
as Dr Doom 481
G20 summit 634
general election speculation 511
King’s opposition to fiscal expansion 623
Lab–Lib negotiations 744, 756
Northern Rock 530
Cairns, David 567, 569
Callaghan, Jim 433
Cameron, David
10p income tax band 534, 539
al-Megrahi case 662
Ashcroft Affair 706–7, 708
bank bonuses 609
banks 583, 589
and Blair 70, 343–6, 408, 456, 539
Blair’s final conference speech 408
and Brown 343–6, 404–5, 521–2, 551, 589, 643, 688, 702–3, 735; Brown’s departure 760–1
Cabinet resignations 653
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 372
and Clegg 724, 726, 728, 750; post-election negotiations 744–6, 750, 754–5, 757, 758–9
communication skills 537
coup against Blair 404
Ealing Southall by-election 497
economic policy 479, 603
education reforms 356
elected leader 343–6
financial markets 477
flooding 475, 497
foreign prisoners 366
G20 summit 634
general election (2010): campaign 714–15, 716; and party problems and mistakes 704–5, 706–8; television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5
general election speculation 498, 505, 507, 509, 512, 513
Gurkhas 644
Iraq 170
march on power falters 704–6
McBride allegations 637
parliamentary expenses 642, 648–9
party conference speech (2007) 507
Prime Minister’s Questions 614
Remembrance Sunday 599
son’s death 613
tribute to New Labour 740
youthful drug habits 344
Cameron, Ivan 613
Cameron, Samantha 715, 760–1
Cameron, Sue 523–4
Cameroon 152
Camp X-Ray 246
Campbell, Alastair 9, 204–6
9/11 18, 19, 23, 25, 32, 35
Afghanistan 50, 53
Anglo-French summit 139
and BBC 210
and Blair 125, 138
Blair and Brown 68, 362, 436
Blair and Bush 95
Blair reading Koran 36
Blair’s departure date 262, 389–90
Blairs’ Islington property 132
Blair’s post-9/11 US visit 38, 41
and Brown 64, 70, 79, 674–5, 732; appeals for help 615; farewell statement 759; general election (2005) 300, 302–3, 304, 305–6; offer of role 561; ‘psychological flaws’ accusation 13; resignation 760
and Caplin 133
Cheriegate 134–5, 136, 137
Cherie’s miscarriage 125
diaries 13, 133, 219
education reforms 354–5
general election (2005) 311, 312, 313
general election (2010) 729, 732, 743; leaders’ television debate 718, 719, 722, 727, 735; post-election negotiations 753, 754, 758
Gilligan affair 203, 204, 206–9; Kelly outing 209, 210–11, 212–13; Kelly’s death 215, 218
and Guardian 653
Hutton Inquiry 219, 238, 239–40
Iraq: Blair 102, 157; Chirac 160; Cook’s resignation 165; dodgy dossier 146; dossier 107, 108, 109, 110–11, 113, 114, 117, 120, 219; UN second resolution 153; war 173, 174, 175
lastminute.com 113
and Mandelson 674–5
Moore e-mail 131
office 461
Pakistan visit 46
party conference (2006) 405
Queen Mother mourning 131–2
religion 447
resignation 221–2, 224
sleaze 129
spring conference (2003) 147
and Sun 129
Campbell, Sir Menzies 246, 505, 744, 749
Campbell, Naomi 628
Campbell-Savours, Dale 298–9
Canada 630, 664
Canning, George 498
Capaldi, Peter 638
Caplin, Carole 132–3, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138
car industry 611–12
Card, Andrew
9/11 22
Blair and Bush 29, 48, 243
Crawford summit 97
Iraq 150, 154, 179, 186
Carey, George 448
Carter, Stephen 545–6, 547, 556
‘cash-for-coronets affair 357–61, 363–4, 371–4, 407, 429
Castro, Fidel 528
Catherine Tate Show 456
CCTV 338
CENTCOM 98, 100
Chakrabati, Shami 548
Chaytor, David 650, 708
Cheney, Dick
9/11 23
Congressional Medal 444
Gulf War 84
Iraq 87, 93, 104, 105, 141, 144, 177, 185; Blair’s Camp David visit 105, 106, 107
torture 260
Chequers 16, 17, 28, 31, 64, 99, 129, 132, 134, 135, 154, 199, 209, 216, 247, 256, 258, 269, 274, 277, 337, 345, 387, 389, 390, 413, 419, 448, 453, 472, 478, 496, 518, 554, 560, 695
Cheriegate 123, 132–8, 222
Chidgey, David 212
Chilcot, Sir John 696, 697, 698
Chilcot inquiry 695–9
Chile 152, 624
China
American spy plane 29
Blair visit 217–18
G20 summit 622, 628, 631
Iraq 150, 151, 160
Olympic Games 526
Sichuan earthquake 551
Chirac, Jacques 219, 454
7/7 332
9/11 31, 39, 41
Afghanistan 50