by Andy Beckett
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM): 1969 and 1970 strikes (unofficial), 1;
1971 conference, 2;
1972 strike, 1;
1974 strike, 1, 2, 3, 4;
1981 dispute, 1;
and Grunwick, 1, 2;
Heath on, 1;
militancy, 1 ;
and three-day week, 1 ;
see also Scargill, Arthur
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), 1, 2, 3, 4;
see also Fisher, Alan
National Union of Railwaymen, 1, 2
National Union of Seamen, 1
National Women’s Liberation Conference, 1, 2, 3
nationalization, 1, 2, 3
Neal, Len, 1
Neave, Airey: and Conservative Party 1975 leadership contest, 1, 2;
death, 3;
and free festivals, 1, 2;
home, 1;
relations with Heath, 1;
and trade unions, 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1
Nelson, Elizabeth, 1
Netherlands, 1, 2, 3
New Barons, The (Milligan), 1, 2
New Labour: foreshadowings of, 1, 2, 3
New Left Books, 1
New Town programme, 1, 2
New York, 1
New Zealand, 1, 2
newspapers: coverage of Winter of
Discontent, 1 ;
seventies problems, 1;
see also media
Newton, Huey, 1
NF see National Front
Nigg, 1
Night Assembles Bill, 1
1922 Committee, 1
Nixon, Richard, 1
Noakes, John, 1
Nolan Sisters, 1
NORAID, 1
North Sea, 1
North Sea oil: Benn’s attempt to partially nationalize, 1 ;
discovery and potential impact, 2 ;
effect on Aberdeen, 1 ;
extraction technology, 1;
Forties oilfield opened, 1 ;
industrial relations, 1 ;
licences and taxation, 1;
oil rig construction, 1 ;
oil rig life, 1, 2 ;
output stats and costs, 1 ;
and Scottish independence, 1 ;
Sullom Voe terminal, 1
Northern Ireland: 1974 strike, 1;
annual casualties, 2;
author’s childhood memories of army in, 1 ;
Bloody Sunday, 1 ;
British and RUC interrogation techniques, 1, 2;
British public attitude to Troubles, 1, 2, 3;
Direct Rule, 1, 2, 3;
economy, 1 ;
in eighties, 1;
and Heath government, 1, 2;
Heath government talks with Provisionals, 1 ;
history of British involvement, 1, 2 ;
internment, 1 ;
IRA mainland campaign, 1, 2;
late seventies, 1, 2 ;
loyalist organizations, 1;
media coverage, 1 ;
power-sharing Executive, 1;
Troops Out Movement, 1;
Troubles start, 1, 2 ;
and Wilson government, 1;
see also IRA
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, 1
Norway, 1, 2, 3
Nossiter, Bernard D., 1
novels, 1
nuclear power, 1, 2
nuclear weapons, 1, 2, 3
NUM see National Union of Mineworkers
NUPE see National Union of Public Employees
O Lucky Man! (film), 1
O’Connell, David, 1, 2
O’Dwyer, Sir Michael, 1
office heating, 1
oil: 1973 crisis, 1, 2, 3;
British consumption, 1;
see also North Sea oil
oil rigs, 1, 2
On the Buses (TV series), 1
O’Neill, Terence, 1, 2
OPEC see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Open University, 1
Operation Motorman, 1
Orange Order, 1
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 1, 2
Outrage!, 1
Oz magazine, 1, 2
Pankhurst, Christabel, 1
Parker, Stanley, 1
Parliamentary Socialism (Miliband), 1
‘Part of the Union’ (Strawbs), 1
pay: under Callaghan, 1;
under Heath government, 2;
public-sector workers, 1 ;
restraint under Wilson government, 1;
and social contract, 1 ;
trade unions and wage protection, 1;
women’s, 1, 2, 3 ;
see also Winter of Discontent
Peel, John, 1
Pencourt File, The (Penrose and Courtiour), 1
Penguin Modern Masters series, 1
Penrose, Barry, 1
pensions, 1
PEOPLE Party see Ecology Party
Petit, Chris, 1
petrol shortages, 1
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, 1, 2, 3
pickets: 1969 miners’ strike, 1;
1972 miners’ strike, 2, 3, 4, 5;
1974 miners’ strike, 1;
flying, 1;
Grunwick, 1, 2;
legislation, 1, 2;
road hauliers’ strike, 1, 2, 3, 4
Pimlott, Ben, 1
Pink Floyd, 1
Pinochet, General Augusto, 1, 2
Plaid Cymru, 1, 2, 3, 4
Platt, John, 1
plays, 1
Pliatzky, Sir Leo, 1, 2
Poliakoff, Stephen, 1
