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Who Dares Wins

Page 138

by Dominic Sandbrook


  docks 675–6

  Doctor Who xxiv, 66, 475, 618

  Dodd, Ken 662

  Doherty, Kieran 569

  Dolce, Joe 291

  Donaldson, William 33

  donkey jackets 550–51

  Donoughue, Bernard 231

  Double Fantasy (Lennon) 329, 330

  double glazing 24

  Dougan, Derek 225

  Douglas-Home, Charles 654–5, 756

  Downing, Beryl 124

  Drabble, Margaret 22, 677, 771

  Dragon 32 computer 725, 728

  Drake, Sir Francis 200

  Drax, Hugo 66

  Driver, Christopher 123, 128–9, 132

  du Cann, Edward 190, 460, 754

  ‘dual key’ system 390–91

  Dudley 482, 674

  Duffy, Terry 157, 317, 318, 354, 381

  Dunbar-Dunelm estate, West Norwood 250

  Dungeons & Dragons 392

  Dunkley, James 60

  Dunlop, Yvonne 589, 590–91

  Dunn, James 418

  Dunwoody, Gwyneth 77

  Duran Duran 283, 291, 295–6, 297, 612, 694

  Dykes, Hugh 660

  ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ (UB40) 398

  East Germany 405

  eating out 128–9

  Eatwell, John 12

  The Economist 14, 55, 142, 377, 444, 456, 457, 763, 788, 835

  economists 451–4

  know 365 ways of making love 454

  unfortunately don’t know any women 454

  economy of UK

  decline 7–20, 10, 48–9, 91–2

  recession 200–201, 255–67, 270–76, 293, 650, 693–4, 695–6, 698

  recovery 98, 194, 270, 454, 455–6

  wealth 18–19

  Edgbaston test match 1981 640, 654

  education 61, 68, 216, 471, 520, 622, 717–18

  Edwardes, Michael 256–7, 303–5, 308, 309, 311–12, 313–16, 316–19, 320–24, 326–7

  ‘first dwarf to be chairman of British Leyland’ 303

  ‘very big man indeed’ 328

  Edwards, John 665

  Edwards, Nicholas 38, 556, 557

  EEC (European Economic Community) 7, 167–70, 171–9, 357–9, 361, 363, 367, 368

  The 80s 114

  El Salvador 824–5

  electric cars 730

  Electric Light Orchestra 281

  electrical appliances 23, 25, 698

  ‘Electricity’ (OMD) 23

  electronic music 277–80, 281–2

  electronics industry 715–16

  Elizabeth, Queen Mother 550

  Eliot, T. S., precursor to Duran Duran 296

  Elliott, Tony 333

  Ellis, Tom 416

  Elms, Robert 285–6, 288–9

  Embassy cigarettes 484, 487, 493

  Emery, Fred 367, 369

  Emin, John 407

  employment

  black people 504

  changes in xxiv

  legislation 145–6, 158

  part-time work 73

  self-employment 68–9

  services 17

  women 68–74

  Employment Acts 158

  empowerment 69–70

  Endurance, HMS 737, 738, 739, 742, 743

  England football team 206–12

  expected to win 1980 European Championships 207

  fail to win 1980 European Championships 208

  English, Richard 565

  English Journey (Bainbridge) 686

  Eno, Brian 281

  ‘Enola Gay’ (OMD) 398–9

  entrepreneurs 68–9, 710

  Equal Opportunities Commission 70

  ET 118

  Etheridge, Dick 316

  EU (European Union) 167 see also EEC

  European Commission 168, 170, 357–8

  European Community see EEC

  European Football Championships 1980 206–8

  European Monetary System 660

  European Parliament elections 168

  Evans, Christopher 712

