Book Read Free

Dangerous Hero

Page 43

by Tom Bower


  Hammond, Philip 204

  Hampstead, London 47, 53, 77, 179, 185, 312

  Hampstead & Highgate Express 61

  Hamza, Abu 127

  Hardy, Jeremy 330

  Hare, David 159, 185

  Haringey, London 25–8, 34, 39, 41–4, 46, 49, 53, 55, 60, 61, 66, 71–5, 85, 93, 115, 166, 197, 229, 263, 316, 337; Haringey Community Development Sub-Committee 31; Haringey Labour group 33

  Harman, Harriet 110, 116, 172, 173, 228

  Harris, Toby 20, 42, 44, 49, 52, 59, 66, 76

  Hart, David 62

  Hart, Judith 62

  Hassassian, Manuel 234, 333

  Hattersley, Roy 188–9

  Hatton, Derek 61, 93, 338, 339

  Hayes and Harlington (parliamentary constituency) 65, 77, 120

  Healey, Denis 31, 38, 59, 67, 68, 83

  Healey, John 262

  Healy, Gerry 23, 66, 92

  Heath, Edward 14–16, 23, 24, 220

  Heffer, Eric 83, 93

  Heller, Richard 200

  Heneghan, Patrick 218, 219

  Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) 181, 244

  Heseltine, Michael 339

  Hewitt, Ibrahim 237

  Hezbollah 155, 215, 238, 240, 270, 276

  Hitler, Adolf 130, 177, 223, 236–7, 239, 245, 247, 251; Mein Kampf 247

  Hobsbawm, Eric 301

  Hodge, Margaret 109, 111, 233, 259, 280, 319, 325–6, 331–2, 334

  Hodges, Dan 217

  Hoettl, Wilhelm 340–1

  Hoey, Kate 56

  Hollande, François 202

  Holocaust 26, 130, 132, 159, 192, 234, 238, 249, 254, 269, 276, 285, 324, 331–3, 340–1; Holocaust Educational Trust 340; Holocaust Memorial Day (2010) 154, 276

  Hornsey, London 20, 23, 25, 27, 38, 47, 54, 60, 75–6, 166, 263; Hornsey Labour Party 21, 28, 32–4, 44, 59, 72

  Hornsey Journal 54, 70, 75

  Horton, Richard 337

  Houghton, General Nicholas 211

  Howard, Michael 139–40

  Howe, Geoffrey 85

  Howell, Steve 296, 300

  Hoyle, Sean 230

  Hudson, Kate 81, 129, 176–7

  Humfrey, Michael 4

  Hunt, Jeremy 229, 243

  Hunt, Tristram 179, 189, 259, 296

  Hussain, Khadim 237

  Hussain, Saira 309

  Hussein, Saddam 66, 106–8, 120, 125, 135, 136, 219, 277

  Hyman, Peter 225

  ILEA see Inner London Education Authority IMF see International Monetary Fund Independent Corresponding Society 68

  Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) 33, 39

  Institute of Fiscal Studies 174, 304

  International Atomic Agency 138

  International Court of Justice 125

  International Criminal Court 128–9

  International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) 269, 328–31, 333–5

  International Marxist Group (IMG) 23, 56, 59

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) 37–8

  IRA 9, 13, 20–1, 45, 62–3, 82, 89–90, 95–6, 103–4, 124, 145, 173, 196, 214, 256, 305, 307–8

  Iran 134, 138, 155, 156

  Iraq 106, 108, 134–5, 138, 145, 158, 162, 178, 183, 205, 213, 220, 274, 281, 285

  Irving, David 251

  ISIS 158–9, 211, 213–15, 220–2, 224, 271, 276, 281, 285, 292

  Islamic Movement in Israel 154

  Islington Gazette 111–12

  Islington North (parliamentary constituency) 56, 75–7, 80–1, 146–7, 161, 183, 187

