by Benn, Tony
Parkhouse, Geoffrey, 621
‘Parkinson Show’ (1979), appearance on, 480–1
Parry, Terry, 339, 534
Part, Sir Antony, 287, 288, 289, 293–4, 295, 296–7, 326–7, 494
Peacocke, Inspector General RUC, 213
Peart, Fred (Lord), 176, 183, 185, 221, 287, 396
Leader of the Commons, 195
Leader of the Lords, 368, 376
peerage renunciation campaign, 25–6, 35, 49–50, 53, 86–94, 99
sympathy from Churchill, 35, 69
lack of support from Gaitskell, 86–7
debarred from the House by Speaker, 89–90
unsuccessful at Election Court, 91–4
Peerage Bill (later Act), 101, 102, 103
Peirce, Gareth, 578
Pelham, David, 98
Penhaligon, David, 530, 546
Pennell, Monty, 343, 344
Penney, Sir William (Lord), 173
Pettifor, Ann, 629
Peyton, John: leadership challenge (1975), 309
Phillips, Morgan, 60, 66
Phoenix, Pat, 562
Pincher, Chapman, 425, 428, 453, 457
Pitt, Terry, 144, 204, 275
Pochin, Sir Edward, 472
poll-tax demonstrations, 617–18, 624–5
Pompidou, Georges, 159–60, 167, 172, 288
calls referendum on Common Market enlargement (1972), 254
death (1974), 285
Ponting, Clive, 574, 575
Poore, Dennis, 284, 290, 311
Postmaster General (1964–6), 117–59
stamp design changes, 125–8, 133, 135–6, 140–3, 153
introduction of Giro, 135
opening of Post Office Tower, 140
Poulson, John 262; arrested, 271
Poulson affair (1973), 262, 271
Powell, Enoch, 53, 69, 99, 229, 250, 274, 277, 349, 408, 494, 509
resignation over estimates, 55, 63, 186
sacked from Shadow Cabinet by Heath after racist speech (1968), 186–7
racial issue raised in election speeches (1970), 229, 230–1
attacked in Benn’s speech, 229–30, 232
recommends votes for Labour against Common Market (1974), 268, 281
attack on Heath (1974), 276
decision not to stand in 1974 election, 281
anti-Common Market stance, 268, 281, 319–20
repatriation speech (1976), 370
Prentice, Reg, 112, 273, 279, 321, 337, 366
crosses over to Tories, 432
Prescott, John 245, 603, 609
press hostility towards Benn, 261–2, 265, 274, 276, 280, 283, 325–6, 397, 481, 539, 558, 559, 560, 562, 576, 640
Price, Chris, 506
Priddle, Robert (Under-Secretary), 458
Primarolo, Dawn, 544, 601
Prior, James (Lord)
leadership challenge (1975), 309
Secretary of State for Employment (1979–81), 493
Privy Council, Benn’s admission into, 117
Profumo, John, 95, 98, 104
proportional representation, Benn’s objection to, 621
Pym, Francis, 424, 535
Tory Chief Whip (1971), 239
Qadhafi, General, 616
Quebec A-bomb agreement (1943), 36
‘Question Time’ (1982), appearance on, 546
Race, Reg, 486, 550–1
Race Relations Act, 438
radio and TV adviser to Labour, 32, 35, 62
Rampton, Sir Jack (Deputy Secretary), 228, 336–7, 339, 340, 358, 362, 363, 399, 402, 436
Ramsey, Archbishop Michael, 98
Ramsbotham, Sir Peter, 415
Raphael, Adam, 494
Read, Kingsley, 438
Reagan, Ronald, 501, 511, 530, 553, 561, 595
visits Britain (1982), 536–7
Reykjavik summit (1986), 592
admirer of Thatcher, 597
