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9/11 terrorist attacks, 58, 293, 421
10 Downing Street: DC’s early political life at, 13–14, 38; traditional ‘clapping in’ of new PM, 13; PM’s offices, 135–6, 196–7; Thatcher Room, 135, 196–7, 488, 678–9; garden, 140–1, 197; Cameron family flat, 195, 197–8, 678; state rooms, 196–7; DC loves living at, 196, 678; higgledy-piggledy feel, 196; history, 196; curiosities and artefacts in, 197–8; IRA mortar attack (1991), 197; DC’s working day at, 199–200; infested with mice, 199; Policy Unit in, 445, 471, 501, 645; grid, 501; legal adviser in, 599–600; DC’s ‘last supper’ at, 692
38 Degrees, 193
Abbas, Mahmoud, 534
Abbott, Tony, 564, 612
Abrey, Mark, 441
Abu Dhabi, 544
Abu Hamza, 421
Abu Qatada, 421
Adams, Gerry, 311
Afghanistan: withdrawal of British troops from, xvi, 151, 162, 168, 171, 353; as al-Qaeda safe haven, 58, 162, 599; and National Security Council, 142; DC’s policy towards, 151, 154, 155, 162, 165–72, 612; war in as justified, 162–3, 165, 171; Camp Bastion, 162–5; Helmand, 163–8; DC’s visits to, 163–6; and Pakistan, 163, 169–72; ANSF in, 166, 168, 171; Obama’s ‘surge’ in, 166; Soviet war in, 168–9; continuing support for, 168–72; seminar in Chequers on, 168; Chequers summit (2013), 170–1; targeting of terrorists in, 598; and migration crisis, 612, 615
Afriyie, Adam, 444–5
ageing population, 189, 228, 230, 231
Ahoghill, Northern Ireland, 659
AIDS, 100, 481
aircraft carriers, 175, 177
al-Abadi, Haider, 542–3, 604–5
al-Assad, Bashar: Hague visits (January 2011), 270, 447–8; brutality of, 272, 447–9, 453, 540; aid to jihadists, 448–9; obduracy of, 448–9, 453–4, 600; and chemical weapons, 449, 451, 453–4, 458–66; Russian support for, 449–50, 454–5, 458, 461, 466, 528, 600–1; chemical attack on Ghouta, 459–66
al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr, 537, 538
Albania, 664, 669
al-Bashir, Omar, 100
Aldermaston, 19
Alexander, Danny, 185–6, 225, 348–50, 368, 551, 580
Alexander, Douglas, 462, 552
Algeria, 411
Aliyev, Ilham, 522
al-Maliki, Nouri, 537–8, 542
Al-Nusra Front, 448, 455, 600
al-Qaeda, 58, 162, 163, 273, 411, 447, 486, 598, 599; Khorasan group, 538; Boko Haram, 545
al-Shabab movement, Somalia, 486
Alzheimer’s Disease, xvi, 231
Amess, David, 465
Amin, Ruhul, 598
Ancram, Michael, 117
Anderson, Bruce, 38
Anderson, Eric, 23
Andrew, Stuart, 332
animal rights lobby, 477
anti-microbial resistance (AMR), 232–3
anti-Semitism in UK, 536
Any Questions (BBC Radio), 35
Arab League, 278, 464
Arab Spring, 268–86, 447–8
Argentina, 153
HMS Ark Royal, 175
armed forces, UK: and National Security Council, 142; DC’s involvement in deployment issues, 145–6; globally respected, 145; in Afghanistan, 151, 154, 162–8, 177; DC’s letters to bereaved families, 165; state of equipment in Afghanistan, 167–8; military chiefs, 172–3; cuts to defence budget, 172–5, 177–8, 698; military advisers in DC’s private office, 172, 174; DC’s policy successes, 173–4, 177–8, 698; DC honours NATO commitment, 174, 530, 698; ‘Future Force 2020’ concept, 174; Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), 174; aircraft carriers and jets saga, 175–6; modern-day capabilities, 175, 177–8; Military Covenant, 176–7, 530; and Libya, 274, 280, 281–2, 283–4; Bloody Sunday (1972), 306–8, 698; and 2012 Olympics, 377; and Syrian conflict, 452–3, 460; DC’s ‘locate and kill’ strategy, 599–600; Armed Forces Day (2016), 687
Armenia, 521, 522
Armitt, John, 375–6
Ashdown, Paddy, 5, 677
Ashton, Cathy, 345
Asian Investment Infrastructure Bank (AIIB), 587
