general elections: (1983), 289; (1992), 39–40; (1997), 51–2, 290; (2001), 55–6; (2005), 62, 65, 76–8, 313, 404, 496; (2017), 563
‘genetic counselling’, 70, 232
Genomics England, 100,000 Genomes Project, 232, 604
George, Prince, 591
George III, King, 370
George, Eddie, 40
Georgia, Russian invasion of, 101, 521, 531
Germany: and ERM, 41; and ‘global imbalances’, 152; and Arab Spring, 270, 274, 277, 279; and Eurozone crisis, 324, 326, 328–30, 332–6, 339, 342; AfD, 330, 514; reunification, 402; opposition to ‘monetary activism’, 431; and Ukraine crisis, 526–7, 530–1; and migration crisis, 613–16, 619, 638; rise of far right in, 619; supremacy of domestic law, 653. See also Merkel, Angela
Ghani, Ashraf, 171
Gibb, Nick, 392
Gibraltar, 674, 678
Gilani, Yousaf, 293
Gilbert, Stephen, 121, 292–3, 497, 576
Gill, Ameet, 107, 396, 422, 501, 574, 643, 658, 669
Gillan, Cheryl, 313–14, 389
Gladstone, William, 24, 304
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations, 481
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 481
globalisation, xvii, 487, 512, 533, 560, 658
Godwin, Tim, 298
Goff, Tom, 372
Goldie, Annabel, 315
Goodman, Clive, 253, 256
Goodman, Paul, 118
Gordon-Farleigh, Robin, 501
Gove, Michael: supports DC’s coalition decision, 10; and modernisation of party, 63; and 2005 election, 76; advises DC not to run for leadership, 80–1; and DC’s leadership campaign, 82; and adoption policy, 210; background, 210, 218; as education secretary, 217–19, 222, 230, 506–7; halts school building projects, 222; not popular with teachers, 222, 506; and higher-education policy, 223; and PMQ preparation, 242; and leaks, 273; and AV referendum, 292; Commons speech on riots, 300; and conference speech preparations, 396; as Eurosceptic, 409, 650–1; opposes EU referendum pledge, 409; and Extremism Task Force, 424–5; goes beyond brief, 445, 506; and Theresa May, 445, 507; and Syrian conflict, 451; DC moves from education (2014), 506–10; and Holocaust Commission, 535; opposes air strikes against ISIS, 543; and Scottish independence referendum, 555; and UKIP ‘defector watch’, 557–8; as justice secretary, 581; importance of referendum decision of, 650–1; attacks DC’s renegotiation deal, 656–7, 660; and EU referendum campaign, 657, 660, 664–5, 669–72, 687; personal attacks on DC, 660; experts derided by, 665, 687; and EU referendum result, 684; decides against backing Johnson, 688–9; disloyalty of, 689
Gow, Ian, 674
Grant, Hugh, 260
Grant, Mark Lyall, 279, 463
Grassroots Out, 658–9
Grayling, Chris, 10, 138, 390, 582, 655, 657
Great Ormond Street Hospital, 69–70, 378
Greece: bailouts of, 1, 325, 405, 631–2; Eurozone crisis, 1, 42, 183, 324–5, 328–9, 343, 405, 631–2; protests in Athens, 1, 130; Syriza in, 330, 514; Golden Dawn, 514; and migration crisis, 613, 616–17
Green, Damian, 50, 128
Green, Michael, 50, 81
Green Investment Bank, 214
Green Party, 563, 672, 677, 700
Greenham Common, 19
Greening, Justine, 391
Greenwood preparatory school, 16
Greig, Geordie, 667
Grey, Lady Mary, 247
Grieve, Dominic, 110, 508–9
Griffith, Anthony, 28, 29
Grybauskaitė, Dalia, 639, 641
Guinea, 485, 532
Gulf States, 147, 271, 274, 282, 343–4, 449, 606
Gummer, John, 117
Gummer, Peter, Lord Chadlington, 55
The Guns of Navarone (film), 107
Guy, Christian, 210
