by Tom Bower
Hain, Peter, 1, 2
Haji-Ioannou, Stelios, 1
Ham, Chris, 1, 2, 3
Hamas, 1, 2
Hames, Tim, 1
Hamilton, Neil, 1
Hamman, Ian, 1
Hammond, Anthony, 1
Hamza, Abu, 1
Harding, Matthew, 1
Harman, Harriet: and welfare policy, 1, 2, 3; children’s education, 1;
TB’s attitude to, 1, 2, 3;
fired, 1;
shifts allegiance to Brown, 1
Hart, Graham, 1, 2, 3, 4
Hartley, Nick, 1
Hastings, Max, 1
Hattersley, Roy, 1
Hawkins, Loraine, 1
Hayman, Helene, 1
health: A&E attendance, 1; buildings, 1;
Cabinet committee, 1;
Crisp debacle over deficit, 1;
flu epidemic (1998–9), 1;
foundation hospitals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
as general election issue, 1;
GP commissioning, 1;
GP fund-holding, 1;
hospital infections and negligence, 1, 2, 3, 4;
ISTCs, 1, 2, 3, 4;
IT, 1, 2, 3, 4;
junior doctor application procedures, 1;
managers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Milburn’s reorganisation, 1, 2, 3;
ministerial changes, 1, 2, 3, 4;
New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;
NHS and the market, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;
NHS deficit, 1, 2;
NHS employment numbers, costs and productivity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
NHS over-capacity and waste, 1, 2, 3;
NHS pay, conditions and training, 1, 2, 3, 4;
NHS performance, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
NHS Plan 2000, 1, 2, 3, 4;
PCTs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
PFI, 1, 2, 3;
soldiers’ medical treatment, 1;
targets, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;
TB’s achievements assessed, 1;
Wanless reports, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Health Action Zones (HAZs), 1, 2
health and safety, 1
Healthcare Commission, 1, 2
Heathcoat-Amory, David, 1, 2
Helmand: British troop deployment to, 1; opium trade, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
lack of clear intelligence about, 1;
UK mission expanded to Sangin, with disastrous consequences, 1;
escalation and mission creep, 1
Helms, Senator Jesse, 1
Herzog, General Michael, 1
Hewitt, Patricia: loyalty to TB, 1; at TUC Congress, 1;
and Iraq war, 1;
and energy policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
sees women as answer to aid problem in Iraq, 1;
and Rover, 1, 2;
on TB at end of 2005 election campaign, 1;
appointed health secretary, 1;
and health policy, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and search for Crisp’s replacement, 1;
anti-Brown coup, 1
Hexham General Hospital, 1
Heywood, Jeremy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hezbollah, 1
Hill, David, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hill, Robert, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Himbara, David, 1
Hinduja, Srichand, 1, 2
Hitler, Adolf, 1
Hoddle, Glenn, 1
Holmes, John, 1
home affairs: Birt’s ‘blue-sky’ review, 1; civil servants at Home Office, 1;
ministerial changes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
see also crime;
immigration;
police, prisons
Homer, Lin, 1
homosexuality: Civil Partnership Act, 1; decriminalisation, 1;
gay couples and adoption, 1;
gay rights in Nigeria, 1;
TB’s pledge to remove stigma, 1
Hong Kong, 1
Hoon, Geoff: defence staff’s attitude to, 1; and MoD funding, 1;
helps with foot-and-mouth epidemic, 1;
and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
ignores Essenhigh’s warnings about lack of military funding, 1;
tells Commons troops to be sent to Middle East, 1;
loyalty to TB at this time, 1;