  Evans, Sir Geraint 415

  Evans, Gwynfor 402, 555–7

  Evans, Moss 103, 157, 374

  Evening Mail 320, 673

  Evening Standard

  Austin Metro 306

  Blitz (nightclub) 283

  Botham, Ian 637

  Budget of 1981 449

  Chariots of Fire 621

  Davis, Steve 495–6

  The Face 288

  Falklands War 762, 799, 819

  Livingstone, Ken 587, 589, 592

  national pride 837–8

  punk 280

  riots 522

  Ever Decreasing Circles 686

  Everton, Clive 486, 491

  Eves, Anne (Mass Observation Project) 234–5

  Evita 57

  exchange controls 108–10, 197

  exchange rates 5, 93, 188, 256–7, 258–9, 438

  exercise 62

  Eyton, Audrey 19, 62

  F International 69

  Fabian Society 417

  The Face 288–9, 295, 296–7, 331, 420, 615

  Factory Records 253

  ‘Fade to Grey’ (Visage) 290, 292

  Falcon Crest 690

  Falkland Islands 731–8, 739–40, 743–6, 764–6

  self-determination 780, 796–7, 830–31

  Falklands War

  alleged atrocities 817–18

  Argentine invasion 743–53, 755–6

  Bluff Cove air attacks 816

  British landings 806–7, 808–10, 812

  casualties 827–8

  Chariots of Fire 624

  cost of 827

  debate in House of Commons 753–5

  EEC 168, 169

  ‘Falklands factor’ 834–8

  Franks Committee report 737

  Goose Green, Battle of 813–14

  media management 799

  Mount Harriet 817, 818

  Mount Longdon 817, 818

  Mount Tumbledown 818–19

  peace plans 780–82, 784–5, 789, 792–3, 796, 806

  public opinion 763, 788, 800, 830–2

  San Carlos, Battle of 810–12

  service of thanksgiving 842–4

  ships, Argentinian

  General Belgrano 791–4, 796, 797, 798, 801, 827

  Veinticinco de Mayo 791–2

  ships, British

  Ardent, HMS 810–11

  Atlantic Conveyor 812

  Canberra 762, 841–2

  Conqueror, HMS 792

  Coventry, HMS 811–12

  Endurance, HMS 737, 738, 739, 742, 743

  Glamorgan, HMS 818

  Hermes, HMS 761, 764, 782

  Intrepid, HMS 808–9

  Invincible, HMS 761, 774

  Sheffield, HMS 794–9, 802

  Sir Galahad, RFA 816, 829

  Stanley 819–20, 821

  Task Force 745–6, 751, 752–3, 754, 755, 759, 761–3, 782, 841–2

  Total Exclusion Zone 791

  Two Sisters 817, 818

  veterans 828–30, 831

  victory 821–7

  Vulcan air raids 790–91

  Wireless Ridge 818–19

  fallout shelters 407–8

  Fares Fair 593–5

  fascism 368, 426

  fashion 64–6, 614–19

  fast food 133–4

  Faulds, Andrew 370

  Faulks, Sebastian 34

  Fawlty Towers 3–4, 5

  Fayed, Dodi 620–21

  feminism 58–9, 585

  Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election 1981 565

  Fever Pitch (Hornby) 214

  Fieldhouse, Sir John 776, 791, 806, 813, 814

  Fielding, Henry 635

  Fields, Terry 352

  Le Figaro 305

  film industry 620–21

  Financial Times 62, 97, 142, 159, 438, 621, 625, 706, 713

  fireworks 602

  fish fingers 125

  fishing industry 121, 466–7

&n
bsp; Flint 466

  Flowers, Brian, Baron 415

  Flynn, Paul 149

  Fodor’s Guide to Great Britain 5, 6, 129–30

  Follows, Sir Denis 181, 183

  Fonda, Jane 396

  food 693, 694, 701

  additives 124

  ‘Black Death’ 130

  cheese 121, 134–7

  in Downing Street 116–18, 126