  Islington South (parliamentary constituency) 76–7, 82

  Ismail, Sufyan 245

  Israel 129–33, 138, 153–5, 178, 231, 233–5, 237, 239, 245, 251, 269, 272, 276, 285, 324, 326–8, 333

  Jacques, Martin 314

  Jagan, Cheddi 11

  Jahjah, Dyab Abou 154, 193, 237–8

  Jamaica 4–11, 131, 233

  Jaruzelski, General Wojciech 105

  Jasiewicz, Ewa 154

  Javid, Sajid 326

  Jenkins, Roy 59, 61, 114

  Jewdas 326

  Jewish Chronicle 192, 238, 314

  Jewish Labour Movement 334

  Jewish Voice for Labour 327

  Johnson, Alan 175, 183, 256–8, 264

  Johnson, Boris 274, 301

  Johnson, Lyndon Baines 22

  Jones, Jack 24, 40

  Jones, Kevin 217

  Jones, Owen 167, 197, 298, 313, 321

  Kagarlitsky, Boris 214

  Karim, Talal 117

  Kaufman, Gerald 232

  Kelly, David 137

  Kendall, Liz 170, 173, 175, 179, 185, 201, 253

  Kenny, Paul 147, 201, 226

  Khalaf, Salah 192

  Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali 138

  Khan, Reyaad 158

  Khan, Sadiq 166, 179, 254–5, 256, 285

  Khawaja, Imran 292

  Khrushchev, Nikita 106

  Killingworth, Mark 39, 44, 48, 49, 50

  Kim Il-sung 81

  King, Martin Luther 6

  Kingston College (Jamaica) 4–10

  Kinnock, Neil 83, 88, 93, 100, 102, 104, 114, 268, 275, 284, 330

  Kirby, Vicky 236–7

  Klein, Naomi 224

  Knight, Ted 45–9, 53, 55, 66, 85, 91, 92

  Kober, Claire 337

  Kosovo 125

  Ku Klux Klan 251

  Kuczynski, Irving 23, 28

  Kuenssberg, Laura 245

  Kurds 106–8, 277

  Kuwait 106–8, 126

  Kyle, Peter 201, 273, 280

  Labour Action for Peace (LAP) 97

  Labour Against the War 137

  Labour Briefing 90

  Labour Business 339

  Labour Friends of Israel 238–9, 285

  Labour Herald group 85; Labour Herald 66, 81, 131, 236

  Labour Movement Campaign on Palestine (LMCP) 81–2

  Labour Representation Committee 199

  Labour Tomorrow 283

  Labour Youth 235

  Lambeth council 45, 92

  Lammy, David 166, 318, 325

  Lamont, Norman 156

  Lansman, Jon 176, 198, 225, 235, 240–1, 242, 262, 280, 289, 316, 337–9

  Lasharie, Benazir 237

  The Last Leg (TV show) 258

  Lavery, Ian 244, 316, 331

  League Against Cruel Sports 3

  Lenin, V.I. 16, 97, 134, 188, 234, 309

  Leonard, Richard 316

  Levi, Primo 326

  Levin, Bernard 68

  Levy, Lord 239

  Lewis, Clive 167, 241, 291

  Lewis, Ivan 238

  Liberty 252

  Libya 157, 204

  Liverpool 13, 40, 54, 61–2, 64, 85, 92, 131, 290–1, 335–6, 338–42

  Livingstone, Ken xxiii, xxv, 49, 100, 176, 214, 270, 328; disrupts Camden council 46–7; relationship with Corbyn 47, 81, 187; takes control of GLC 53–6, 62–3, 66; keeps newts 53; admires McDonnell’s politics 64; refuses to set rates 85; unaware of GLC’s true finances 89; fires McDonnell 91–2; elected MP 102; supports communist revolution in Afghanistan 105; suggests ‘greedy bastard tax rate’ 118; supports bombing of Belgrade 125; and anti-Semitism 132, 247, 249–50, 252, 301, 330; attends parties at Andrew Murray’s house 134–5; elected mayor of London 140; asked to review defence policy 216–17; character and description 216; returns to Labour Party 323