Asquith, Dominic, 271
Association of Chief Police Officers, 298
Aston Villa FC, 571–2
Astor, William, 360
Atashzai, Adam, 241
Atkins, Tony, 34
Attlee, Clement, 121, 132, 162, 287, 495, 562
Aung San Suu Kyi, 492
austerity policies: and coalition negotiations, 8; DC proposes during financial crash, 113–14; justifications for, 113–14, 179–81, 183–5, 430–8; and defence budget, 172–5, 177–8; protests against, 179, 183, 189, 193; criticism of, 183–4, 193, 433–4, 436–7; planning and implementation, 183–9; tax increases, 184–5; fairness as guide, 184, 187, 189, 224; and Regional Growth Fund, 184; Lib Dems consulted over, 185–6; freezing of public-sector pay, 187; mistakes over, 192–3; cuts not wide enough, 193; and central government costs, 212–13; police funding cuts, 226–7, 298, 300, 302, 394; vindication of, 437; Labour narrative in 2013, 469–2
Australia, 147, 213, 612, 671
automobile industry, 659–60
Axel Springer SE, 516
Azerbaijan, 521, 522
badger culling, 477
Bahrain, 270, 271, 544
Balcon, Caroline, 577
Ball, Joseph, 33
Balls, Ed, 106, 242, 245, 535, 565, 579
Balsall Heath, 98, 124
Baltic states, 521, 639
Ban Ki-moon, 270, 467, 543
Bank of England: independence for, 53; monetary boost provided by, 150, 182, 191, 433, 437; low-interest-rate strategy, 182, 191; strengthened by DC, 190; ‘Funding for Lending’ initiative, 192, 433; Carney replaces King, 437; and EU referendum result, 685
banking and finance, 32, 177, 181, 182, 410, 434, 437, 587; DC’s reforms, 189–92; Project Merlin, 191–2
Banks, Arron, 659
Barclay brothers, 254
Barker, Greg, 80, 82, 214, 692
Barroso, José Manuel, 334, 342, 415, 514, 517–18
Barwell, Gavin, 299
Basescu, Traian, 277
Bate, Paul, 231
BBC, 193, 255, 261–2, 563–4, 567, 667, 676
Beckett, Samuel, 172
Beckham, David, 160–1
‘bedroom tax’, 470–1, 474
Belarus, 521
Belgium, 309, 320, 327, 443, 517–18, 601, 616, 640
Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine, 269, 270
Benn, Hilary, 604
Benn, Tony, 402
Bennett, Natalie, 672
Benyon, Richard, 82
Bercow, John, 57
Berlin Wall, fall of (1989), 28, 36, 269
Berlusconi, Silvio, 144, 151, 156–7
Bermuda, 489
Berners-Lee, Tim, 213, 675
Bertin, Gabby, 13, 81–2, 86, 108, 121, 153, 242
Bettel, Xavier, 640–1
Big Society Capital bank, 191, 211
Big Society concept, 13, 122–5, 127, 204, 206–12, 470, 699; and Balsall Heath, 98, 124; and ‘Omnishambles’ Budget (2012), 357, 359
bin Laden, Osama, 162, 293, 604
Birkhall (Prince Charles’s house), 374, 547
Blair, Cherie, 102–3
Blair, Tony: at Fettes, 23; becomes Labour leader, 47; political skills of, 47, 53–4; and Thatcherism, 53–4; as apparently unbeatable, 53; high-water mark of, 57, 60; and Islamist extremism, 58–9, 541, 607; as right PM in 2001, 58; and ‘he was the future once’ line, 89; cash-for-honours scandal, 94–5; DC applauds at f
inal PMQs of, 102–3; referendum pledge on proposed EU Constitution, 119, 322, 403–4, 700; 1997 election victory, 121, 132; and CCHQ’s chicken, 126; ‘den’ at Downing Street, 135–6; letter of congratulations to DC, 136, 701; neo-conservative doctrine of, 145–6; academies programme, 220–1; NHS policy, 229; and House of Commons reform, 239; and sacking of ministers, 240; and PMQs, 243, 245; visits DC at Chequers, 247; evidence to Leveson Inquiry, 260; and Gaddafi, 283; and EU opt-outs, 322, 403, 701; and fuel strike (2000), 355; and 2012 Olympics, 375; on being PM, 446; and European Commission presidents, 514; and EU referendum campaign, 672–3
Blairmore Holdings, 661–2
Blanchard, Olivier, 434, 437
Blatter, Sepp, 160–1
