by Andy Beckett
Carson, Edward, 1
Carson, John, 1
Carson, Rachel, 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1, 2, 3, 4
Castle, Barbara: on Crosland, 1;
reasons for career stall, 2;
Spare Rib on, 1;
and trade unions, 1, 2, 3;
in Wilson’s sixties governments, 1, 2, 3;
in Wilson’s 1974 government, 1
CCU see Civil Contingencies Unit
Cement Garden, The (McEwan), 1
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), 1
Chalfont, Lord, 1
Channel Tunnel, 1
Charter of Rights and Liberties, 1
Chesterton, A. K., 1
chief whip: role, 1
child care, 1
Chile, 1, 2
China, 1
Churchill, Winston, 1, 2, 3, 4
Churchill Play, The (Brenton), 1
cinema, 1
cities: inner-city decay, 1
‘City Is Dead, The’ (Allen), 1
Civil Assistance, 1
Civil Contingencies Unit (CCU), 1, 2
civil service: and Winter of Discontent, 1
Clapson, Mark, 1
Clapton, Eric, 1
Clark, Ian, 1
Clarke, A. F. N., 1
Clash, The, 1
Clermont Club, 1, 2
Clutterbuck, Richard, 1
coal see mining and miners;
National Union of Mineworkers
Cobden, Richard, 1
COBRA see Cabinet Office Briefing Room
Cockerell, Michael, 1, 2, 3
coke, 1
Colchester, 1
Cole, John, 1
Coleman, Terry, 1
Collins, Michael, 1
Colvillia Commune, 1
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), 1
commodification: homosexuality, 1
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), 1
Common Fisheries Policy, 1
communism see Marxism
Communist Party of Great Britain (CP): and 1972 miners’ strike, 1, 2;
in Birmingham, 3;
and NUM, 1 ;
and Scargill, 1;
see also McGahey, Mick
Communist Party Women’s Group, 1
Concrete Island (Ballard), 1
confrontation: reasons for in seventies, 1
Conquest, Robert, 1
Conran, Sir Terence, 1
Conservative Party: 1975 conference, 1 ;
1975 leadership contest, 2, 3 ;
1979 manifesto, 1;
analysis of 1979 success, 1 ;
‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign, 1 ;
mood in 1978, 1;
and NAFF, 1;
nowadays, 1;
opinion poll ratings in 1978, 1;
post-1970 unpopularity, 1;
post-war change of direction, 1 ;
replacement of leaders, 1, 2;
rise in popular support for right wing, 1 ;
and Scotland, 1, 2, 3 ;
social groups supporting, 1;
and Winter of Discontent, 1, 2
Conservative Research Department (CRD), 1, 2, 3, 4
Constable, David, 1
consumerism, 1, 2
Cooper, Bryan, 1
Coote, Anna, 1, 2, 3, 4
Cormack, Patrick, 1, 2
COUM Transmissions, 1
Courtiour, Roger, 1
CP see Communist Party of Great Britain
CPS see Centre for Policy Studies
Craig, William, 1, 2
CRD see Conservative Research Department
CRE see Commission for Racial Equality
Crosland, Susan, 1
Crosland, Tony: on changes in British society, 1 ;
confidence and ambitions, 2;
and council-house sales, 1;
and free festivals, 1;
and Healey’s public expenditure cuts, 1;
and IMF cuts, 1, 2 ;
McWhirter on, 1;
and Maplin, 1, 2;
in Wilson’s sixties governments, 1;
and Wilson’s 1974 government, 1
Cublington, 1
culture: effects of seventies unease, 1 ;
move to the right in values, 2 ;
nostalgia for seventies popular, 1;
publishers and left-wing radicalism, 1
Cunningham, Jack, 1
Curtis, Robert, 1
Dacre, Paul, 1
Daily Mirror, 1, 2
Daily Express, 1
Dalyell, Tam, 1, 2, 3
Daniel Martin (Fowles), 1
Davies, Gavyn: and 1976 sterling crisis, 1, 2;
and 1979 election, 3;
on Callaghan’s like of being PM, 1;
on Callaghan’s postponement of election, 1;
on Germany as inspiration, 1;
and monetarism, 1 ;
on optimism of 1977/8, 1;
on Wilson’s last term, 1;
on Winter of Discontent, 1
Davies, John, 1, 2
de Gaulle, Charles, 1, 2
de Valera, Éamon, 1
De Vries, Margaret Garritsen, 1
Dead Babies (Amis), 1
declinism, 1, 2, 3;
end of, 4
defence spending, 1
Defenders of Essex, 1
Denmark, 1
Derry see Londonderry
Desai, Jayaben, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Desai, Sunil, 1