  Loach, Ken 250, 325, 328

  Loki, Vivien 110

  London bombings (July 2005) 143

  London Government Assembly 66

  London Labour Briefing 53, 54, 61, 66, 70–1, 78, 80, 85, 91, 131; London Labour Briefing 194

  London Labour Party (LLP) 46, 55, 72, 91

  London Representation Committee (LRC) 54

  London School of Economics (LSE) xiii–xiv, 24

  Longden, Anthony 145

  Loughall, County Armagh 96

  Lynch, Holly 298

  McCluskey, Len 149, 162, 170, 173, 186, 188–92, 198, 214, 2
18, 220, 226–8, 253, 262, 265, 273, 275, 277, 279–80, 287, 289–90, 294, 302, 332, 338

  McDonagh, Margaret 122

  MacDonald, Ramsay 300

  McDonald, Tosh 222–3

  McDonnell, John 54–5, 62, 64–6, 77, 222, 241, 246, 259–60, 280, 289; political beliefs 54, 65–6, 81, 303; birth, background and education 64–5; works for NUM and TUC 65; character and description 66, 88; plots coup against GLC 66; enthusiasm for ‘direct action’ 86–7, 120, 147, 148, 194, 268, 300, 320, 321; and GLC finances 88–9, 91; fired from GLC 91–2; elected MP 119–20; marriage 120; votes against Islamic ban 128; Another World is Possible: A Manifesto for 21st Century Socialism 142, 202; and 2010 Labour leadership campaign 145, 147; on fringe of Labour 150; opposes Labour moderates 162–3; rules himself out of leadership election 165; supports and defends Corbyn 148–9, 166–7, 176, 187, 261–3, 265, 267, 275, 281, 283, 300–1, 304, 312–13, 334, 343–5; economic plans 180–1, 202–4, 209–10, 297, 305, 336; appointed shadow chancellor 190, 191; attempts Corbyn damage control 196–9; plots to inherit leadership 201; persuades Corbyn to dress appropriately 207; investigations into 217; hypocrisy of 223, 296; justifies dismissals 225–6; appears on picket line 230; tolerant of anti-Semites 236; and 2016 EU referendum 257; blames disunity for by-election defeat 298–9; declares ‘no jobs for traitors’ 315–16; comment on Grenfell 319; believes democracy has broken down 320