police: and 1972 miners’ strike, 1, 2 ;
brutality, 3;
and free festivals, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Grosvenor Square riots, 1;
and Grunwick, 1, 2, 3, 4 ;
and NF, 1 ; picket tactics, 2 ;
Special Patrol Group, 1, 2;
TV series about, 1;
see also Royal Ulster Constabulary
Policy Unit, 1, 2
political trends: Albion Free State, 1 ;
environmentalism, 2, 3 ;
feminism, 1 ;
gay rights, 1, 2, 3, 4;
left-wing campus radicalism, 1 ;
monetarism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ;
right-wing semi-revolutionary fringe groups, 1 ;
right-wing students, 1;
rise of the right, 1
Poltergeist, 1
Pompidou, Georges, 1
population, 1, 2
Population Bomb, The (Ehrlich), 1
Porritt, Jonathon, 1
Portugal, 1
Post, Laurens van der, 1
pound see sterling
poverty, 1, 2
Powell, Enoch: and Europe, 1, 2;
and free-market ideas, 3;
and immigration, 1;
and Labour Party, 1, 2;
resignation, 1;
and Thatcher, 1, 2;
trade-union attitude, 1
Power, Lisa, 1
power cuts: 1972 miners’ strike, 1 ;
see also three-day week
Prentice, Reg, 1, 2
Prevention of Terrorism Act (1974), 1
prices: food and the EEC, 1, 2, 3;
food subsidies, 4;
houses, 1, 2, 3;
oil, 1, 2;
Resale Price Maintenance abolition, 1, 2;
see also inflation
Prior, Jim: on 1970 election, 1;
and 1974 miners’ strike, 2;
and Conservative Party 1975 leadership contest, 1, 2;
and NAFF, 1;
and trade unions, 1;
and Winter of Discontent, 1
Private Eye, 1
privatization, 1, 2
productivity: and three-day week, 1
Prostitution (COUM), 1
public expenditure: under Callaghan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
under Heath, 6;
Northern Ireland, 1;
under Wilson, 1, 2
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br /> public-sector workers, 1
publishers: and left-wing radical ism, 1
punk, 1
Pursey, Jimmy, 1
Purves, Peter, 1
race issues: discrimination legislation, 1 ;
immigrants and race relations, 2 ;
immigrants and work, 1
Race Relations Act (1976), 1
Radio On (Petit), 1
Ramelson, Baruch ‘Bert’, 1
Ramsey, Chris, 1
Ranelagh, John, 1, 2
Ransome, Dave, 1
RAR see Rock Against Racism
Rawle, Sid, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Record Breakers (TV series), 1
Red Mole newspaper, 1
Reece, Gordon, 1, 2
Reed, Laurance, 1
Rees, Merlyn, 1, 2
Rees-Mogg, William, 1
reggae, 1
Reid, Billy, 1
Reid, Jamie, 1
Release, 1, 2
Resurgence magazine, 1
Ridley, Nicholas, 1, 2
‘Right Approach, The’, 1
Right Turn, 1
Rippon, Geoffrey, 1, 2, 3
Road Haulage Association, 1
road hauliers: strike (1979), 1, 2 ;
working conditions, 3
Road to Serfdom, The (Hayek), 1
Robens, Lord, 1
Roberts, Alfred, 1
Roberts, Beatrice, 1
Robinson, Christopher, 1
Robinson, Tom, 1, 2
Rock Against Racism (RAR), 1
Rodgers, Bill: on Callaghan’s postponement of election, 1, 2 ;
and civil service, 3;
and road hauliers’ strike, 1, 2 ;
on the social contract, 1;
and trade unions, 1
Roe, Nicholas, 1, 2
Rolls-Royce, 1, 2
Rose, Sir Clive, 1, 2, 3
Roskill Commission, 1, 2
Rothschild, Lord, 1
Rotten, Johnny see Lydon, John
Routledge, Paul, 1
Rowbotham, Sheila, 1
Rowe, Marsha, 1, 2, 3
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), 1, 2, 3
Rutherford, Andrew, 1
Ryrie, William, 1, 2
Saatchi, Maurice, 1
Saatchi and Saatchi, 1
Saltley coke depot, 1, 2
Sampson, Anthony, 1, 2
Samuel, Raphael, 1
Saunders, Red, 1, 2
Savareid, Eric, 1
Saville inquiry, 1
Saxon, Arthur, 1
Scales, Prunella, 1
Scanlon, Hugh, 1, 2
Scargill, Arthur: and 1972 miners’ strike, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
and 1981 miners’ dispute, 7;
appearance, 1;
background and character, 1;
and Grunwick, 1, 2;
militant attitude, 1, 2;
and TGWU Centre, 1
Scarman, Lord, 1, 2
Schmidt, Helmut, 1, 2
Schumacher, E. F., 1
Scorpio, 1
Scotland: assembly building, 1;
