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Who Dares Wins

Page 141

by Dominic Sandbrook

News of the World 40, 52, 61, 310, 589, 597

  newspapers 772–5, 802 see also by name

  Newsweek 764

  Newton, Harry 405

  Newton Abbot 606

  Newton-John, Olivia 281

  Next 65

  ‘Nice Video, Shame about the Song’ (Lufthansa Terminal) 300

  Nickell, Stephen 455–6, 477

  Niehans, Jürg 259, 438

  Nightingale, Annie 301

  1930s 198, 479–80, 689–90

  1960s 331–3, 335, 340

  1970s 113, 334–5

  1980s 113–14, 332, 340, 690

  Nissan 327–8

  Nixon, Richard xvii–xviii

  NME 252, 253, 279–80, 281, 286, 287, 288, 292–3, 294, 295, 297, 525

  Nooves 618–19

  Nora Field 574–5

  North Queensferry 677

  North Sea oil 92–3, 176, 256–8, 548

  Northern Ireland

  deprivation 558–9

  Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election 565–6

  Troubles xxi, 7, 557–8, 569–72 see also IRA

  North–South divide 685–7

  Norway 209–10, 257–8

  Norwich 233–4

  Norwood Labour Party 577

  nostalgia 13, 615–18, 671–2

  Not the Nine O’Clock News xxiii, 300, 332, 493, 553

  Nott, John 435, 776–7

  Falklands War

  Argentine invasion 745–6, 751–2, 755

  British landings 810

  Coventry, HMS 811–12

  offers to resign 758–9

  peace negotiations 780, 784

  Sheffield, HMS 795

  South Georgia 783, 785–6

  nuclear deterrent 389, 391

  spending cuts 652, 736–7, 742

  writes love letter to Margaret Thatcher 82

  ‘Now the Chips Are Down’ 711–12, 714

  nuclear disarmament 352–3, 370, 376, 394–5, 401–2, 406

  nuclear war 383–8, 396, 406–8

  nuclear weapons 363, 389–92, 394, 396–7, 405

  nuclear-free zones 402–3

  Nugent, Kieran 562

  Numan, Gary xxiii, 277–80, 292, 295

  NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) 343–4, 541, 544

  NUS (National Union of Students) 319, 333–4

  Ó Fiaich, Tomás 562

  Oakey, Phil 282, 420

  Observer

  Beckett, Margaret 547

  Benn, Tony 544

  Botham, Ian 634–5, 641

  Brixton 510, 513

  Budget of 1979 103

  Coe, Sebastian 627–8

  computers 711, 712–13, 724, 726–7, 729

  Conservative Party revolt 661

  ‘electronic Futurists’ 291

  exchange controls 109

  football hooliganism 209, 212, 217

  gentrification 335–6

  Headingley test match 1981 638

  housing developments 29–30

  Labour Party 338, 547

  Livingstone, Ken 591

  To the Manor Born 85

  ‘My Kind of Party’ (Michael Foot) 378

  1970s 113

  opinion polls 421

  Orwell, George 479

  Ovett, Steve 627–8

  Prior, Jim 655

  Queen Bees 77

  riots 513, 518, 523

  Robinson, Derek 321

  sandwich bars 128

  SDP 411, 422, 427

  SDP–Liberal Alliance 707

  Sinclair, Clive 710, 729

  Sony Walkman 301

  synthesizers 282

  Tebbit, Norman 656, 663

  Thatcher, Margaret, clothes 63

  trade unions 156, 159

  unemployment 476, 704

  violence 520

  Welsh nationalism 556

  Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 225

  O’Dowd, George 292, 293

  The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (Barr and York) 611

  Ogden, Eric 418

  O’Hara, Patsy 568

  Oi! 220–21

  Old, Chris 639

  Old Moore’s Almanack 114, 276

  Old Trafford test match 1981 640–41

  Oldham 507

  Oldham Athletic FC 213–14

  Oliphant, Pat, cartoon 10

  Oliver! 624

  Oliver, Jamie 124

  Oliver, Peter Oliver, Lord Justice 594

  ‘One in Ten’ (UB40) 475

  Olympic Games 182, 624, 632

  Moscow xxiii, 163, 181–6, 630

  O’Neill, Terry 476

  Only Fools and Horses xx, 239, 398, 659

  Ono, Yoko 329–30

  opinion polls 421, 422, 432, 547–8, 648, 655, 659–60, 669, 705–6, 707, 763, 788, 834, 835

  Oppenheim, Sally 803

  O’Rawe, Richard 569

  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 23, 282, 290, 291, 292, 299, 398–9, 612