witnesses Dearlove’s categorical assurance Iraq has WMDs, 1;
and legality of Iraq war, 1, 2, 3;
reaction to lack of WMDs in Iraq, 1;
anger over army’s plight in Basra, 1;
appointment of Walker as chief of defence staff, 1;
and Gilligan–Kelly affair, 1, 2;
finds access to TB increasingly difficult, 1;
and row over military funding, 1;
and TB’s pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan, 1;
demoted, 1;
on TB and loyalty, 1;
anti-Brown coup, 1
hospitals see health
Houghton, General Nicholas, 1, 2, 3, 4
House of Lords reform, 1
housing and property, 1, 2
Howard, Michael: as home secretary, 1, 2, 3; on Mandelson’s resignation, 1;
on Campbell, 1;
becomes Conservative Party leader, 1;
relationship with TB, 1;
and Hutton report, 1;
chances of winning 2005 election, 1, 2;
scores points off TB on immigration issue, 1;
and Butler report, 1;
and 2005 election campaign, 1, 2;
and detention of terrorist suspects vote, 1;
TB’s ungenerous leaving speech for, 1
Hughes, Beverley, 1, 2
human rights, 1, 2
Hunter, Anji: role on TB’s staff, 1; CB’s jealousy of, 1;
importance to TB, 1;
and TB’s first reshuffle, 1;
CB’s continuing jealousy, 1;
agrees to leave after election, 1;
leaves, 1
Hurd, Douglas, 1, 2
Hussein, Saddam: US and UK bombing raids (1998–9), 1; first mentions of regime change, 1, 2;
TB and Bush’s shared hatred of, 1;
US/UK determination to remove, 1, 2, 3;
and WMDs, 1, 2, 3, 4;
nature of rule, 1;
speculation about link to bin Laden, 1, 2;
Bush’s ‘axis of evil’ speech against, 1;
brutalities reported to TB, 1;
Bush commits to regime change, 1, 2;
Sharon on, 1;
as unlikely focus of TB’s enthusiasm for war, 1;
potential MI6–CIA murder plot, 1;
spokesman says WMDs destroyed, 1;
UN passes resolution 1441, 1;
TB on his likely fate, 1, 2;
fall, 1, 2, 3;
mystery as to why not more transparent over WMDs, 1;
death sentence, 1;
TB on danger posed by, 1;
see also Iraq war;
weapons of mass destruction
Hutchings, Maria, 1
Hutton, Brian, 1
Hutton, John: and health policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; not chosen as health secretary, 1;
and pensions, 1;
witnesses TB–Brown row, 1
Hutton inquiry and report, 1, 2
Hyman, Peter, 1, 2
immigration: asylum-seekers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; detention centres, 1;
and education, 1;
and employment, 1, 2, 3;
from EU, 1, 2, 3;
EU asylum law, 1;
foreign prisoners debacle, 1, 2;
foreign students, 1, 2;
as general election issue, 1;
housing statistics, 1;
IND collapse, 1;
and infrastructure, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
integration, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
ministerial changes, 1, 2, 3, 4;
New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
&nb
sp; 7/7’s effect on policy, 1;
Sunday Times exposé, 1;
targets, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
vouchers, 1;
and welfare benefits, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
work permits, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Immigration Act: (1996), 1, 2;
(1999), 1
Independent Learning Accounts, 1, 2
Indonesia, 1
Inkster, Nigel, 1, 2
Iran, 1, 2, 3
Iraq: history and political divisions, 1, 2; Tory export of arms to, 1;
first attacks on Saddam, 1;
US/UK bombings resume, 1;
aftermath of war, 1, 2, 3, 4;
aid problems, 1;
civil war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
TB visits, 1;
Gilligan–Kelly affair, 1;
TB refuses adequate military help in civil war, 1, 2;
more fallout from WMD intelligence, 1;
Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition, 1;