redundancies, 458, 608
Rees, Merlyn (Lord Merlyn-Rees), 99, 287, 375, 376, 400, 401, 478, 487, 525, 526
Home Secretary (1976–9), 367, 425–6, 439, 450, 451, 452, 457, 461
Rees-Mogg, William, 370–1, 428
Reid, Jimmy, 260, 301
Reilly, Sir Patrick, 258
republican views, 519
Reykjavik summit (1986), 592
Rhodesia crisis, 155, 166,204, 399
sanctions, 424
Richardson, Jo, 486, 551, 578, 610, 630–1
Ridley, Nicholas (Lord), 241, 387
Rippon, Geoffrey 234
Robens, Alf (Lord), 44, 53, 244; SDP, 510
Roberts, Frank, 178
Robeson, Paul, 58–9
Robinson, Geoffrey, 290, 298, 303
Robinson, Bishop John: Honest to God, 96–7, 99
Robinson, Kenneth, 72, 114, 117, 145
Robinson, Svend, 636
Rodgers, Bill (Lord), 161, 240, 250, 272, 362, 368, 280, 427, 501, 504, 508
Founder Member SDP (1981), 503, 510
Rogers, Herbert, 102, 113–14,137, 228, 229, 350, 552
Rooke, Denis, 339
Roosevelt, Franklin D., death of; 17
Rose, Dr Clifford, 517–18, 524
Rose, Kenneth, 103
Ross, Donald, 275
Ross, Willie, 177, 188, 287, 313, 314
Rothschild, Lord, 166, 592
Rowe, Eric (agent), 31
Royal Air Force, wartime service, 5–22
pilot training in Rhodesia, 10–17; gains Wings, 17
leave in Jerusalem, 18–20
Ruddock, Joan, 610
Runcie, Archbishop Robert, 587
Rushdie, Salman: Satanic Verses, 616–17
Russell, Bertrand, 63, 347
Ryder, Don: chairmanship NEB, 304–5, 339
Ryland, Bill, 151
St Clair, Malcolm, 88
St John Stevas, Norman, 230, 533, 540–1
salesman: Benn trade books in US, 25
Saunois, Tony, 497, 505
Sawyer, Tom 558, 576
Scanlon, Hugh (Lord), 260, 294, 339–40, 345, 406, 453
Scargill, Arthur, 345, 375, 442–3, 448, 558, 567, 570, 572, 575, 579
Schlesinger, Jim, 455–7
Schmidt, Helmut, 288, 372, 374, 377, 379, 385, 424, 452, 457, 461, 488, 489
Schonfield, Victor, 481
Schreiber, Mark, 609
Secretary of State for Industry (1974–5), 283–322
threat to Concorde, 284,285; saved by Benn, 295; test flight, 297–8
National Enterprise Board, 287, 288, 296
open government policy, 289, 291
nationalisation of shipbuilding (1974), 295, 296
Security Services, Benn’s paper on reform, 452
phone-tapping, 450, 451, 452, 453, 457, 475
Spycatcher revelations, 592, 595, 600–1, 615; Hyde Park readings by Benn, 601
Sedgemore, Brian (PPS), 375, 378, 392, 393, 439, 462, 477, 568, 569
Sell, Hannah, 619
Sever, John 506
Seyd, Patrick, 576, 577
Shackleton, Edward, 160, 193
Shah of Iran, Benn’s meeting with, 341–3
Shawcross, Sir Hartley (Lord), 60; SDP. 510
Shepherd, Richard, 622
Shinwell, Manny (Lord), 72
Shore, Peter, 65, 107, 108, 114, 122, 138, 144, 146, 156, 157, 162–3, 177, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 210, 220, 229–30, 242, 250, 257, 273, 274, 283, 288, 306, 351, 363, 366, 377, 381, 382, 383, 387, 388, 399, 405, 408, 416, 439, 478, 499, 504–5, 516, 525, 613
anti-Common Market, 222, 273, 313, 487, 495
Trade Minister (1974), 286
move to the right, 438
Short, Clare, 592, 610