  fresh fish 121

  foreign 132–4

  herbs and spices 121

  microwaved 125–6

  ready meals 123–4

  restaurants 129–30

  sandwiches 127–8

  ‘Spotty Dick’ 129

  Thatcher family favourites 117–18

  typical diet 118–20, 122–3, 130, 679

  vegetarian 122

  Foot, Michael

  and Benn, Tony 345, 347, 531–2, 535, 536–7, 549

  CND 394, 395

  compares Sir Keith Joseph to ‘magician-conjuror’ 325–6

  Croydon North West by-election 665

  donkey jacket furore 550

  ‘dress your own Michael Foot doll’ 551

  EEC 170

  Falklands War 753–4, 757, 768–9, 788, 807, 822, 826

  falls off stage in Hull 551

  GLC 580

  Labour Party

  Birmingham rally 1981 541–2, 543

  Bishop’s Stortford meeting 1980 355

  conference 1979 349

  electoral college 354, 381–2

  leadership 374–9, 530

  loyalty test 415

  Livingstone, Ken 598

  popularity 537–8, 834

  Remembrance Sunday service 1981 550–51

  reprimands Hattersley for abuse of Dorothy Parker 378

  reselection of MPs 343

  riots 521

  SDP 427, 667

  and Tebbit, Norman 656

  underpants 551

  as Worzel Gummidge 378

  football 637, 659

  Basle, battle of 210–11, 649

  hooliganism 207–21, 488

  Manchester United FC 218–19

  Oldham Athletic FC 213–14

  Oslo World Cup qualifier 209–10

  racism 222–3

  Sheffield Wednesday FC 213–14

  special trains 217–18

  West Ham FC 214, 216

  Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 224–7

  World Cup 1966 213–14

  World Cup 1982 211–12

  Football and the Decline of Britain (Walvin) 214

  The Football Man (Hopcraft) 217

  For Your Eyes Only (film) 647–8

  Forbes, Maggie 67

  Ford, Gerald 9

  Ford Motor Company 140, 159, 255, 307

  Foreign Office 171, 176, 737, 741–2, 752, 758

  The Forsyte Saga (television series) 615

  Fort Beswick estate, Manchester 247–8, 249

  Fothergill, Richard 717

  Foulkes, George 802–3

  Fowler, Norman 595, 797

  Fox, Cliff 603–4

  Fox, Norman 632

  The F-Plan (Eyton) 19, 62

  France 457–8, 478, 778

  betrays Britain in Third World War 397

  intolerable haughtiness of politicians 175

  shameful scorn for British food 137

  Franklin, Stanley, cartoons 174, 350, 757

  Franks, Helen 72

  Franks Committee report 737

  Frayn, Michael 770

  Freedman, Sir Lawrence 736

  freezers 125

  Friedman, Milton 46, 56, 95, 106, 196, 703–4

  Friskin, Sydney 485

  Fry, Martin 282

  G7 16

  Gaddis, John Lewis 396

  Gaitskell, Hugh 413

  Gale, George

  Falklands War 77, 825, 832

  fury at CND 404

  fury at economists 453

  fury at People’s March for Jobs 463

  foreign cars 309, 316

  Moscow Olympics 183

  national pride 643

  Royal Wedding 608

  SDP 428

  SDP–Liberal Alliance 667

  Williams, Shirley 666

  Galtieri, Leopoldo 739, 740, 748, 781, 824

  Gambia 643

  Gang of Four 381, 412–17, 421–2 see also Jenkins, Roy; Owen, David; Rodgers, Bill; Social Democratic Party; Williams, Shirley

  Gang of Three 364–5, 367–8, 372, 373, 377, 379–80, 382, 423–4 see also Owen, David; Rodgers, Bill; Social Democratic Party; Williams, Shirley