military police murdered, 1;
administrative muddle in British chain of command, 1;
calibre of US and UK officers, 1;
British withdrawal starts to be considered, 1;
Bigley kidnapping, 1;
as 2005 general election issue, 1, 2;
snatch of two undercover SAS soldiers, 1;
discussions about withdrawal, 1;
TB–Bush video conference, 1;
post-mortem on British performance resisted, 1;
British army desires to leave, 1;
escalation and mission creep, 1, 2;
Dannatt pushes for withdrawal, 1;
Dannatt speaks out openly against involvement, 1;
TB defiant to the end, 1;
see also Basra
Iraq war (2003): build-up to, 1, 2, 3, 4; Bush mistakenly identifies Iraq as target in wake of 9/11, 1, 2;
TB’s conviction Iraq can be made democratic, 1;
legality of war, 1;
TB’s secrecy about his plans and lack of proper advice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
TB commits to invasion, 1;
TB flies to meet Bush, 1;
unconditional guarantees to him, 1, 2, 3;
warnings to TB about likely post-war outcome, 1;
first JIC dossier, 1, 2, 3;
army’s lack of funding and experience, 1, 2;
TB attempts to persuade Bush to go down UN route, 1;
protest marches, 1, 2;
TB decides to win over the public before the Cabinet, 1;
the 45-minute claim, 1;
army pushes for full involvement, 1;
TB placates Cabinet in domestic policy areas to keep sweet, 1;
TB decides extent of UK involvement, 1;
lack of plans for post-war occupation, 1, 2, 3, 4;
UN passes resolution 1441, 1;
war-planning system, 1;
UK discussions of aftermath, 1;
USA takes final decision to proceed, 1;
UN inspectors fail to find WMDs, 1;
doubts about existence of WMDs grow, 1, 2, 3;
legality discussions, 1, 2, 3;
UK public attitude, 1, 2, 3;
second JIC dossier, 1;
Commons vote, 1;
invasion takes place, 1;
Hutton inquiry and report, 1, 2;
Butler inquiry and report, 1, 2, 3, 4;
Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, 1;
and 7/7, 1;
linked to rise in terrorism, 1;
vote re. comprehensive inquiry, 1;
Chilcot inquiry, 1, 2
Irvine, Derry: helps select Butler’s successor, 1; and Ecclestone scandal, 1, 2;
list of new legislation, 1;
wallpaper, 1;
proposes asylum-seekers be given sufficient welfare benefits and housing, 1;
sacked, 1
Islam: and Bosnia, 1; British Muslims and terrorism, 1;
and integration, 1;
and Kosovo, 1, 2;
multiculturalism shaken by 7/7, 1, 2;
Muslim schools, 1, 2, 3;
Muslims and British education, 1;
radicalisation, 1, 2, 3, 4;
TB’s attitude to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Israel: and Iraq, 1, 2, 3; TB’s conviction he can broker Israel–Arab peace settlement, 1;
UK Labour Party’s anger about TB’s attitude to, 1;
Levy acts as TB’s Middle East representative, 1;
and Lebanon, 1;
TB as envoy of the Quartet, looking for peace settlement with Palestine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
TB offers Israeli military equipment to Nigeria, 1;
invades Gaza, 1
J. P. Morgan investment bank: hires TB as adviser, 1, 2, 3; and TB’s commercial deals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jackson, General Mike: and Kosovo, 1, 2; TB’s respect for, 1;
and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3;
sets date for return of troops from Iraq, 1;
tours Basra, 1;
relationship with Walker, 1, 2;
witnesses security problems in British zone, 1;
lectures TB on army’s plight in Iraq, 1;
place in Iraq military chain of command, 1;
on British army’s return to Afghanistan, 1;
pessimism about Iraq, 1;
and Afghanistan mission, 1, 2, 3;
approves Salamanca, 1