Short, Edward (Lord Glenamara), 159, 160, 185, 220, 279, 348, 352
Shotton steelworks, 458
Sieff, Edward, 91, 98
Sieff, Lois, 91, 98
Silkin, John, 210, 276, 323, 368, 417, 425, 454, 487, 499, 516, 520, 521, 532; Chief Whip, 195
Silkin, Sam (Lord), 417
Sillars, Jim, 273, 421, 634
Silverman, Sydney, 40, 50, 72, 213
Sirs, Bill, 478
Skinner, Dennis, 317, 349, 436, 448, 450, 516–17, 520, 561, 566, 568, 570–1, 573, 576, 578, 602, 611, 612, 615, 627
Slater, Joe (Lord), 112, 124, 134
appointed Assistant Postmaster General to Benn, 117
Moscow visit (1967), 168
Smith, Charles, 224
Smith, Cyril, 347
Smith, Harry, 584–5
Smith, Sir Howard, 452–3
Smith, Ian, 140, 166, 204, 399
Smith, John, 487, 611, 619
Secretary of State for Trade, 454
Smith, Ned, 570
Smith, Ron, 118
Snow, Peter, 602
Snowdon, Lord, 135
Soames, Christopher (Lord), 165
Soames, Mary, 165–6
Social Democratic Party (SDP), 583
formation (1981), 503, 512–13
supporters, 505
by-election victory at Glasgow Hillhead, 531
defection to Liberals in 1987 splits the party, 601–2
Soley, Clive, 600
Soper, Donald (Lord), 59
Soskice, Frank, 60, 112, 139
Soviet Union visits by Benn: (1960) 73–8; (1969) 205–9; (1987) 603–8
Spearman, Alec, 42
Spencer, Sir Kelvin, 530
Spender, Sir Stephen, 71
Stalin, Joseph, 189, 192, 607, 608
Stanley, Brian, 331, 426
Stansgate, Lord (William Wedgwood Benn), father, 15, 25, 27, 37, 49, 58, 70, 82, 103, 123, 347, 404, 414
peerage, 1
RAF service, 2
letter from Tony Benn, 7–8
son killed in action, 13
Labour MP, 494
Secretary of State for Air (1945), 638
death, 83–5, 86
Stansgate, Margaret (Lady), mother, 2, 10, 12–13, 27, 83, 84, 90, 102, 103, 154, 194, 347, 420, 477, 485, 513, 538, 615, 620–1
Steel, David (MP), 347, 449, 508, 535, 597
Lib-Lab pact (1977), 408, 409
Steel, Sir David (Chairman BP), 334, 343, 344
steelworks closures (1978), 458
Stein, Dr, 515
Stevenson, Adlai, 49
Stewart, Michael (Lord), 114, 155, 159–60, 163, 177, 182, 183, 184, 197, 204, 205, 213, 220, 221, 225
Foreign Secretary: (1964) 122–3; (1968) 185, 227
negative approach, 218
Stockwood, Mervyn, 71, 97–8
Stokes, Sir Donald (Lord), 166
Stokes, Sir John, 628
Stonehouse, John, 97, 180
drowning mystery, 304
move to expel from the House, 307–8
Postmaster General, 195
convicted and jailed, 367
Strachey, John, 34
Strang, Gavin, 610
Strauss, George, 354
strikes and unrest (1977), 432–3, 460
student unrest (1970), 220
Suez War (1956), 38–47, 53
Israeli attack on Egypt, 38
Benn opposes war, 638
Sukarno, Achmad, 113
Summerskill, Edith, 373
Summerskill, Shirley, 527, 540
Sutch, David, 561
Sykes, Richard, assassination, 465
Tatchell, Peter, 527–8, 538, 542
Tatters, Tommy, 597
Taverne, Dick, 245, 255
resignation as Labour MP, 260–1
attacked by Benn, 261
re-election as independent, 263
Taylor, A. J. P., 268
Tebbit, Norman (Lord), 279, 357, 622
anti–Europe, 436
Brighton bomb (1984), 572
