by Tom Bower
appointed home secretary, 1;
and immigration policy, 1, 2;
support for TB in run-up to 2005 election, 1, 2;
warns TB that government is spending too much, 1;
TB asks to question Brown’s fitness to be PM, 1;
foreign prisoners debacle, 1, 2;
fired, 1, 2;
chances of the succession ruined by Brown, 1
Clarke, Ken, 1, 2, 3, 4
Clarke, Nita, 1
climate change: carbon emission reduction commitments, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; carbon trading, 1, 2;
Clinton’s investments, 1;
G8 summit (2007), 1;
renewables, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Schwarzenegger conference for billionaires, 1;
taxation, 1;
TB’s interest, 1, 2, 3
Clinton, Bill: encourages TB’s vainglory, 1, 2; Lewinsky affair, 1;
foreign policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
impeachment, 1, 2, 3;
attends 2002 Labour Party conference, 1;
tarnished reputation, 1;
TB discusses current political weakness with, 1;
property bubble under, 1;
guest of Murdoch, 1;
support for renewables, 1;
and Rwanda, 1;
money-making operations, 1;
green-energy investments, 1
Clinton, Hillary: dines with Blairs, 1; Hames on, 1;
and Lewinsky affair, 1;
and renewables business, 1;
friendship with TB, 1;
CB flatters, 1;
TB denies conflicts of interest to, 1;
and Israel–Palestine peace settlement, 1;
delight at Mubarak’s resignation, 1;
and TB’s Quartet work, 1, 2;
TB asks for help to become EU president, 1
coal, 1, 2, 3
Cobra meetings: for fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest, 1; for foot-and-mouth epidemic, 1;
for 9/11, 1;
for 7/7, 1
Cockerell, Michael, 1
Cohen, Ronnie, 1
Collins, Judge Andrew, 1
Collins, Tim, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Colombia, 1
Committee on Standards in Public Life, 1
Condé, Alpha, 1
Congo, 1, 2
Conservative Party: 1999 conference, 1; chances of winning 2005 election, 1, 2;
performance during campaign, 1, 2;
Cameron takes over from Howard, 1;
and 2006 local elections, 1;
and 2007 local elections, 1, 2;
wins 2010 general election, 1
Cook, Margaret, 1
Cook, Robin: and Europe, 1; and health, 1;
failing marriage, 1, 2, 3;
TB interferes with policies, 1;
TB’s attitude to, 1, 2;
attitude to Iraq bombing campaign, 1, 2;
and Kosovo intervention, 1, 2, 3, 4;
indecisiveness, 1;
relationship with Brown, 1;
extols immigration, 1;
supports Sierra Leone operation, 1;
supports resumption of Iraq bombings, 1;
and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4;
relationship with Prescott, 1;
resigns, 1;
denounces TB in wake of Gilligan affair, 1
Cooper, Frank, 1, 2
Cooper, Yvette, 1
Cormack, Patrick, 1
Corrigan, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Corry, Dan, 1, 2
Corus steel company, 1
Cowper-Coles, Sherard, 1
crime, 1, 2, 3
Crisp, Nigel: appointed NHS chief, 1; given extra powers, 1;
opposes introduction of market, 1, 2, 3;
lack of coherent briefing from TB, 1;
sabotages Milburn’s reorganisation, 1;
lack of interest in value for money, 1, 2, 3;
ignores need for revised job specifications in light of technical revolution, 1;
power increases after Milburn’s departure, 1;
relationship with Reid, 1;
and negotiations with consultants, 1;
undermines Reid’s reforms, 1, 2;
loses faith in targets, 1;
paints glowing picture to Hewitt of state of NHS, 1;
tries to cut PCTs’ powers, 1, 2;
continued opposition to change, 1, 2;
member of Cabinet committee to discuss health, 1;
assures Hewitt fears of NHS deficit are groundless, 1, 2;
and NHS productivity, 1;
and foundation hospitals, 1;
allows deficit to grow out of control, 1;
resignation sought and peerage awarded, 1
Crosby, Lynton, 1
Cross, General Tim, 1
Cunningham, Jack, 1
Curveball see al-Janabi, Rafid
Daily Express, 1, 2
Daily Mail, 1, 2
Dando, Jill, 1
Danin, Robert, 1, 2
Dannatt, General Richard: character, 1; and extension of Afghanistan mission, 1, 2, 3;
and Iraq, 1, 2;
relationship with other chiefs, 1;
pushes for Iraq withdrawal, 1;
speaks out publicly against Iraq involvement, 1;
Stirrup refuses to discuss withdrawal to Basra airport with, 1
Daoud, Mohammad, 1, 2
Darfur, 1
Darling, Alistair: and Iraq war, 1; on Cabinet’s reaction to lack of WMDs in Iraq, 1;
and 2005 election, 1;
and Afghanistan mission, 1;
appointed trade and industry secretary, 1;
and energy policy, 1, 2, 3, 4
Darroch, Kim, 1
Davies, Ron, 1
Davis, David, 1, 2
Davis, Mick, 1
Davos World Economic Forum (2008), 1
de Menezes, Jean Charles, 1
de Piero, Gloria, 1
Dearlove, Richard: and fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest, 1; influence on TB, 1;
and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4;
relationship with Scarlett, 1;
