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Stewart, Rory, 57–8, 485
Stirrup, Jock, 55, 60
Stormont House Agreement, 53
Stowell, Baroness, 406
Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), 42–3, 72, 102, 484, 491
Strathclyde, Lord, 50, 127, 233, 239, 410, 412, 437
Stroud, Philippa, 298, 302–3
student visas, 454
Stunell, Andrew, 23
Sturgeon, Nicola, 133, 511–12, 514
Sugg, Liz, 2, 21, 64, 66, 72–3, 140, 224, 250
and election (2015), 505–6, 516, 524, 529
Summers, Larry, 68
Supreme Court, 231
Swindon University Technical College, 510
Syria, 195, 199, 325–45, 347–8, 364–7, 370, 404, 406, 491, 498, 541
and rise of ISIS, 463, 465–9, 471, 502, 542
Taliban, 57–8, 65
Tapsell, Sir Peter, 341
tax credits, 39, 207, 210, 295, 301
TaxPayers’ Alliance, 117
Taylor, Charlie, 398
Taylor, Matthew, 29
Tebbit, Norman, 168, 186–7
Tech-City, 538
TED talks, 149
tennis, 72–3, 224
terrorism and counter-terrorism, 222, 321, 345, 365, 404, 465–6, 471–6, 540–1
see also Islamic extremism
Textor, Mark, 292, 505, 508–9, 530
al-Thani, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber (HBJ), 98–9, 111
Thatcher, Margaret, 4, 34, 87, 130, 219, 348, 378, 395, 491, 520, 538, 542
compared with Cameron, 286, 535–6, 543
and conference speeches, 442
her death and funeral, 317–22
and economic advisers, 397, 498
and Europe, 165, 167, 537
friendship with Reagan, 196, 489
influence of, 10, 19, 318–20
infrastructure legacy, 350
Number 10 operation, 151
and privatisation, 43
rivalry with Lawson, 35–6
strategic vision, 487
triumphalism, 113
undermining of Major, 267, 322
Thick of It, The, 212
Thomson, Alice, 413
Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, 170, 352, 432
Time magazine, 343, 367
Timothy, Nick, 458
Today programme, 14, 121, 139, 275, 355
Tour de France, 224
Toynbee, Polly, 154, 298
Trade Union Congress (TUC), 157, 300
Transparency Board, 151
Trident missile system, 24, 485
‘Trojan Horse’ plot, 402, 404
Truss, Liz, 406
Trussell Trust, 300
Tucker, Paul, 38, 312–13
tuition fees, 41, 45, 120–1, 238, 399, 481
Turkey, 75, 108, 196, 326, 361
Tusk, Donald, 269, 321, 368, 437, 460
TV debates and interviews, 19, 288, 386, 510–13
UK Financial Investments, 312
UKIP, 168, 176, 219, 234, 240, 242, 285, 406, 409, 421, 431
and Conservative defectors, 388–91, 441, 443–4, 451
and defence spending, 486
and election (2015), 506, 511, 514, 533
and EU referendum, 258, 260, 269–70, 384–6, 391
and focus on immigration, 451–2, 455, 459–60
and gay marriage, 277, 383–4
rise of, 381–91, 446, 536
Ukraine, 196, 362, 366–70, 431, 436, 438, 463, 465, 483, 489–90, 542
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 48
Unison, 187
Unite, 187, 211
United States of America
and Afghanistan, 57–9
and Libyan intervention, 104, 106–8, 111–12
and Syria, 330–5, 337, 342–4
Troubled Asset Relief programme (TARP), 11–12
US Democratic Party, 339
US Federal Reserve, 311
US National Security Agency, 345
Universal Credit (UC), 40, 295–8, 300–4, 375, 540
universities, cap on places, 500
Ushakov, Yuri, 330, 364–5
USS Abraham Lincoln, 113
Van Rompuy, Herman, 168, 174–5, 368, 431–2, 435, 455, 460
VAT, 13, 33, 39, 205, 209, 212
Vickers, Sir John, 38, 312, 500
Vietnam War, 343
Villiers, Theresa, 53, 228, 340
Vine, Sarah, 394, 403
volunteering and charitable giving, rise in, 162
Wakeham, John, 395
Wall, Peter, 55
Walters, Alan, 498
Wang Yi, 360
‘War Cabinet’, 61
Warburton, Arabella, 458
Warsi, Sayeeda, 121, 214, 227–8, 281
water cannons, 139, 141
Watson, Tom, 83, 88
Webb, Steve, 374, 495
Wei, Lord, 154
welfare reforms, 41, 44, 82, 207–8, 241, 295–305, 375, 444, 500–1, 539–40
Wellington, Duke of, 73
Wen Jiabao, 357
Werritty, Adam, 520
West Ham FC, 506
West Lothian Question, 24, 419, 421
Westerwelle, Guido, 177
Westmacott, Peter, 72, 107, 199, 464, 486
Wharton, James, 270
Wheeler, Stuart, 390
Whetstone, Rachel, 148–9, 159, 441
Wiggins, Bradley, 224
Willetts, David, 121, 374
Williams, Shirley, 191
Williamson, Gavin, 519, 522
Wilshaw, Sir Michael, 401–2
Wilson, Harold, 87, 430, 535
Wizard of Oz, The, 321
Wold, Alison, 398
Wolf, Rachel, 397
Wollaston, Sarah, 251, 292, 341
Wood, Sebastian, 358–9
Work Programme, 296
World Economic Forum, 18, 261, 267, 307
Worth, Sean, 274
Wu Bangguo, 359
Wychwood brewery, 503
Xi Jinping, 361
Yanukovych, Viktor, 362, 367
Yellen, Janet, 311
Yorktown, battle of, 342
Young, Lord, 153
Young, Sir George, 235, 252, 286, 333, 339–40, 393–4, 407
Younger, Alex, 475
Zaeef, Mullah, 58
‘zero hours’ contracts, 512
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