Gyimah, Sam, 444, 445
Haass, Richard, 310
Hacked Off, 263, 265
Hague, William: negotiates with Lib Dems, 6; at McKinsey, 32; political talents, 40–1, 52; as Lamont’s PPS, 40; on the euro, 42; as Conservative leader, 56–7, 84, 91; and EPP, 84; baseball cap, 91; at 2007 party conference, 106; fears 2007 snap election, 106; on David Davis, 110; appointed foreign secretary, 137; stance on China, 158; and Afghanistan, 163–4, 168; on Tory Party, 235; and Arab Spring, 270, 273, 278, 279, 447–8; and Syrian conflict, 270, 447–8, 450, 454, 462, 463; and Libya, 274, 278, 279; and EU, 321, 325–6, 338, 409; and rape as weapon of war, 485; and Somalia, 486; stands down at 2015 election, 505; becomes leader of the House (2014), 509; on Ukrainian crisis, 525; and Scottish independence referendum, 554–5
Haines, David, 538–9
Hall, Sir John, 586
Halliburton, 155
Halpern, David, 213
Hamas, 534, 535, 604, 606
Hammond, Philip: as defence secretary, 176, 420; as foreign secretary, 345, 509, 535, 581–2, 595; opposes equal marriage, 440
Hancock, Matt, 106, 505
Hancock, Mike, 106
Harman, Harriet, 116, 243, 590, 602, 672, 676–7
Harper, Mark, 392, 603
Harper, Stephen, 564, 581
Harrier jet, 175
Harrington, Richard, 617
Harris, Phil, 81
Harris, Robin, 35
Harrison, Rupert, 186, 433, 437, 475
Harry, Prince, 253, 379
Hastings, Max, 510
Hawking, Stephen, 675
Hayes, John, 236
Headley Court, Surrey, 176
Health and Social Care Act, 229–31
Heaney, Seamus, 310
Heath, Edward, 401, 629
Heatherdown school, 16, 20–1
Heathrow Airport, third runway, 391, 473
Helen House children’s hospice, 72
Helic, Arminka, 485
Henning, Alan, 538–9
Herbert, Nick, 138, 392–3
Hermon, Sylvia, 306
Heseltine, Michael, 36, 444, 502
Heywood, Jeremy, 40, 46, 135, 186, 210, 260, 394, 428
Hezbollah, 604
Hill, Jonathan, 518–19
Hillsborough Castle Agreement (2010), 308–9
Hilton, Steve, 2, 13, 36, 107, 253; and DC’s leadership campaign, 82, 85–6; in 2010 election team, 121–2, 125; ‘Britain is GREAT’ campaign, 381; antagonistic style, 385–6; leaves for America (2012), 385–6; and EU referendum, 675–6
Hindes, Philip, 379
Hitler, Adolf, 287
HMRC, 350
Hoare, Gwen, 12, 19–20
Hogg, Douglas, 117
Hollande, François, 342, 379, 415, 429, 456–7, 560; personality, 418–19; and Ukraine crisis, 526–7; and DC’s renegotiation, 637, 638, 640–2
Hollobone, Philip, 444
Holloway, Adam, 464–5
Holmes, Kelly, 156
Holocaust Commission in UK, 535
homosexuality: and Tory right, 61, 438; ‘Section 28’, 64, 438; and Tory modernisation, 64, 92–3, 240, 578; equal marriage, 342, 390, 438–41, 495, 560, 697; civil partnerships, 438–40, 442–3; ‘quadruple lock’ on gay marriage, 441–2; posthumous royal pardon for Turing, 443–4; Russian state-sanctioned homophobia, 523–4; Tory success with gay voters, 578
Hong Kong, 26, 27, 32, 158
Honours Committee, 692
Hood, Andy, 599
horse-racing, 372
Horta-Osorio, Antonio, 475
House of Commons: vote on bombing of Syria, xiv, 60, 461–7; DC’s gap year work at, 26; Home Affairs Select Committee, 56; leader of the opposition’s office, 88–9; Additional Cost Allowance (ACA), 115; MPs’ salaries and expenses, 115; Backbench Business Days, 239, 331, 444; Select Committee system, 239; Cu