warns about USA’s lack of post-war occupation plans, 1;
and first JIC dossier, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and JIC’s assertion that Saddam has WMDs, 1;
on UN inspectors’ failure to find WMDs, 1;
briefs TB, 1;
categorically assures TB of existence of WMDs, 1;
reputation suffers, 1;
supports TB in Gilligan affair, 1;
succeeded by Scarlett, 1;
and Butler inquiry and report, 1, 2, 3
defence see foreign affairs and defence
Delivery Unit: international fame and influence, 1, 2; remit and priorities, 1, 2;
AGI based on, 1;
see also Barber, Michael
Deng, Wendi, 1, 2, 3
Desmond, Richard, 1, 2
Dewar, Donald, 1, 2
Diamond, Bob, 1
Diana, Princess of Wales, 1, 2
Dickson, Niall, 1
Dimon, Jamie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
disability rights, 1, 2
Dobson, Frank: appointed health secretary, 1; and health policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
announces ban on tobacco advertising, 1;
TB’s attitude to, 1;
TB fails to challenge, 1;
stands as London mayor, 1
Dobson, Sally, 1
doctors: attitude to the market, 1; attitude to money, 1;
attitude to NHS Plan 2000, 1;
attitude to TB, 1;
consultant pay and conditions, 1, 2, 3;
GP commissioning, 1;
GP fund-holding, 1;
GP pay and conditions, 1, 2, 3;
GP surgery performance, 1;
junior doctors application procedures, 1;
resistance to studying new procedures, 1, 2, 3;
see also British Medical Association
Dodge, Ian, 1
Dodge, Toby, 1, 2
> Donaghy, Rita, 1
Dorrell, Stephen, 1, 2, 3, 4
Douglas, Richard, 1, 2
Dowler, Milly, 1
Doyle, Matthew, 1
Draper, Derek, 1
Drayson, Lord Paul, 1, 2
Dromey, Jack, 1
Duelfer, Charles, 1
Duncan Smith, Iain, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Dustmann, Christian, 1, 2
Dyke, Greg, 1, 2, 3
Earth Summit (2000), 1
East Timor, 1
Eastham, Paul, 1
‘Eat’ conference (2015), 1
Ecclestone, Bernie, 1
economy: Brown appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1; TB’s and Brown’s roles, 1;
European single currency, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
boom, 1;
2002 Budget breaks Brown’s golden rules, 1;
2002 slowdown, 1;
soaring welfare costs, 1;
2003 Budget breaks rules again, 1;
2004 Budget, 1;
in run-up to 2005 election, 1;
public finances worsening, 1, 2;
2007 Budget, 1;
looming disaster, 1;
banking crisis (2008), 1, 2, 3;
see also taxation
EDF, 1
Edmonds, John, 1
education: academy schools, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; adult, 1, 2;
beacon schools, 1;
declining standards, 1, 2;
faith schools, 1, 2, 3, 4;
foreign students, 1, 2;
funding, 1, 2;
grade inflation, 1;
grant-maintained schools, 1, 2;
Independent Learning Accounts, 1, 2;
literacy and numeracy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
middle-class growing dissatisfaction, 1;
ministerial changes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
national curriculum, 1, 2;
NEETs, 1;
New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
A-levels, 1, 2, 3, 4;
poverty or teachers as the problem, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
pre-school, 1;
private education and university entrance, 1;
private school rising intake, 1;
and race, 1;
selection and choice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
and social mobility, 1;
Sure Start, 1, 2, 3, 4;
targets and tests, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
TB’s achievements assessed, 1, 2;
TB’s change of direction in third term, 1;
teacher numbers and pay, 1, 2, 3, 4;
teacher training, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
teaching to the test, 1;
truancy, 1;
tuition fees, 1, 2;
UK’s international rating, 1, 2, 3;
whole-class teaching, 1, 2
Education Action Zones (EAZs), 1
Education Bill (2002), 1
Education Reform Act (1988), 1, 2
Egypt, 1, 2
Eisenstadt, Naomi, 1, 2, 3
el-Sisi, General Abdel Fattah, 1
Eland, Michael, 1, 2
elections see general elections; local elections
electricity see energy
Elizabeth II, Queen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother, 1, 2
Elumelu, Tony, 1, 2
employment: holidays and maternity leave, 1; job numbers and productivity, 1;
legislation, 1;
minimum wage, 1;
New Deal, 1, 2, 3;
social chapter, 1;
unemployment, 1
energy: California blackouts, 1; carbon emissions, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
carbon trading, 1, 2;
EU summit (2007), 1;
fuel poverty, 1;
gas, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and the market, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
ministerial changes, 1, 2;
New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
nuclear power, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
price, 1, 2, 3, 4;