  García, Osvaldo 750

  gardening books 19

  gardens 24–5

  Gardiner, George 350, 404

  Gardiner, John 450

  Gardiner, Stephen 29–30

  Garfunkel, Art 281

  Garland, Nicholas, cartoons 96, 111, 373, 424, 798

  Gascoigne, Paul 490

  Gascoine, Jill 67

  Gascoyne, David 771

  gay rights xxx, 60, 585, 590, 596, 597

  GDP (gross domestic product) 12–13, 18, 255

  and public finances 99, 141, 195, 197, 324, 448, 458

  General and Municipal Workers’ Union see GMWU

  General Belgrano 791–4, 796, 797, 798, 801, 827

  Generation Game 693

  The Gentle Touch 67

  gentrification 335–6, 337, 677

  George, Bobby 493

  George, Eddie 270

  Georgian doors 238–9

  Germany see East Germany; West Germany

  ‘Ghost Town’ (Specials) 475, 525

  Gibbard, Leslie, cartoons 114–15, 264

  Gielgud, John 622, 624

  Gilmour, Sir Ian

  Budget of 1981 448

  Cabinet appointments 87

  Carrington, Peter 191

  conservatism 189–90

  EEC 172, 175, 176–7

  Falklands War 768

  Miss World-style policy prescriptions 192

  monetarism 95

  sacking from Cabinet 655

  SDP 419, 660

  spending cuts 652

  and Thatcher, Margaret 36, 88, 171, 190

  Thatcherism 45

  trade unions 159

  Wets 191, 192–3

  Whitelaw, Willie 191

  gilts 110–11, 266

  Ginsburg, David 418

  Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry 173–6, 177, 444

  Glamorgan, HMS 818

  Glasgow Hillhead by-election 707, 769

  Glass, Ruth 248–9

  Glastonbury Festival 400

  Glazebrook, Sir Desmond 97

  GLC (Greater London Council) 70, 403, 579–81, 585, 586–7, 596–7

  globalization xxiv

  Glover, Sir Donald 263

  GMWU (General and Municipal Workers’ Union) 159, 370–71, 374, 381, 541

  Golders Green Crematorium 61

  Golding, John

  Benn, Tony 345, 347, 549

  Callaghan, Jim 353, 372

  CLPD (Campaign for Labour Party Democracy) 344

  Foot, Michael 549

  Labour Party 338, 348

  Birmingham rally 1981 542

  electoral college 369, 546

  Peace, Jobs and Freedom 352

  Social Democratic Party 426–7

  Williams, Shirley 416

  Golding, Paul 613

  Goldsmith, Sir James 127

  golf 496

  golliwogs 505

  Gone with the Wind (parody poster) 396

  Gooch, Graham 640

  Good Food Guide 128–30, 132

  The Good Life 80, 85

  Good Samaritan, parable of the 188

  Goodhart, Charles 265, 270

  Goodhart, Philip 776

  Goodhew, Duncan 185

  Goose Green, Battle of 813–14

  Gordievsky, Oleg 376, 405

  Gotcha! (Harris) 773

  government intervention 257, 716, 724–5

  Gow, Ian

/>   Cabinet reshuffles 654

  Crosby by-election 666, 668

  Falklands War victory 824

  party morale 437

  Powell, Enoch 824

  Prior, Jim 148

  reception at Number 10 81

  SDP 653

  Thatcher, Margaret 56, 88, 760

  Grace, W. G. 488

  Graef, Roger 507–8

  Grange Hill xxiv, xxx, 66–7

  Granger, Derek 616

  Grant, Sean 469–70

  Grantham 53

  Gray, Susan (Mass Observation Project) 21, 22, 23, 73, 119–20, 121, 481, 605, 694–5, 695–6, 766, 798–9

  Grease 281

  Great Depression 479–80, 653

  Greater London Council see GLC

  Greaves, Jimmy 635

  Greenham Common peace camp 404–5, 408, 659

  Greenslade, Roy 772

  Greenwood, Robert 134

  Greenwood, Ron 207, 208

  Greet, Kenneth 842

  Greig, Tony 637–8

  Grey, Tanni 526

  Griffith, Kenneth xxi

  Griffiths, Brian 275

  Griffiths, Eldon 509

  Griffiths, Terry 494, 497

  Grimond, Jo 432

  Grimsby 467

  Guardian

  Acorn Computers 720

  American sports 223

  Argentina 738–9

  Baker, Kenneth 716, 717

  Benn, Tony 533–4, 540

  betrayal of working class 680

  Blitz Kids 284

  bottled water 131

  Bourne & Hollingsworth 702

  Brideshead Revisited 616

  British Leyland 306, 327

  British Steel 153

  Brixton riots 512–13

  Budget of 1979 103

  Budget of 1981 449, 450–51

  Callaghan, Jim 355

  ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ campaign 595

  car industry 307

  cheese 136

  Christmas television 693

  CND rally 394

  computers 713, 725, 726–7, 728, 729

  Conservative Party

  conference 1980 268

  conference 1981 664

  revolt 661

  conservatories 24

  Consett 162

  consumerism 699

  Corby 139

  Duran Duran 295–6

  economic decline of UK 8–9, 16

  Edwardes, Michael 326

  electrical appliances 25

  Evans, Gwynfor 557

  exchange controls 109

  Falkland Islands 740

  Falklands War 753, 754, 770, 826

  fashion 64–5, 617–18

  fast food 121, 133

  Foot, Michael 382, 537, 550, 551

  football 213, 223

  football hooliganism 208, 211, 215, 216–17

  Gang of Four 416, 437

  Gang of Three 364–5, 380

  Good Samaritan, parable of 188

  government as high command during First World War 264

  greed 698

  grim, humourless tracts 74

  Hattersley, Roy 302

  Healey, Denis 538

  hi-tech Britain 681

  industrial relations 143

  Iranian Embassy siege xix

  Jenkins, Roy 425

  Kemp, Gary 297

  Labour Party

  conference 1979 349, 350

  conference 1980 371

  laments the decline of puddings 120

 

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