  ‘ordinariness’, as political totem 52–3

  Oric-1 computer 725

  Orme, Derek 131–2

  Orme, Stan 531, 532, 539

  Orr, Deborah 333

  Orwell, George 121–2, 379, 479–80, 621, 671–2, 680, 687, 690, 697–8

  Osborne, George 709

  O’Sullivan, Ronnie 490

  ‘Our House’ (Madness) 21

  Ovaltine advert 114–15

  Ovett, Steve xxiii, 185, 625–8, 629

  Owen, David

  Americanism 362

  background 361–2

  by-elections 419

  EEC 368

  Falklands War 753, 775, 807, 837

  hair 362

  and Jenkins, Roy 423, 425

  Labour Party

  activists 351

  electoral college 355, 369

  impatience with 362–3

  leaving 372, 379, 417

  Liberal Party 425, 426

  Limehouse Declaration 382, 411

  nuclear disarmament 353

  patriotism 770

  personality 362

  SDP 361, 363, 380, 419–22, 425

  Sun 775

  talent for alienating people 362

  Thatcher, Margaret

  does not cross his mind 413

  finds her whiff appealing beyond belief 82

  Warrington by-election 430, 432

  Williams, Shirley 430

  working-class voters 429

  Owen, Geoffrey 262

  Oxford 335

  Oxford, Kenneth 516, 520–21

  Oxford Street 6, 572, 601, 694, 695, 702

  Packer, Kerry 637–8

  Page, Betty 290

  Palmer, Arthur 509

  Palmer, Jenny (Mass Observation Project) 21, 22, 23, 119, 123, 697, 766, 825–6

  Panorama 45, 178, 393, 541, 661, 802–5, 829

  Papandreou, Andreas 178

  Papen, Franz von 151

  parental discipline 520–21

  Paris food fair 137

  Parker, Dorothy 378

  Parker-Bowles, Camilla 609

  Parkin, Sheila (Mass Observation Project) 235, 483, 695, 697

  Parkinson, Cecil 41, 42, 87, 437, 657–8, 670, 777

  Parr, Helen 818, 828

  Parris, Matthew 35, 37, 40, 42, 55–6, 81, 190, 339, 767–8

  Parsons, Sir Anthony 777, 795, 796, 806, 807

  patios 25

  Patnick, Irvine 585

  patriotism xxvi–xxvii, 362, 608–9, 633, 764, 800

  Patten, Chris 36, 313, 661, 768

  Patterson family 228–30

  Pattison, Michael 265

  Paul Daniels’s Magical Christmas 693

  Peace, Jobs and Freedom 352

  Pearce, Edward 379

  Pearce, Jacqueline 80

  Peepo! 671, 672, 678–9

  Penman, Ian 294

  Penthouse and Pavement (Heaven 17) 282–3

  People’s March for Jobs 462–4, 535, 587

  Pepper, Gordon 106

  Pérez de Cuéllar,
Javier 806

  Perón, Isabel 739

  Perón, Juan 733

  Perrier 131

  Perry, Jimmy 164

  Pershing II missiles 389

  Personal Computer World 712

  Peru, and Falklands War 778, 792–3, 796–7

  pessimism 12, 98–9

  PET computer 712–13

  Peterborough 683–5

  Peyton, John 789

  Philips, Mike 508

  Phillips, Baron 241

  Phillips, Mike 511, 512

  Phillips, Trevor 333–4

  Piachaud, David 477

  Piccadilly Circus 6, 133, 702

  picketing 145–6, 151

  Pinochet, Augusto 189, 778

  Pitt, Bill 664–5

  Pitt, William (‘the Elder’) 49

  pizzas 125

  Plaid Cymru 555–6

  Planer, Nigel 398

  Plater, Alan 530

  Play School 503

  Poland 692

  police 340, 507–8, 510, 511, 522–3, 524, 588–9

  Pollard, Sidney 12–13

  pop videos 289–90, 292, 299–300

  population

  decline in cities 254

  drunk and brawling 139

  growth in New Towns 681, 682, 683

  populism xxvi–xxvii, 44, 52, 346

  Port Stanley see Stanley

  Port Talbot 688–9, 702

  Posadists 538

  Postman Pat 659

  post-nuclear Britain 397–8

  Pot Black 487–8

  Potter, Dennis 335

  Potteries 675

  Poujade, Pierre 44

  pound, strength of 5, 93, 104, 188, 256–7, 258–9, 266–7, 269–70

  poverty 122–3, 469, 480

  Powell, Brian 581–2

  Powell, Enoch 183, 508, 755, 824, 837

  Powell, Gwyneth 66–7