privatisation, 1, 2, 3;
regulators, 1, 2;
renewables, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
Schwarzenegger climate-change conference for billionaires, 1
Enron, 1
Enthoven, Alain, 1
environment: Ministry of Agriculture merged into Department of Environment, 1; see also climate change
Essenhigh, Rear Admiral Nigel: and 1998 defence review, 1, 2, 3; on Tebbit’s rendering of TB’s foreign and defence policy, 1;
and Brown’s request to make further cuts, 1;
on first Iraq dossier, 1, 2;
on military’s lack of funding, 1, 2
Etherington, Major Mark, 1
European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, 1
European Union: single currency, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; social chapter, 1, 2;
British rebate discussions, 1;
expansion set to feed immigration numbers, 1, 2, 3;
France and Netherlands reject constitution, 1;
energy summit (2007), 1;
TB’s ambition to become first president, 1;
British rebates again, 1;
Stirrup criticises military defence agreements, 1;
constitution summit, 1;
TB’s bid to become president, 1;
withdraws funding from the Quartet, 1
Evans, Dick, 1
extraordinary rendition, 1
Faith Foundation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Falconer, Charlie: and Robinson’s loan to Mandelson, 1; and Kosovo intervention, 1;
and immigration policy, 1;
appointed Lord Chancellor, 1;
plans inquest into Kelly’s death, 1;
and Hutton inquiry and report, 1;
ongoing support for TB, 1
Fallujah, 1
farming see agriculture and farming
Field, Frank, 1
Filkin, Elizabeth, 1
Financial Services Authority (FSA), 1, 2
firemen, 1
Flesher, Tim, 1, 2
foot-and-mouth epidemic (2001), 1, 2, 3, 4
foreign affairs and defence: 1998 strategic defence review, 1, 2; civil service calibre at FO and MoD, 1, 2, 3;
FO’s relations with DFID in Basra, 1;
Kosovo, 1, 2;
ministerial and staff changes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
money problems, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
Sierra Leone and East Timor, 1;
TB’s interference with Cook’s policies, 1;
see also Afghanistan;
British army;
European Union;
Iraq;
Iraq war
Formula One, 1
Forsyth, Justin, 1
Foster, Andrew, 1, 2
Foster, Peter, 1, 2
fox-hunting ban, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
France: and Kosovo, 1, 2, 3; and Iraq, 1, 2, 3;
health system, 1;
rejects EU constitution, 1;
and EU agricultural support scheme, 1
Franks, General Tommy, 1, 2, 3, 4
Freedman, Professor Lawrence, 1, 2, 3
freedom of information, 1, 2, 3
Freud, Matthew, 1, 2
Frost, David, 1, 2, 3
Fry, Lieutenant-General Rob: and Iraq, 1, 2, 3; and Afghanistan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
replaced by Style, 1
FSA see Financial Services Authority
G8 summits: Denver (1997), 1; Sea Island (2004), 1;
Gleneagles (2005), 1;
St Petersburg (2006), 1;
climate change (2007), 1
Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gaddafi, Saif, 1
Garner, General Jay, 1, 2
Garrard, Sir David, 1, 2
gas see energy
Gates, Bill, 1, 2, 3
Gaza, 1, 2, 3
GCHQ, 1
general elections: (1997), 1, 2; (2001), 1;
(2005), 1, 2, 3;
(2010), 1
Germany: and Kosovo, 1, 2; and Iraq war, 1, 2;
to place restrictions on EU migrant workers, 1;
energy policy, 1, 2
Gibson, Colonel Paul, 1, 2, 3
Giddens, Anthony, 1
Gieve, John, 1, 2, 3, 4
Gilbert, Christine, 1
Gilbert, Martin, 1
Gilligan, Andrew, 1, 2, 3
Gladstone, William, 1, 2, 3
Glasenberg, Ivan, 1
Glencore, 1
global warming see climate change
Goldsmith, Lord Peter: and Iraq, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; and British Aerospace bribe scandal, 1;
and Chilcot inquiry, 1, 2
Good Friday Agreement (1998), 1, 2
Gore, Al, 1
Gould, Philip: role on TB’s staff, 1; focus groups criticise government, 1, 2;
helps with forces of conservatism speech, 1, 2;
criticises TB, 1;
report on public attitude to immigration, 1;
advises TB to focus more on domestic agenda, 1;
predicts victory in 2005 election, 1, 2;
books by, 1;
helps map out TB’s farewell, 1
GPs see doctors
GQ magazine, 1
Graham, Alistair, 1
Granger, Richard, 1
Greenspan, Alan, 1
Greenstock, Jeremy, 1, 2, 3
Griffiths, Nigel, 1
Gross, Kate, 1, 2, 3
Guinea, 1, 2, 3
Guthrie, General Charles: attitude to Robertson’s appointment, 1; advises TB, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
helps win support for Iraq bombing campaign, 1, 2;
advises on Kosovo intervention, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
advises on Sierra Leone, 1, 2;
retires, 1;
criticises deployment of troops to Afghanistan, 1;
on Levy, 1;
on Dannatt, 1;
attacks TB over Afghanistan mission, 1
Hague, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