Blazer, Chuck, 160–1
Bletchley Park codebreakers, 443–4
Bloomberg, Michael, 555
Bloomberg speech (23 January 2013), 398–400, 411–13, 633, 700
Blunt, Anthony, 19
Bogdanor, Vernon, 29, 31, 291
Boko Haram, 545–6
Boles, Nicholas, 63–4, 392, 439
Bone, Fiona, 694
Bone, Peter, 444
Bonham Carter, Helena, 535
Boomtown Rats, 479
Borisov, Boyko, 613, 616–17
Bosnia, 5, 146, 275, 279, 308, 456
Botswana, 481
bovine TB, 477
Bower, Helen, 411, 637
Bowler, James, 135, 348
Boyle, Danny, 377–8
BP, 154–5
Brady, Graham, 102
Branagh, Kenneth, 378
Branson, Richard, 675
Brasenose College, Oxford, 25, 29–31
Braverman, Suella, 670
Brazil, 381, 397
Brexit: and Northern Ireland, 312; DC’s views on, 383, 699, 701; emergence of term, 622; May’s attempts to deliver, 680; ‘failure to prepare’ narrative, 685–6; economic ‘short-term shock’, 685; EU attitude to, 686; triggering of Article 50, 686; as wrong path for UK, 699; as legitimate choice for UK, 701. See also referendum on membership of EU(2016)
BRICS countries, 146, 397, 522
Brideshead Revisited (ITV adaptation), 30
Brighton bombing (1984), 589
British Arctic Survey, 91
British Empire: opium wars in China, 26–7, 157–8; Amritsar massacre (1919), 493
British Medical Association (BMA), 230, 584
British National Party (BNP), 511
RAF Brize Norton, 164
Brokeback Mountain (film), 251
broken society concept, 3, 96, 98, 122, 288, 294, 422, 593
Brooke, General Alan, 172
Brooks, Charlie, 254, 261, 265–6
Brooks, Rebekah (Rebekah Wade), 251, 254, 259–61, 265–6
Brown, Gordon: after 2010 election, 1, 5, 7, 9–12, 14–15; resigns as PM, 12; becomes PM, 53, 104; death of daughter, 75; personality, 75, 104–6, 108, 118; response to Islamic terrorism, 104; and 2007 floods, 105; hosts Thatcher at Downing Street, 106; decides against 2007 election, 108, 289; abolishes 10p rate of tax, 109; bank bail-outs, 111, 112, 192; and financial crash, 111–15; forecasts of as ‘works of fiction’, 114; and expenses scandal, 116, 118; 2010 election campaign, 126, 128, 129; office at Downing Street, 135; letter for DC at Downing Street, 136; and tax credits, 187–8, 586; and House of Commons reform, 239; and PMQs, 243; and Paul Dacre, 252; on DC and Murdoch press, 261; and Scottish referendum, 317–18, 549, 552–3; top-rate tax increase, 348–9; and 2012 Olympics, 375; signs Lisbon Treaty, 404; attempted coups against, 444; and EU referendum campaign, 677; and euro opt-out, 701
Browne, John, 224
Bruni, Carla, 148
Buckle, Sharon, 55
Budd, Alan, 40, 182
budget deficit: size of after 2010 election, 1, 140, 180–1, 696; after financial crash, 113–14; coalition spending cuts, 140–1, 172–5, 177–80, 183–9, 193, 226–7, 432; structural deficit elimination target, 188–9, 585–6; Ed Miliband forgets to mention (2014), 565; promised cuts in 2015 manifesto, 585–6
Buerk, Michael, 479
‘Building Schools for the Future’ scheme, 222
Bulgaria, 322, 613, 616–17
Bullingdon Club, 30–1
Bumgardner, Randy, 341
Burke, Edmund, 205
Burlington Danes school, 220
Burma, 492
Burnham, Andy, 588, 590
Burns, Sir Terence, 46, 112
Burt, Alistair, 321
Burton, Terry, 91
Bush, George H.W., 151
Bush, George W., 59, 100, 145, 154, 308–9, 340
business and enterprise: ‘Start-Up Loans’ scheme, 34, 349; Labour’s proposed National Insurance rise, 127, 183; support for Tories at 2010 election, 127; corporation tax, 183, 348, 436; Business Growth Fund, 191; ‘Funding for Lending’ initiative, 192, 433; coalition plan for, 207; and 2012 Olympics, 381; and EU regulations, 402, 630–1; National Insurance exemptions, 436; and Scottish independence referendum, 552; support for Tories at 2015 election, 573; as pro-Remain, 667, 675; DC’s policy successes, 696–7