lture, Media and Sport Select Committee, 256; public petitions debated in, 288; PM’s office, 317; Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), 423–6; approves air strikes against ISIS, 544–5, 601–4
House of Lords, 95, 139, 360–7
housing: house price boom (late 1980s), 35, 39; housing benefit, 187–8, 470–1, 474; and planning system, 349, 474; stamp duty rise (2012), 351–3; building of council homes, 471; decline in home ownership, 474; ‘Help to Buy’ scheme, 474–6, 499; lack of mortgage availability, 474–5; long-term failure over house-building, 474; Help to Buy ISA, 565; Right to Buy for housing association tenants, 569
Houston, Donald, 548
Howard, Michael, 4, 46–7, 227, 511, 673; as party leader, 62–3, 65, 76–9, 84
Howard, Nicholas, 241
Howe, Geoffrey, 35, 364
Howe, Martin, 654
Hoy, Chris, 379, 549
‘HS2’ project, 472–3
Hughes, Nicola, 694
Huhne, Chris, 293–4, 385, 396
Human Rights Act, 508
Hungary, 322, 616–17, 638, 641
Hunt, Jeremy, 128, 256, 262, 376, 391, 584
Hurd, Douglas, 33, 55
Hussain, Junaid, 598
hybrid warfare concept, 525
Icke, David, 500
immigration: and 2005 election campaign, 77; points system, 77, 672; under Labour, 181–2, 633; ‘A8’ countries join EU (2004), 322, 412, 633; and Eurozone crisis, 412–13; non-EU, 412, 585, 619, 632–3, 670; not in Bloomberg speech, 412, 633; not key to referendum pledge, 413, 633; and Syrian conflict, 447; and 2014 European elections, 512–13, 633; and EU issue, 512–13, 559–60, 619–21, 633, 658, 668–73, 674, 688, 700; in DC’s 2014 conference speech, 559–60; public concerns over, 560, 611, 632, 669–70, 702; 100,000 target, 584–5, 637, 670; DC’s second-term plans for, 584–5, 637; upsurge in (from 2012), 585, 633–4; misplaced fears over, 610, 619, 621; numbers applying for asylum, 610; Schengen system, 610, 613–14, 618–19, 635; and DC’s EU renegotiation, 632–7, 640–4, 646, 647–8; fake marriages, 632; contribution of EU workers to UK, 634; emergency brake proposal, 635–6, 646, 648; and EU referendum campaign, 658, 668–74, 688, 700
inclusion, doctrine of, 73
Independent Monitor for the Press (IMPRESS), 265
Independent Press Standards Ombudsman (IPSO), 265
India, 100, 145–7, 397, 481; and G20, 151, 153; ‘commercial diplomacy’ with, 156; Mumbai terror attack (2008), 424; DC leads trade mission to (2013), 493; DC visits Amritsar, 493
Indonesia, 397, 483, 587–8
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), 468, 478
Institute of Economic Affairs, 25
intelligence services: and National Security Council, 142, 166; and riots (2011), 298; counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland, 311; and Iran, 345; DC’s pride in, 419; foil terror plots, 419, 538, 605; surveillance, 420; and the internet, 425–6; ISC report on Rigby murder, 425–6; and Snowden revelations, 427–8; and Syrian conflict, 452, 460; DC’s ‘locate and kill’ strategy, 599–600
International Citizen Service scheme, 485
International Criminal Court, 275
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 145, 152, 437, 675; loan to Britain in 1970s, 180–1, 184, 227; criticism of DC’s policy, 434
International Olympic Committee (IOC), 355–6, 379
internet: regulation, 266–7, 426–7; online radicalisation, 422, 425–6, 605; child pornography, 426–7; Communications Data Bill, 426; counter-extremism campaigns, 426, 541, 605; hostile state/actor activity, 427; National Cyber Security Centre, 427; Investigatory Powers Bill (2015), 428
