Broken Vows

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