Technology, Minister of (1966–70), first Cabinet post, 159–232
saves Harrier jump jet, 166
Moscow trips: (1967) 168–71; (1969) 205–9
Washington vitis (1967), 172
involvement in Concorde project, 175, 178, 202–3, 211, 224
Rumanian visit (1968), 188–92
speech on broadcasting policy (1968), 195–6
conversation with Queen, 210–12
also Minister of Industry (1969), 214
Texaco drivers’ strike, 460
Thatcher, Margaret (Baroness), 318, 363
replaces Heath as leader, 309–10
Common Market policy, 310, 316–17, 488–9; opposed to European Monetary System, 622
dislike of Heath, 421
attacks Benn, 432
leader: 343, 347, 348, 361, 364, 370, 373, 380, 394, 396–7, 399, 416, 424, 425, 439–40, 462, 463, 465, 466; given ‘Iron Lady’ tag by Russians, 344–5
victory in 1979 Election, 473
Prime Minister: 475–6, 483, 484, 502, 503, 508, 510–11, 530, 540–1, 580, 591, 592, 593, 596, 603, 609, 611, 616, 618, 619
reactionary policies, 485
unemployment increase, 493
opinion of Benn, 507
Falklands War, 533, 534–5, 537, 542
Election victory (1983), 547
miners’ strike (1984–5), 566, 571
Brighton bomb (1984), 572–3
overbearing manner, 580
Westland affair (1986), 581, 592
authorises use of British bases for US raid on Libya (1986), 592
difficulties with Leyland (1986), 592
admired by Reagan, 597
election victory 1987, 597
Spycakher affair, 592, 601
Lawson’s resignation, 622
leadership contest with Meyer, 622–3
Gulf War, 625, 627, 628
savaged by Howe (1990), 633
leadership challenge, 633–4
resignation (1990), 635, 640
Thomas, George (Viscount Tonypandy): Speaker, 401
Thomas, Ron, 472, 545
Thompson, Tommy, 567–8
Thomson, George (Lord), 176, 182, 188, 223, 255
resigns from Shadow Cabinet (1972), 249
Thorne, Stan, 568
Thorneycroft, Peter (Lord): resigns as Chancellor on estimates, 52–3, 186
Thorpe, Jeremy, 135, 240, 345, 347, 348–9
wife’s death, 236
resigns leadership of Liberals, 361
arrest, 446–7; case, 454–5; trial, 465
defeat in 1979 Election, 473
Tierney, Syd, 584
Tilling, Sir Henry, 118, 119, 128–30
Tito, Josip: death (1980), 488
Todd, Ron, 579, 614, 615
Topolski, Feliks: protrait of Benn, 538
Torode, John, 261
Trade and Industry spokesman in Shadow Cabinet (1971), 250–82
associated with failure by Tory attack, 250–1
Transport Shadow spokesman (1960–4), 70, 94, 107, 109
Trend, Sir Burke (Lord), 224
Trotsky, Leon, 607
Trubshaw, Brian, 202–3, 211, 223, 297, 298
Trudeau, Pierre, 211, 288
Truman, Harry S. 36
Tuck, Russell, 527
Tucker, Anthony, 451
Tucker, Brian, 340
Tuffin, Alan, 558
Turkey, banned from (1986), 582
Turnbull, Malcolm, 592
Tynan, Kenneth, 57
Udall, Stuart, 172
Uganda civil war, 399–400, 412
Ulster Unionists: support for Labour (1977), 408
Underhill, Reg (Lord), 440
unemployment problems, 343, 402, 493
People’s March for Jobs (1981), 515
Ungoed-Thomas, Lynn, 91, 93, 102
United Nations and the Gulf War, 626, 627–9, 632
United States three-day visit 1982, 530