Destiny (Edgar), 1
Devlin, Bernadette, 1
Dewar, Colonel Michael, 1
Diggers, 1, 2
disposable income, personal, 1, 2
Donoughue, Bernard: and 1974
(Feb) election, 1;
and 1979 election, 1, 2;
background, 1;
and Callaghan, 1;
on Callaghan and moral values, 1;
and Callaghan’s 1976 conference speech, 1;
and council-house sales, 1, 2;
on government optimism in 1978, 1;
and IMF cuts, 1 ;
on monetarism, 1;
on mood after postponed election, 1;
and paranoia, 1;
on the social contract, 1;
on Wilson, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Winter of Discontent, 1, 2, 3
Doomsday Book, The (Taylor), 1
Doomwatch (TV series), 1
Drabble, Margaret, 1, 2
Dredd, Judge (comic strip character), 1
Drew, Peter, 1
Dromey, Jack: appearance, background
and character, 1 ;
and Grunwick, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ;
marriage, 1;
on NAFF, 1 ;
on race discrimination and unions, 1;
and Scargill, 1
drugs: cannabis and legalization, 1;
and free festivals, 2, 3
Dwyer, William Ubique ‘Ubi’, 1, 2, 3, 4
Eakes, Louis, 1
Eastbourne: TGWU Centre, 1
Ecologist, The (magazine), 1, 2, 3, 4
Ecology Party (formerly PEOPLE Party;
later Green Party), 1, 2
Economic Affairs, Department of, 1
economic theories: CPS, 1 ;
free market, 2, 3, 4 ;
Hayek and Austrian School, 1, 2;
IEA, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Keynes, 1, 2;
Macmillan, 1;
monetarism, 1, 2, 3, 4
economy: 1950, 1;
1976 crisis and IMF loan, 1 ;
Bretton Woods Agreement, 2 ;
under Callaghan, 1, 2, 3, 4 ;
EEC entry’s effect on, 1;
under Heath, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
IMF loans to Britain, 1 ;
and North Sea oil, 1, 2 ;
Northern Ireland, 1 ;
nowadays, 1 ;
under Thatcher, 1;
and three-day week, 1, 2;
under Wilson, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Edgar, David, 1
Edgar
Broughton Band, 1
education: Callaghan on, 1 ;
campus left-wing radicalism, 2 ;
Thatcher as secretary, 1, 2
Edward VIII, King, 1
Ehrlich, Paul, 1
elections, general: (1874), 1;
(1918), 2;
(1924), 1;
(1931), 1;
(1945), 1;
(1959), 1;
(1964), 1, 2;
(1966), 1, 2;
(1970), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
(1974, Feb), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
(1974, Oct), 1, 2, 3, 4;
(1979), 1, 2, 3 ;
(1992), 1;
Callaghan’s postponement from 1978 to 1979, 1
Elizabeth II, Queen: and EEC opening gala, 1;
and opening of Forties oilfield, 2 ;
Silver Jubilee, 1 ;
Stirling University student demo, 1
Elms, Robert, 1
emigration, 1, 2
Employment Protection Act (1975), 1
Endurance, HMS, 1
Ennals, David, 1, 2, 3, 4
Eno, Brian, 1
Environment, Department of the, 1, 2, 3
environmental issues: Cublington campaign, 1 ;
Defenders of Essex, 2 ;
growth of environmentalism, 1, 2
Equal Opportunities Commission, 1
Equal Pay Act (1970), 1
equality, 1
Equivalent VIII (Andre), 1
Essex Man, 1
Essex University, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Esso, 1
Europe: 1960 Common Market negotiations, 1, 2;
1972 EEC treaty, 3, 4 ;
1975 referendum, 1 ;
celebrations of entry, 1 ;
entry’s effect on economy, 1;
and Heath, 1, 2, 3, 4;
history of British attempts to enter, 1;
and Powell, 1, 2;
public attitude to membership, 1
Evans, Moss, 1, 2, 3
exports, 1, 2
Ezra, Derek, 1
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (book and TV series), 1
Fairbairn, Nicholas, 1
Falkland Islands, 1
Family Arsenal, The (Theroux), 1
Fanfare for Europe, 1
Fawlty Towers (TV series), 1
Fay, Stephen, 1
Feather, Stuart, 1
Feather, Vic, 1
Female Eunuch, The (Greer), 1
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 1
feminism: radical, 1;
socialist, 2 ;
see also women
Ferrier, Louise, 1
Festival of Light, 1
festivals, free, 1
films see cinema
Finch, David, 1
Fisher, Alan, 1, 2, 3
Fisher, Antony, 1, 2