Iran, 155, 343–6, 449, 526, 600–1
Iraq: ISIS in, 467, 537–40, 542–5; as Shia-dominated state, 537–8; Ba’ath Party, 537; US supports anti-ISIS troops, 542; ISIS driven out of, 604–5; recapture of Mosul (July 2017), 604
Iraq War, 61, 162; DC on vote for, 58–60; impact of, 146, 275, 278, 280, 451–2, 458, 460–1, 462, 464–5, 467, 537, 538; Chilcot Inquiry into, 689
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 275, 308, 311
Islam, 155, 421, 422–5, 448, 596, 607; UK approach to Muslim Brotherhood, 271, 605–6; and Saudi Arabia, 272–3; Sharia Law, 425; Sunni and Shia, 448–9, 537–8; Rohingya Muslims in Burma, 492; conservative views, 597
Islamic State (ISIS): in Libya, 285; counter-extremism campaigns in UK, 427, 541; Paris terror attacks (November 2015), 429, 601–2; and Syrian conflict, 447–8, 466–7, 537, 540, 600–2; in Iraq, 467, 537–40, 542–5; as fully-fledged state, 537, 543; Britons held hostage by, 538–9; threat to UK, 538, 541; British citizens join, 539–41; attempted hostage rescue by US (July 2014), 539; beheading of hostages, 539, 544–5, 598; and Kurdish Peshmerga, 540, 542, 545, 600; anti-terror legislation updated, 541; advance into Sinjar, 542; atrocities against Yazidis, 542; UK participates in air strikes against, 543–5; and 2015 terror attacks, 595–6; DC’s ‘locate and kill’ strategy, 598–600; Sharm el-Sheikh plane bombing (2015), 601; Raqqa as capital, 602, 604–5; defeat of, 604–5; disappearance from Syria, 605; humanitarian aid for refugees from, 612
Islamist extremism: non-violent versions of, xvii, 423, 596, 597, 605; and Blair, 58–9, 541, 607; DC’s August 2005 speech, 83–4; and DC’s policy in opposition, 83–4, 110; DC’s thinking on, 83–4, 421–6, 595–607; hate preachers, 83–4, 421–3, 541, 697; Brown’s response to, 104; and detention without trial period, 110; and National Security Council, 142, 166, 168; and Erdoğan’s Turkey, 155–6; Chequers seminar on, 247; and Arab Spring, 271; Saudi Arabia as key ally against, 273; death of bin Laden, 293; Tigantourine crisis (2013), 411; Woolwich attack (2013), 418–20, 422–4, 425–6; rise of, 420–1; and human rights issues, 421; identity issues, 422; Munich Security Conference speech (2011), 422–3; online radicalisation, 422, 425–6, 605; cabinet definition of, 424–5; and Extremism Task Force, 424–5; ‘Trojan horse plot’ in Birmingham schools, 425, 507; and Syrian conflict, 447–9, 453, 455, 459, 466–7, 600–2; Britons join jihad abroad, 539–41; UK drone programme, 539, 598–601; Boko Haram kidnappings, 545–6; al-Shabab in east Africa, 546; DC’s second-term plans for, 585; Lyon terror attack (2015), 595; Tunisian terror attack (2015), 595; political aspects of, 597; DC’s ‘locate and kill’ strategy, 598–600; 2017 attacks in UK, 607
Island of Ireland Peace Park, 309
Israel, 156, 343–5, 448, 533–6
Italy, 156–7, 342, 638, 702; and Ukraine crisis, 526–7; and migration crisis, 609, 613, 616, 617, 619; rise of far right in, 619
Jack Tizard special school, 73
Jackson, Stewart, 444
Jalil, Mustafa Abdul, 274, 276
Japan, 27, 278, 587
Jardine Matheson, 26–7, 32
Javid, Sajid, 504–5, 582, 655
Jay, Robert, 261
Jenkins, Colonel Gwyn, 172
Jenkins, John, 606
Jenkins, Paul, 256
Jersey, 489
Jews, orthodox, 597