devolution process, 2 ;
independence and North Sea oil, 1
Scott, Norman, 1
Scottish Labour Party, 1
Scottish National Party (SNP): and 1979 election, 1;
Edinburgh HQ, 2;
and fall of Callaghan government, 1, 2;
foundation and early history, 1 ;
and Labour Party, 1;
and North Sea oil, 1
Scunthorpe, 1
SDR see Special Drawing Right
Sea Gem oil rig, 1
Seabrook, Jeremy, 1, 2
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 1
Seldon, Arthur, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Self-Help, 1
Selfridges department store, 1
Sellers, Peter, 1
Selsdon conference, 1, 2
Sewill, Brendon: and 1972 miners’ strike, 1;
and 1974 (Feb) election, 2;
on importance of full employment, 1;
and plans for Heath government, 1;
and three-day week, 1;
on trade-union power, 1
Sex Discrimination Act (1975), 1
Sex Pistols, The, 1, 2
Sexual Politics (Millett), 1
Sham 1, 2
Shanks, Michael, 1
Shell, 1, 2
Sherman, Alfred, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Shetland islands, 1
Shoeburyness, 1
shopping centres, 1, 2
Shore, Peter, 1
Silent Spring (Carson), 1
Simon, William, 1, 2, 3
Singh, Udham, 1
Sivanandan, Ambalavaner, 1
Skytrain, 1
Slater, Jim, 1
Slater Walker, 1
Small Is Beautiful (Schumacher), 1
Smith, Adam, 1, 2
Smith, Graham, 1, 2, 3
Smith, John, 1
SNP see Scottish National Party
social contract, 1, 2
Social Democratic Alliance, 1
social mobility, 1
Social Security Pensions Act (1975), 1
social trends: rise of materialism, 1 ;
see also political trends
Socialist Workers Party (SWP; formerly International Socialists), 1, 2
South Africa, 1, 2
South Armagh, 1
Southend, 1, 2
Soviet Union, 1, 2
Spanish Civil War, 1
Spare Rib magazine, 1, 2, 3, 4
Spark, Muriel, 1
Special Drawing Right (SDR), 1
speed limit, 1
sports centres, 1
Spycatcher (Wright), 1
stagflation see inflation
Stanley, John, 1
Steel, David, 1, 2, 3
Stelzer, Irwin, 1
sterling: 1967 devaluation, 1, 2;
1976 run on, 1 ;
pound’s value, 1, 2
Stevens, Caroline, 1
Stirling, Colonel David, 1, 2
Stirling University, 1
stock market, 1, 2, 3
Stone, Joe, 1, 2
Stone, Richard, 1
Stonewall, 1
Stonewall riots, 1
Stowe, Ken, 1, 2
Strauss, Norman, 1, 2
Strawberry Fields (Poliakoff), 1
Strawbs, 1
street lighting, 1, 2
strikes: British Asians, 1;
dockers (1972), 2;
Ford (1978), 1;
government emergency machinery, 1;
Grunwick, 1;
legislation, 1, 2, 3;
miners (1969 and 1970), 1;
miners (1972), 1;
miners (1974), 1, 2, 3, 4;
Northern Ireland (1974), 1;
rise in frequency, 1;
road hauliers (1979), 1, 2 ;
seamen (1975), 1;
students, 1 ;
Westminster Hospital, 1 ;
Winter of Discontent, 1 ;
working days lost to, 1, 2, 3;
see also Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; pickets
Sturdy, Pat, 1
Sullom Voe, 1
Summer Before the Dark, The (Lessing), 1
Sun, 1, 2, 3
Sweden, 1
Sweeney, The (TV series), 1
SWP see Socialist Workers Party
Takeover, The (Spark), 1
Tanganyika, 1
Tartan Army, 1
Tatchell, Peter, 1
Tate gallery, 1
taxes, 1
Taylor, Anne, 1
Taylor, Gordon Rattray, 1
Taylor, Robert, 1, 2, 3
Tebbit, Norman, 1, 2
television: evening closedown, 1, 2
Thames Barrier, 1
Thatcher, Carol, 1, 2, 3
Thatcher, Denis, 1, 2, 3
Thatcher, Margaret: on 1970 election, 1;
and 1979 election, 2, 3, 4, 5 ;
advantages over Callaghan, 1;
advisers in Opposition, 1, 2;
Amis on, 1 ;
appearance, 1;
author’s verdict, 1;
background and character, 1, 2, 3, 4;
on British politics in late 1978, 1;
on Callaghan’s postponement of election, 1;
Cameron on, 1;
cartoon owned by Heath, 1 ;
and Conservative Party 1975 leadership contest, 1, 2, 3;
and council-house sales, 1, 2, 3;
and fall of Callaghan government, 1;
and feminism, 1, 2 ;
first visit to US, 1 ;
Flood Street home, 1;
foreign policy, 1;
and free-market ideas, 1 ;
and Grunwick, 1, 2;