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS), wound up by Tories (1971), 241–2, 253–4, 244–5
Vallins, Margaret (constituency secretary), 558, 563, 578
Vallins, Tom (agent), 558, 559, 563, 567
van Straubenzee, Bill, 424
Varley, Eric (Lord), 241, 279, 283, 321, 330, 335, 368, 400, 458, 486, 487, 501, 509–10, 562
resigns as MP for Chesterfield, 558
Vaughan, Paul, 559
Vaughan, Ron, 212, 325, 326, 339, 353, 366, 372, 404, 413, 418, 443, 467, 473
Verwoerd, Dr: shooting of (1960), 71
Vietnam War, 113, 130, 132, 155, 157, 205
Villiers, Charles, 458
Vorster, Balthazar, 399
votes at eighteen, 188
Wainwright, Richard, 347
Walden, Brian, 268–9, 284, 506
scriptwriter for Gaitskell, 268
TV interviewing, 581
Walesa, Lech, 623
Walker, Martin, 606
Walker, Peter (Lord), 275, 276
Wall, Pat, 617
Walters, Professor Alan, 622
Wapping printworkers’ dispute, 582, 583, 624
Warburton, David, 496
Ward, Dr Stephen, 95, 99
Warsaw visit (1995), 586–90
Washington conference on ‘Eurosocialism and America’ (1980), attendance at, 501–2
Watson, Sam, 70, 82, 112
Weighell Sid, 478, 505
Weir, Stuart, 428, 482, 576, 577
Welland, Colin, 562
Welsh, Mick, 573
Wesker, Arnold, 121
Westland affair (1986), 580–1
Westminster School: Benn’s school report, 2
White, Eirene, 138, 240
Whitehead, Phillip, 405, 559, 560
Whitelaw, Willie (Viscount), 424, 634
coalition issue (1974), 276
leadership challenge (1975), 309
Common Market, 316
Whitlam, Gough, 398
Whittam Smith, Andreas, 627
Whittome, Alan 377
Whitty, Larry, 477, 582, 594, 618
Wigg, George, 63, 150, 162, 165
Wilcox, Dave, 560
Williams, Marcia (Lady Falkender), 107, 124, 137, 138, 142, 143, 145, 147, 154, 162, 163, 185, 243, 286, 333, 353, 355, 396
memoirs, 258
influence on Wilson, 267
given peerage by Wilson, 289
Williams, Roy, 291–2, 303, 306–7, 316, 320, 327
Williams, Shirley (Baroness), 44, 69, 114, 198, 236, 240, 249, 266, 285, 312, 314, 318, 348, 363–4, 380, 381, 383, 396, 400, 411, 423, 461, 468, 481, 505, 506, 507, 556
Education Secretary, 367, 463
pro-Common Market stance, 427, 495
Founder Member SDP (1981), 503, 510
Williams, Tom, 24, 53
Williamson, Nigel, 518, 529
Willis, Ted (Lord), 107
Wilson, Sir Duncan, 205, 208, 209
Wilson, Lady, 208, 209
Wilson, Harold (Lord), 28, 37, 51, 59, 66, 67, 68, 78, 95–6, 98, 100, 106, 111, 112, 113, 114, 119, 122, 124, 125, 130, 133–4, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141–3, 144, 145–6, 147–8, 150, 154–6, 157, 159–60, 161, 162–3, 164, 165, 167, 171, 174, 176, 178, 179, 185–6, 187, 195, 196, 200–1, 204–5, 206–7, 213, 215, 217, 218, 220–1, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 243–5, 258–9, 260, 261, 266, 268, 269, 272, 275, 276–7, 279, 294, 296, 299–300, 316, 328, 329, 330, 331, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 343–4, 345, 347, 359, 360, 370, 372, 373, 396, 407, 418, 436, 447, 453, 476, 500, 577, 634