  Pratt, Tony 693

  Prentice, Reginald 343

  prescription charges 189

  Prestel 722–3

  Primarolo, Dawn 337, 339–40

  Prior, Jim

  background 144

  British economy 112–13

  Budget of 1979 103

  Budget of 1981 447–8, 451

  Employment Act 158

  as Employment Secretary 87

  erotic exploits 143

  as Heath’s monkey 661

  industrial relations 145–6

  interest rates 111

  leader of ‘pussyfoot’ section 148

  as Northern Ireland Secretary 655

  spending cuts 107, 649, 652

  steel strike 147–51

  Thatcher, Margaret

  denounced as ‘false squire’ by 144

  impressed by sexy voice 82

  treats as annoying woman 80, 144–5

  trade unions 149–51, 156

  unemployment 201, 464, 465

  as Wet 190–91

  Private Eye 97, 136, 194–5, 325, 378, 588, 773, 774, 799

  Thatcher, Denis xxvii, 97, 194–5, 272, 305, 446, 537, 559, 667, 801

  The Prodigal Daughter (Archer) 19

  productivity 16, 91, 123, 140–41, 152–3, 160, 270, 309, 326, 458, 684

  Protect and Survive

  booklet 393, 398

  films 28–9, 393–4

  protectionism 110, 457

  Protest and Survive 394

  Provisional IRA see IRA

  public borrowing 91, 97, 100, 110–12, 195, 197, 270, 271, 440, 450, 457

  public spending 91–2, 94, 101, 103, 104, 106–7, 188–9, 242, 266, 270, 440, 649, 652, 669

  public transport 5, 584, 593–5, 698

  puddings 120

  punk 280, 291–2, 295, 476

  Purser, Philip 487

  Puttnam, David 620–21

  Pym, Francis

  Budget of 1981 707

  Cruise missiles 391–2

  economic strategy 451

  Falklands War 751, 776, 780, 781, 784–5, 796

  as Foreign Secretary 758

  as Leader of the Commons 435

  NATO 389

  as ‘old school’ 88

  as original faceless man 661

  spending cuts 270, 649, 736

  Thatcher, Margaret 190–91

  Queen 283, 295

  Queen Bees 77

  A Question of Leadership 152

  Quinn, Paddy 569

  Raban, Jonathan

  death of community 26

  Falklands debate 754–5

  Falklands War 761–2, 764, 765, 767

  fishing industry 467

  London docks 675–6

  rudeness 6–7

  Sun 775

  Thatcher, Margaret 36

  unemployment 480

  Race, Reg 547

  Race, Steve 415

  race relations 503–9, 521–7, 596, 684

  racism 222–3, 505–8, 522, 588

  radiation suits 407

  radicalism 333–7, 340

  Radice, Giles 417, 545

  Raine, Kathleen 771

  Ramphal, Sir Sonny xviii

  Ramsaran, Clare 83

  Ranelagh, John 88–9

  Rank and File Mobilising Committee (RFMC) 351–2, 533

  Raphael, Adam 427, 460

  rates 584–5, 590

  Rathbone, Graeme 469–70

  Raven, Simon 144

  Reactionary Chic 612

  Reading 681

  ready meals 123–5

  Reagan, Ronald 180, 396, 443–7, 748, 776, 779, 780, 789, 796, 815, 824

  thinks Who Dares Wins a great film xxii

  Reardon, Ray 489–90, 494

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

  Redditch 681

  Redgrave, Vanessa 396

  Reds 623

  redundancies 146, 267, 314, 464–5, 466, 673

  Reece, Gordon 33, 52, 460

  Regan, Don 445

  Renault, Mary 771

  Rentschler, Jim 779–80, 781, 796

  reselection of Labour MPs 342–3, 344, 349, 354–5

  restaurants 128–30, 132–3

  retrochic 617

  Revere, Paul 624

  Revie, Don 637

  Revolutionary Democratic Front (El Salvador) 824–5

  Reynolds, Alan 689

  Reynolds, Owen 689

  Reynolds, Simon 252, 282, 291, 292

  Reynolds, Stanley 85

  Rhodes, Nick 295

  Rhodesia 171, 504

  Rhys Jones, Griff 493

  Richard, Cliff 281

  Richard, Ivor 168, 169

  Richards, Mary (Mass Observation Project) 23, 28, 73, 125, 155–6, 169, 235, 605–7, 764, 766, 793, 798, 800, 844