  McFadden, Pat 225

  MacGougan, Jack 19

  McGuinness, Martin 82, 104, 124, 173

  McIntosh, Andrew 21–2, 62–3

  MacKenzie, Kelvin 301

  McNicol, Iain 186, 235, 237, 246, 250–2, 278–9, 338

  McVey, Esther 194

  McWhirter, Ross 95

  Maduro, Nicolás 178

  Magee, Patrick 95

  Maguire, Kevin 168, 266

  Major, John 107, 114, 293

  Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 177, 214

  Malcolm X 6, 233

  Malhotra, Seema 261, 280

  Manchester Arena bombing (May 2017) 306–7, 309

  Mandelson, Peter 100, 115, 175, 183, 190, 199, 259, 293, 298–9, 314

  Mann, John 111, 168, 179, 217, 248–50, 286, 325

  Mao Zedong 73, 218

  Marqusee, Mike 90–1, 97, 129

  Marx, Karl 169, 180, 187, 203; ‘On the Jewish Question’ 132

  Maskell, Rachael 229

  Mason, Paul 159, 201, 289, 314

  Mau Mau 96

  May, Philip 309

  May, Theresa 278, 283, 293, 299, 300, 304–12, 314, 318, 320–1, 341–7

  Mayer, Martin 251

  Maze prison, Belfast 62

  Meacher, Michael 223

  ‘Mear One’ see Kalen Ockerman

  Mellish, Bob 71

  Mendez, Yannis 288

  Mexico 160–1

  Meyer, Hajo 154

  MI5 28, 40, 88, 97, 121, 165, 217, 224, 228, 280, 310

  MI6 136, 310

  Middle East 190, 213, 245, 323

  Middle East Monitor (MEM) 237

  Miliband, David 144, 149, 244

  Miliband, Ed 149, 152, 158, 162, 164–5, 170–1, 173, 185, 201, 233, 241, 244, 304

  Miliband, Ralph 68, 69, 70, 103

  Militant (newspaper) 61

  Militant Tendency 13, 54, 60, 77, 81, 85, 91, 92, 170, 275, 330

  Millar, Ronald 58

  Milne, Alasdair 176

  Milne, Seumas 178, 188, 198–9, 221, 225–8, 235, 240, 242, 246, 249–50, 263, 270, 289–90, 327–9, 331–2, 334, 339–40; praises Scargill 88; champions Muslim fundamentalists 134; as Corbyn adviser and supporter 176, 178, 186–7, 189, 197, 204–5, 212, 214–16, 220–5, 246, 256–61, 265, 304, 307, 308, 322, 343; family background 176; as supporter of Soviet Union 177–8, 267; praises Maduro 178; as supporter of Hamas 192; supported by Guardian 198; sends his children to selective schools 200; believes all banks should be nationalised 202; appointed director of communications and strategy 208–9, 212, 214; moral equivalence of 215; altercations with Hilary Benn 220, 221, 225, 257; dislike of the media 245; defends and supports Livingstone 248–50; and Chakrabarti inquiry 252–3, 270; election campaign agenda 289, 291, 300

  Milošević, Slobodan 125

  Mindel, Mick 18

  Miranda, General Francisco de 141

  Mitterand, François 202

  Mladić, Ratko 125

  Modi, Narendra 159–60

  Momentum 176–7, 199, 217, 221–3, 228, 230, 241–2, 262, 264, 270, 276, 278–80, 286, 290, 293–5, 312, 316, 325, 334, 337, 339

  Monk, Loraine 160

  Morning Star 97, 105, 129, 193, 195, 215, 232, 319, 322

  Morocco 106

  Morris, Grahame 285

  Morris, Max 59, 75

  Morris, William 75

  Moscow 67, 105, 177, 322, 323

  Mosley, Oswald 1

  Mossad 159, 323

  Mountford, Jill 228, 286

  Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF) 67, 97

  Mullin, Chris 74, 325

  Munich Olympics (1972) 192, 332

  Munroe, Trevor 6–7

  Murdoch, Rupert 94–5, 115, 323

  Murphy, Karie 170–1, 227, 265, 280, 289, 302, 307, 311, 313

  Murphy, Richard 180, 181, 296

  Murray, Andrew 129, 134–5, 201, 214, 222, 224, 289, 300, 333

  Murray, Ian 259, 264

  Musk, Elon 152

  Muslim Association of Britain 138, 232

  Muslim Brotherhood 135, 232, 250

  Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) 245

  Nandy, Lisa 262

  Nardell, Gordon 328, 329

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel 131

  Nation of Islam 7

  National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) 51–2, 110

  National Enterprise Board (NEB) 29

  National Executive Committee (NEC) 59, 71, 75, 117, 122, 186, 197, 199, 209, 214–15, 218, 228, 235, 251, 278–9, 293, 316, 325, 328, 332, 334, 338

  National Front 45

  National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) 230

  National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 65, 70, 244

  National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) 13, 32, 33, 39, 40–3, 55, 68, 71, 109, 111, 171

  National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) 18–19, 22

  National Union of Teachers (NUT) 228, 230

  NATO 105, 125, 128, 153, 177, 188–9, 190, 197, 282, 303, 322

  Neave, Airey 116

  NEC see National Executive Committee Nellist, Dave 198

  Nelson, Fraser 284

  Network Rail 287, 342

  New Labour 115, 118, 119, 144, 149, 162, 168, 199

  New York Times 301

  New Yorker 124, 268

  Newnham College, Cambridge 51

  Newsnight 318

  NHS 229–30, 243, 282–3, 309

  Nicaragua 85, 105, 106, 118; Sandinistas 83

  Nixon, Richard 9, 33

  Nolan, Carmel 168, 192

  North Korea 81, 123, 134, 135, 281

  Novosti (Soviet news agency) 135

  Nugee, Major General Richard 226

  NUM see National Union of Mineworkers NUPE see National Union of Public Employees NUT see National Union of Teachers NUTGW see National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers Observer 260, 275