Business for Sterling, 86, 292
Business Growth Fund, 191
Butterfill, John, 82
Byrne, Liam, 182, 573
Cable, Vince, 139, 189, 240, 434, 437, 573; and BSkyB bid, 255–6, 262; loses seat (2015), 577
Cafferkey, Pauline, 533
Caine, Jonathan, 36, 306–7
Caine, Michael, 127
Call Me Dave (biography), 592–3
Calman Commission, 316
Cameron, Alex (brother of DC), 16, 18, 19, 81, 369, 479; as friend of Prince Edward, 21; and Mossack Fonseca leaks, 662
Cameron, Clare (sister of DC), 18, 19, 48
Cameron, David
AS PRIME MINISTER: speech in Downing Street (11 May 2010), 13; ‘chillaxing’ image, 108, 248; early period in government, 134–43; ‘one team’ spirit, 135, 139; scraps ‘delivery unit’, 135; reshuffles, 136–7, 384–93, 505–10; appoints first government, 137–41; size of cabinet, 139; ‘Rose Garden’ press conference with Clegg, 140–1; moves into Downing Street, 143; foreign policy approach, 144–54, 479–94; and EU budget cut (2013), 149–50, 339, 414–15; multilateral gatherings early in premiership, 150–4; first trip to USA as PM, 153–5; Beijing University speech, 159; ‘Quad’ meetings, 185–6, 225; attempts to block Juncker’s election, 198–9, 515–19; working day at Downing Street, 199–200; feelings about job of PM, 200; sleeping patterns, 200; Nudge Unit (Behavioural Insights Team), 213; failure of flagship health reforms, xiv, 233–4; stability of coalition years, 234; party management during coalition, 235–41, 245–6, 248–9, 444–6; attempts to reform 1922 Committee, 238–9, 248; and Backbench Business Days, 239, 331, 444; 2010 party conference, 240–1; and ‘Punch-and-Judy politics’, 244–5; image as aloof from MPs, 245; family life, 247–8, 294–6; text exchanges with Brooks, 260–1; visits to region during Arab Spring, 271–2, 274–5, 284; in Tripoli with Sarkozy, 284; and ‘No2AV’ campaign, 292–4; holidays, 294–6; response to Saville Report, 307–8, 698; policy on Northern Ireland, 308–12; policy on Wales, 313–15; policy on Scotland, 314–19; and EU during 2011, 320, 325–39; vetoes Eurozone treaty (2011), 320, 337–9, 401; and Eurozone bailouts, 325–7, 333; Eurozone crisis policy, 329–30, 333–40, 400–1, 405; Commons rebellion over EU (2011), 331–2; EU referendum pledge (2012–13), 339–40, 398–400, 405–13, 513–14, 622, 700–1; lessons drawn from 2011 EU events, 339–40; ‘state visit’ to USA (2012), 340–4; bilateral visits, 343–4; cash-for-access scandal (2012), 347, 354; budget leaks (2012), 353–5, 359; lessons of ‘Omnishambles’ Budget, 359; coalition relaunch (2013), 367–8; looks ahead to post-2015 coalition possibility (2013), 368; weekly audience with Queen, 371–2; at Balmoral, 372–4, 547–8, 551–2, 590–1; infl
uence of Prince Charles, 374–5; and 2012 Olympics, 375–83; 2012 reshuffle, 386–93; 2012 conference speech, 396–7; Bloomberg speech (23 January 2013), 398–400, 411–13, 633, 700; on Islamist extremism, 421–6, 595–607; economy as biggest test, 430–7, 696–7; rumours of leadership challenge (2013), 444–5; policy on Syria conflict, 449–67; regional tour days, 499–501; 2014 reshuffle, 505–10; and Old Etonians, 506–7; visit to Medvedev in Russia, 523; hosts 2014 NATO summit, 528–32; 2014 conference speech, 559–60; ‘no third term’ announcement, 567–8; speech after 2015 victory, 580; appoints 2015 cabinet, 581–3; plans for second term, 581, 583–6, 593–4; ‘life chances’ agenda in second term, 585; South-East Asia trade mission (2015), 587–8; 2015 conference speech, 593–4; decision to resign as PM, 679–83; resignation speech, 681–2; final weeks in Downing Street, 684–95; final visit as PM, 691; last PMQs, 692–3; honours to political advisers, 692; ‘last supper’ at Downing Street, 692; departure from Downing Street, 693–4; DC’s evaluation of his achievements, 696–9; Major on achievements of, 701–2. See also foreign policy; renegotiation with EU, DC’s