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, 67, 70
Johnson, Boris: at Oxford, 30–1; in Bullingdon Club, 31; and Duncan Smith’s PMQ team, 60–1; and DC’s leadership campaign, 80, 82; becomes mayor of London, 109; and Turkey’s EU membership, 155, 669; plays football at Chequers, 247; during 2011 riots, 299–300; blames riots on police funding cuts, 300, 302;
DC’s views on, 300, 357–8, 651–2, 654–5, 687, 689; re-elected as London mayor (2012), 357–8; jealousy and paranoia of, 357; supports EU referendum, 409; and austerity policies, 434, 437; in China (2013), 493; in political cabinet (2015), 582; referendum decision of, 650–5, 657; as Eurosceptic, 652; as One Nation Conservative, 652; motives for backing of Leave, 654–5; view on second referendum, 654; announces backing for Leave, 657; £350 million-a-week claim, 668, 674; and EU referendum campaign, 668–71, 687; Turkish heritage of, 669; and EU referendum result, 685; Gove decides against
backing, 688–9; withdraws from leadership race, 689
Johnson, Hanna, 241
Johnson, Jo, 445, 506
Johnson, Marina, 409
Jonathan, Goodluck, 545–6
Jones, April, 427
Jones, David, 313–14, 508
Jones, Joey, 130
Jones, Jonathan, 654
Jones, Ramsay, 317, 553
Jordan, 270–1, 447, 451, 453, 544, 617
Juncker, Jean-Claude, 334, 514, 629–30; DC attempts to block election of, 198–9, 515–19; as integrationist, 515; DC’s relationship with, 518, 688; and DC’s renegotiation, 637, 639, 643, 646; Chequers visit, 639; and Brexit, 686, 688
Junor, Sir John, 37–8
Jura, 314
Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels, 327–8, 337, 431, 518, 642–3
juvenile detention centres, 47
Kandahar, 164
Karzai, Hamid, 169–71
Katkhuda, Damian, 75
Kay, Peter, 573–4
Kendall, Liz, 588, 590
Kennedy, Seema, 578
Kenningham, Giles, 501
Kenny, Enda, 309–10, 320, 516, 581
Kenny, Jason, 379
Kensington and Chelsea council, 71–2
Kerry, John, 345, 454
Keswick, Tessa, 46
Keswick family, 26
Key, John, 564
Keynes, John Maynard, 358
Khan, Reyaad, 598, 600
Kiddell, Tim, 411, 535
Kidson, Michael, 24
King, Mervyn, 179, 191–3, 437
Kinnock, Neil, 39, 91, 695
Kirchner, Cristina, 153
Klaus, Václav, 119
Knapp, Bill, 127–8, 676
Korean War, 162
Korski, Daniel, 637, 645
Kurdi, Alan, 608, 615
Kurdish Peshmerga, 540, 542, 545, 600
Kuwait, 271–2
Labour Party: coalition negotiations with Lib Dems, 9–12; Blair’s political machine, 53; acceptance of market economy, 92; financing of, 95; Blair–Brown civil war, 100; 2010 election campaign, 127, 132; economic growth under, 181–2; claim to own social progress, 205; policies on poverty, 206; increased spending on public services, 217–18; NHS policy, 227–9; Ed Miliband becomes leader, 234, 291; Miliband alters media policy, 259; and AV system, 290; and nationalism in Scotland, 303–4, 314; ‘Austerity Britain’ narrative, 469–72; domestic energy price-freeze policy, 469, 470; and 2015 election, 497, 563, 565–7, 576–7, 579; Miliband’s membership reforms, 498, 589; and 2014 European elections, 511, 513; and Scottish independence referendum, 548, 552; losses in Scotland (2015), 576–7; 2015 leadership contest, 588–90; 2015 conference, 591; and vote on anti-ISIS strikes in Syria, 602–4; and EU referendum process, 624–6; and EU referendum campaign, 658, 671–3
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