  Richards, Viv 634

  Richardson, Gordon 93, 102, 106, 196, 258–9, 265–6, 270, 275, 440

  Richardson, Jo 394–5

  Richmond, Fiona 128

  Riddley Walker (Hoban) 397

  Ridings Centre, Wakefield 700

  Ridley, Adam 188, 269

  Ridley, Fred 466

  Ridley, Nicholas 87, 143, 205, 735–6

  Right to Buy 228–45, 593

  Rimmer, Dave 283–4, 292

  ‘Rio’ (Duran Duran) 299

  riots 509–25, 588–9, 649–50, 662, 663

  Rippon, Geoffrey 661

  RM 380Z computer 717, 722

  The Road to Serfdom (Hayek) 46

  The Road to Wigan Pier (Orwell) 121, 479–80, 671–2, 687

  ‘The Roast Beef of Old England’ (Fielding) 635

  Roberthall, Robert Hall, Baron 452

  Robertson’s golliwog 505

  Robinson, Ben 318

  Robinson, Derek 315–22, 462

  MI5 plot against 317

  pelted with rotten fruit 321

  as ‘Red Robbo’ 315

  as ‘Red Ronnie’ 322

  Robinson, Kenneth 415

  Robson, Bryan 659

  Rochdale 233

  Roddick, Anita
69

  Rodgers, Bill

  background 363

  Benn, Tony 345

  by-elections 419, 429, 431

  Callaghan, Jim 348

  Crosby by-election 429

  Gang of Four 412

  Jenkins, Roy 360, 423

  Labour Party 381

  conference 1980 366, 369

  leaving 372, 379–80, 417

  Liberal Party 426

  Limehouse Declaration 382, 411

  Owen, David 362, 423

  realignment of British politics 360, 361

  SDP 361, 416, 420–21, 422, 424–5

  Warrington by-election 431

  wears a jumper 412

  Rodgers, Silvia 420

  Roebuck, Peter 634, 635, 640

  Rogers, Herbert 340

  Rolling Stones 283

  Romsey, Hampshire 604

  Rook, Jean xviii, 640

  Rooker, Jeff 769

  Root, Henry

  advises British Leyland to rename itself ‘Jamaican Leyland’ 309

  advises Margaret Thatcher against appointing bachelors or Oxford men 86

  advises Margaret Thatcher to woo suburban estate agents 33

  moved by news of Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse viewing pornography 86

  Rose, Cynthia 302

  Routledge, Paul 536

  Rowbotham, Sheila 79

  Roxy Music 283

  Royal Navy 736–7, 742

  Royal Society 335

  Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) 561–2

  Royal Wedding 600–609, 654

  Royle, Anthony 88

  Rozin, Skip 629, 630, 631, 632

  Rubery Owen 262–3

  Ruddock, Joan 391, 396, 400–401, 405

  rudeness 6–7

  rugby union 488

  Runcie, Robert 181–2, 607, 843

  Rusbridger, Alan 775

  Rushdie, Salman 335, 771

  Russia see Soviet Union

  Russian Hide and Seek (Amis) 397

  Sainsbury’s 701–2

  St John-Stevas, Norman 191, 435, 662–3, 669

  St Paul’s riot (Bristol) 509

  Salisbury Group 524

  Sampson, Anthony 85, 158, 366

  Samuel, Raphael 617

  San Carlos, Battle of 810–12

  Sanderson, Tessa 628, 631

  Sands, Bobby 564–7, 571, 649

  Sandwell 673, 674

  sandwiches 127–8

  Sanghera, Sathnam 503

  Sansom, Kenny 206

  SAS (Special Air Service) xv–xxi, xxvii, 643

  Saturday Night Fever 281

  Savage, Jon 253, 279, 280, 331

  Savile Row tailors 11, 551

  Sayer, Leo 281

  Scanlon, Hugh 157

  Scargill, Arthur 149–51, 207, 539, 541, 547, 841

  Scarman, Leslie, Baron 514, 525, 594

  Scarman report 514, 524

  Schmidt, Helmut 9–10, 169, 172–6, 177, 372, 389, 390, 422

  Schonfield, Victor 531

  Scotland 554–5, 685

  Scott, Derek 456, 459

  Scott, Mike 833

  Scottish National Party 555

  Scuffham, Frank 140

  SDP see Social Democratic Party

  SDP–Liberal Alliance 406, 432–3, 548, 664–7, 669–70, 704–5, 769–70

  Seabrook, Jeremy

  Birmingham 247, 332

  Blackburn 679

 

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