CAUSES/VALUES: dementia, xvi, 231, 354, 495; liberal values, 7, 63, 93–4, 145, 240, 263, 342, 422, 438–44; public-service ethos, 19, 32, 693, 703; patriotism, 32, 144–5, 236, 369, 377, 524, 682, 703; meritocratic ideal, 64, 369; NHS, 71, 227; sense of fairness, 184, 187, 189, 211, 224, 240, 288, 631–2; marriage, 209, 439, 585; genomics, 231–2; belief in Union, 303–5; equal marriage, 342, 390, 438–44, 495, 560; monarchist, 369–70, 375. See also Big Society concept; development and aid policies
PERSONAL LIFE: as rural person, 2, 124, 361, 373, 590; childhood, 16–26; education, 16, 20–1, 22–5; family background, 16–19, 25, 29, 209, 303; smokes cannabis at Eton, 22–4; Oxbridge interview, 25; gap year work and travels, 26–9; at Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong (1985), 26; at Oxford, 29–31; ‘milk round’ after university, 31–2; awarded first-class degree, 31; and stress, 31, 130; at Carlton Communications, 49–50, 53, 81, 112, 114, 254–5; and food, 49; impact of son Ivan’s illness, 68–9, 71–4, 296, 439; cannabis use as adult, 82–3; non-executive directorships, 88; open-water swimming, 150–1; love of country sports, 373, 590; running, 469–70; pig story, 592–3
POLITICAL LIFE: regret over EU referendum loss, xiv–xv, 682–3; days after 2010 election, 1–14; St Stephen’s Club speech (May 2010), 5–6; brand of ‘modern, compassionate conservatism’, 5, 83–4, 105, 140, 204–34, 304, 316, 473, 505, 559–60, 570–1, 650–1; rapport with Clegg, 7–8, 14, 143, 294; becomes PM (11 May 2010), 12–14; at CRD, 32, 33–40, 64, 305; as Treasury spad, 33, 40–6, 48, 49; first meeting with Thatcher, 35; in Major’s PMQ team, 38; 1992 election, 39–40; as pragmatic Eurosceptic, 42, 64–5, 84–5, 321–2, 324, 408; as Home Office spad, 46–7; attempts to be selected as candidate, 50–1, 54–5; accepted onto candidates’ list, 50; becomes MP for Witney, 55–6; on Home Affairs Select Committee, 56; sceptical about war in Iraq, 58–9; votes for war in Iraq, 59–60; and Duncan Smith’s PMQ team, 60–1; and 2005 election, 62, 65, 76–8; components of modern conservatism, 63–4; on opposition front bench (2001–05), 63; in shadow cabinet, 78–9; and 2005 leadership election, 78–89; and EPP, 84–5, 99, 149, 322, 473, 638; launch of leadership bid, 85–6; Paxman interview (2005), 87–8; 2005 party conference, 87; speeches without notes, 87; TV debates during leadership hustings, 87; becomes party leader (2005), 88–9; first PMQs as opposition leader, 89; ‘he was the future once’ line, 89; Svalbard trip, 90–1; strategy as opposition leader, 90–4; appoints shadow cabinet, 93; Priority List of candidates, 94; ‘Hug a Hoodie’ speech, 96–7, 252; policy development in opposition, 96–9, 122–5; early overseas trips as opposition leader, 98–101; slump in fortunes (2007), 105–6; 2007 party conference speech, 106–7; matches Labour’s spending plans, 111–12, 114, 132; expenses, 117–18; ‘we are all in this together’ slogan, 184; law of broken promises, 226, 233; 2006 party conference speech, 227, 439; end of political career, 695–6; evaluation of own achievements, 696–9. See also foreign policy
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