Jarman, Professor Brian, 1
Jay, Sir Michael, 1, 2, 3, 4
Jeffrey, Bill: background and character, 1; appointed head of IND, 1;
and immigration policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Clarke on, 1;
appointed permanent secretary at MoD, 1;
and Afghanistan mission, 1, 2;
unable to push successfully for more military funding, 1
Jenkins, Roy, 1
Jenkins, Simon: on New Labour, 1; on Brown, 1;
on US–UK attitude to Iraq, 1;
on Kosovo, 1, 2;
on ‘war on terror’, 1;
on Iraq war, 1
John, Elton, 1
John Paul II, Pope, 1
Johnson, Alan, 1, 2, 3
Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC): function, 1; TB’s confidence in, 1;
and ‘war on terror’, 1, 2, 3;
first Iraq dossier, 1, 2, 3;
asserts Saddam has WMDs, 1;
reaction to UN inspectors’ failure to find WMDs, 1;
second Iraq dossier, 1;
predictions about aftermath of Iraq war proved wrong, 1;
Gilligan’s source sought at, 1;
and Hutton report, 1;
exonerated by Taylor, 1;
ignorance about Iraq civil war, 1;
and Butler inquiry and report, 1, 2, 3, 4
Jonathan, Goodluck, 1, 2
Jones, Brian, 1, 2, 3, 4
Jowell, Tessa: announces ban on tobacco advertising, 1; and Ecclestone scandal, 1;
and education policy, 1;
moves to Department for Education, 1;
praises Sure Start, 1;
cleared of breaching ministerial code, 1;
ongoing support for TB, 1
justice system reform, 1, 2
Kagame, Paul, 1, 2, 3, 4
Kamel, Hussein, 1
Kantor, Moshe, 1
Karake, General Karenzi, 1
Kaufman, Gerald, 1
Kavanagh, Trevor, 1, 2, 3, 4
Kay, David, 1
Kazakhstan, 1, 2, 3
Keay, Malcolm, 1
Kelly, Christopher, 1, 2
Kelly, David, 1, 2, 3
Kelly, Ruth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Kelly, Tom, 1, 2
Kennedy, Baroness, 1
Kerr, John, 1
Kerry, John, 1, 2, 3
Keys, Reg, 1
Khosla, Vinod, 1
Kidman, Nicole, 1
Kiley, Bob, 1
King, David, 1, 2
King, Mervyn, 1
King’s Fund, 1, 2
Kinnock, Neil, 1, 2,
3, 4
Klein, Michael, 1
Knaggs, Colonel Charlie, 1
Kohl, Helmut, 1
Kosovo: immigrants from, 1, 2; UK intervention, 1, 2
Koussa, Moussa, 1
Kuwait, 1, 2, 3
Kyoto climate change conference (1997), 1
Labour Party: Clause Four ditched, 1; Ecclestone donation, 1;
1999 conference, 1;
centenary celebrations, 1;
Desmond donation, 1;
and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
Mittal donation, 1;
2002 conference, 1;
spring 2003 conference, 1;
and foundation hospitals, 1;
2003 conference, 1, 2;
demands WMD inquiry, 1;
and Gilligan affair, 1;
tuition fees vote, 1;
left wing angered by TB’s attitude to Israel, 1;
problems with finances lead to new round of fund-raising and peerage nominations for some of the donors, 1;
reunites round TB after 2005 election, 1;
2005 conference, 1;
detention of terrorist suspects vote, 1;
and faith schools, 1;
opposition to TB’s education policy, 1, 2;
loans for peerages scandal, 1, 2;
and 2006 local elections, 1;
and war in Lebanon, 1;
growing number call for TB’s departure, 1;
waning support for TB leads to his naming departure date, 1;
2006 conference, 1;
falling poll ratings, 1;
ongoing police investigation into loans for peerages, 1, 2;
and 2007 local elections, 1, 2;
New Labour logo removed from website, 1;
loses 2010 general election, 1
Lamb, General Graeme, 1
landmines see mines, anti-personnel
Langlands, Alan: TB retreats from sacking, 1; and health policy, 1;
warns of a winter crisis in NHS, 1;
asks Brown for more money, 1;
exposes as false Brown’s claim to be injecting more money into NHS, 1;
blames Dobson for ineffectiveness of New Labour policy, 1;
on Dobson, 1;
and health policy, 1, 2, 3;
resigns, 1