Fitt, Gerry, 1, 2
food: and the EEC, 1, 2, 3
Foot, Michael: Blair on, 1;
and fall of Callaghan government, 2;
and IMF cuts, 1;
and Jones’s retirement, 1;
and Labour Party 1976
leadership contest, 1;
and Scottish devolution, 1;
and trade unions, 1;
and Winter of Discontent, 1
Ford, 1
Ford, Gerald, 1, 2, 3
Forest of Dean, 1
Forester, Tom, 1
Forties oilfield, 1
Foulness, 1, 2, 3
Fowles, John, 1
Fox, Dr Richard, 1
France: airports, 1;
and Britain’s entry into Europe, 2, 3 ;
GDP, 1;
IMF loans, 1
Franco, General Francisco, 1
Fraser, Michael, 1
Free Nation, The (newspaper), 1, 2
Friedan, Betty, 1
Friedman, Milton: and Callaghan, 1, 2;
on Healey, 3;
and Jay (Peter), 1;
overview, 1 ;
Sherman on, 1;
and Simon, 1
Friends of the Earth: British wing established, 1
FTSE share index performance, 1, 2, 3
Funkhouser, Richard, 1, 2
Gaitskell, Hugh, 1, 2
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1
Gardner, Llew, 1
Garnett, Mark, 1
gas: British natural, 1
Gaskell, Jane, 1
Gaskell, T. F., 1
Gatwick airport, 1
Gay Liberation Front (GLF), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Gay News, 1, 2
Gay Pride marches, 1
gay rights and politics, 1, 2, 3, 4;
legislation, 5
GB75, 1
GDP see gross domestic product
Geary, Roger, 1, 2, 3
geese, Brent, 1
gender issues see women
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Keynes), 1
Germany: Callaghan seeks loan from, 1;
GDP, 2;
Heath’s visit to Nazi, 1;
as inspiration to Callaghan, 1
Gilbert and George, 1
Gilmour, Sir Ian, 1
Gini coefficient, 1
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 1, 2
Gladstone, William, 1
Glastonbury festival, 1
GLF see Gay Liberation Front
Goldsmith, Edward ‘Teddy’, 1, 2, 3, 4
Goldsmith, James, 1, 2, 3, 4
Good Life, The (TV series), 1
Goodlad, Morgan, 1, 2
Gormley, Joe: and 1972 miners’ strike, 1, 2, 3;
and 1974 miners’ strike, 4, 5, 6;
and 1981 miners’ dispute, 1;
character, 1;
Heath on, 1;
lifestyle, 1;
and the social contract, 1;
and three-day week, 1
Gorst, John, 1, 2
Gouriet, John: appearance, background and character, 1 ;
and Grunwick, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and seamen’s strike, 1;
and Thatcher, 1
Gramsci, Antonio, 1, 2
Grant, Duncan, 1
Grantham, Roy, 1
Greece, 1, 2
green issues see environmental issues
Green Party see Ecology Party
Greer, Germaine, 1
Griffiths, Eldon, 1
Griffiths, Trevor, 1
Grimond, Jo, 1
Gristey, Len, 1
gross domestic product (GDP), 1, 2, 3
Grosvenor Square riots, 1
Grundy, Tony, 1
Grunwick strike, 1;
back ground, 2 ;
breaking of mail boycott, 1;
mass pickets and policing, 1, 2;
and NAFF, 1, 2, 3, 4 ;
Scarman Report, 1, 2
Guadeloupe summit, 1
Guinness Book of Records, The, 1
Haines, Joe, 1, 2, 3
Hall, Peter, 1
Hallidie-Smith, Andrew, 1
Hamilton, Jimmy, 1
Hammond, Eric, 1
Hanley, Sir Michael, 1
Harman, Harriet, 1
Harper, Roger, 1, 2, 3
Harris, Bob, 1
Harris, Ralph: background, 1 ;
and Gouriet, 2;
on Heath, 1;
and IEA, 1 ;
and the McWhirters, 1 ;
and NAFF, 1;
on public opinion, 1 ;
and Thatcher, 1, 2
Harrison, Walter, 1, 2, 3
Hattersley, Roy, 1
Hayek, Friedrich A.: favourite TV programmes, 1;
and Seldon, 2;
Sherman on, 1;
and Simon, 1;
theories and influence, 1, 2, 3
Healey, Denis: background and character, 1;
Blair on, 2;
on Callaghan and trade unions, 1;
as Callaghan’s chancellor, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
on Conservative Party 1979 manifesto, 1;
homes, 1;
and IMF crisis, 1,
2, 3, 4 ;
and immigration, 1;
and Jay (Peter), 1;
and ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign, 1;
and Labour Party 1976 leadership contest, 1;
on North Sea oil, 1 ;
on Northern Ireland, 1;
at Oxford, 1, 2;
and postponement of election from 1978 to 1979, 1 ;
rumoured to be PM after Callaghan, 1;