  Ockerman, Kalen (‘Mear One’) 233–4, 324

  Office of Budget Responsibility 180

  O’Halloran, Michael 56, 75–6

  Okri, Ben 282

  Oldknow, Emilie 227

  Onasanya, Fiona 346

  Onwurah, Chi 285

  Opec 23

  Ortega, Daniel 83

  Osamor, Kate 229

  Osamor, Martha 45, 229

  Osborne, George 172, 173, 182, 218, 241

  Owen, Sarah 209

  Oxford Labour Club 235, 251

  Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) 110

  Page, George 72

  Paisley, Rev. Ian 104

  Palestine, Palestinians 81–2, 90, 106, 129–33, 138, 153–5, 176, 190,
192, 200, 233–4, 236, 240, 303, 334, 342; Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) 133, 193, 333; Palestine Live 159, 268; Palestine News 269; Palestine Solidarity Campaign 154, 193; Palestinian Authority 234, 333; Palestinian Return Centre (PLC) 234, 333

  Panama Papers 243

  Pankhurst, Sylvia 16

  Parker, Laura 337

  Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) 104, 116, 139, 152, 188–9, 213, 214, 260, 262, 281, 315

  Paxman, Jeremy 308

  Peace Corps 6

  Pentagon 128

  People’s National Party (PNP) 7

  People’s Parliament 165

  Perdition (play) 250

  Petersen, Nicolette 209, 269

  Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh 28

  Phillips, Jess 190–1, 207, 263

  Pickering, John 17

  Piketty, Thomas 182, 284

  Pinochet, Augusto 100, 124–5

  Pinto, Cynthia 120

  Poale Zion group 82

  Podemos 163

  Poland 105, 177

  Polisario guerrillas 85, 106

  Pollack, Susan 340, 341

  Pollard, Stephen 192, 193, 314

  Polytechnic of North London 17–18

  Portillo, Michael 119

  Porton Down, Wiltshire 322

  Powell, Enoch 333

  Powell, Lucy 261

  Prescott, John 166

  Press TV 156, 289, 334

  Prevention of Terrorism Act 45, 139

  Public and Commercial Services Union 175

  Public Works Committee 74

  Putin, Vladimir 177, 178

  Qaesr, Ihsan 108

  Quebec separatists 13

  Question Time (TV programme) 196

  Race, Reg xix–xxiii, xxvi, 30, 32, 45, 47, 67, 88–9, 91, 102, 103, 194

  Racial and Religious Hatred Bill 144

  Rahman, Lutfur 228

  Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) 171, 182, 295

  Raqqa, Syria 211, 221, 224

  Rayner, Angela 305

  Reagan, Ronald 100, 164, 315

  Red Army 13

  Red Brigade 13

  Red Rose Centre, Holloway xx, 80, 97, 110, 114, 123, 126

  Reed, Jamie 294

  Rees, John 224

  Retail Bespoke Tailoring Wages Council 18

  Revolutionary Socialist League 46

  Rigby, Lee 178

  Righton, Peter 110

  riots 9–10, 54, 62, 81, 92, 93, 148, 228

  Rivera, Diego 234

  Roberts, Cynthia 97

  Roberts, John 3

  Robinson, Derek (‘Red Robbo’) 29

  Rodgers, Bill 32

  Rodney, Walter 8, 11, 13; How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 12

  Rodney Riots (1968) 9–10

  Romeo and Juliet ballet 115

  Ross, John 176, 182

  Rossi, Hugh 23, 28, 48

  Roth, Andrew, Parliamentary Profiles 123

  Rotheram, Steve 266, 302–3

 

‹ Prev