For the Record

by David Cameron

  Laidlaw, Lord, 252

  Lama, Gita, 72, 74, 551

  Lamont, Norman, 42–3, 364, 403, 632; DC as spad for, 33, 40–6, 48, 49; and ERM, 33, 41, 44–5; pre-election Budget (1992), 40; post-ERM economic policy, 43–4; fall of, 44–6; and EU referendum campaign, 44, 673; personality, 44; ‘Threshergate’ affair, 45–6

  ‘Lancaster House Agreement’ with France, 148

  Landale, James, 567

  Lansley, Andrew, 10, 33, 509, 518; as health secretary, 137, 228–30, 233, 583

  Larry (Downing Street cat), 199, 693

  Latvia, 639

  Laws, David, 139, 182, 185, 240

  Lawson, Nigel, 35, 36, 41, 42, 227, 673

  Leach, Rodney, 292

  Leadsom, Andrea, 689, 690

  Leave campaign: ‘Breaking Point’ poster, 619–20, 674; initial disarray of, 658–9; toxicity, 659; Gove’s personal attacks on DC, 660; mendacity of, 660, 668–9, 687; ‘Project Fear’ accusations by, 663; problems in setting out post-EU world, 664; and emotional arguments, 667; £350 million-a-week claim, 668, 674; Gove’s claims over Turkey, 668–9; and anti-Muslim sentiment, 669, 674; Tories criticise manifesto they were elected on, 670–1; as alternative government, 671

  Leave.EU, 658–9, 674

  Lebanon, 278, 447, 617

  Lee, Ruth and Arthur, 246

  Legal, Hubert, 337

  Legend, John, 342

  Legowski, Michelle, 551

  Lehman Brothers collapse (2008), 111

  Leigh, Edward, 235–6

  Leslie, Charlotte, 364

  Letta, Enrico, 157, 516

  Letwin, Oliver, 5, 59, 138, 192, 367, 506, 575; negotiates with Lib Dems, 6; and DC’s leadership campaign, 82; in 2010 election team, 121; Covenant Reference Group, 176; influence on DC, 205; and ‘progressive conservatism’, 205; and Drug Strategy, 208; and environmental policy, 214; and phone-hacking scandal, 263–5; and AV referendum, 292; and fuel-strike preparations, 355; favours EU referendum, 404, 408; and Syrian conflict, 451; and EU referendum, 654; and EU exit plan, 684–5

  Leveson Inquiry, 250, 259–61, 359, 666–7; recommendations, 262–6; Report of (2012), 262, 266

  Li Keqiang, 160

  liberal democracy: and foreign policy objectives, 145, 146, 268–70, 272–3, 285–6; and ‘strongman’ leaders, 270, 272, 703; pragmatic foreign policy judgements, 272–3; and DC’s post-political life, 703; decline, 703

  Liberal Democrats: and 2010 election, 2, 5, 128–9; coalition negotiations, 6–12, 14–15, 288; loss of seats at 2010 election, 131; and joint Policy Unit, 135; coalition cabinet posts, 138–40; consulted over cuts, 140–1, 185–6; tuition-fee pledge (2010), 225–6, 348; and abolition of PCTs, 229–30; as coalition partners, 241; and phone-hacking scandal, 259, 263; and electoral reform, 289; and Fixed Term Parliaments Bill, 289; EU referendum policy, 321, 399–400, 700; and personal tax-free allowance, 348–50, 353–4; and mansion tax, 350–2; and Lords reform, 360–4, 366–7; Lords reform linked with boundary review, 362–7; and civil liberties lobby, 426; and Autumn Statement (2012), 432; and Tory plan for 2015 election, 497–8; and 2014 European elections, 511; and Scottish independence referendum, 550–1; and March 2015 Budget, 565; coalition ends, 568; losses in 2015 election, 577, 578, 580; and EU referendum campaign, 672. See also Clegg, Nick

  Liberia, 483, 532

  LIBOR scandal, 177

  Libya: post-Gaddafi problems in, xiv, 285–6; and Italy, 157, 175–6; and Arab Spring, 268, 271, 273–85; critics of intervention, 268, 285–6; UK response to crisis, 268, 273–86; Britain slow to evacuate citizens from, 273, 274; Muslim Brotherhood, 274; National Transitional Council (NTC), 274, 276, 283–4, 448; Gaddafi’s advance towards Benghazi, 275–80, 286; no-fly zone, 276–7; NSC(L), 276, 281–3; Paris Summit, 280; coalition war against Gaddafi, 281–5; Parliament approves intervention, 281, 461; cash sent to NTC, 282–3; Libyan Oil Cell, 282; ISIS in, 285

  Liddell-Grainger, Ian, 476

  Lisbon Treaty, 119–20, 320–2, 326, 332, 404, 514–15, 629–30

  Lit, Tony, 105

  Lithuania, 521–2, 639

  Litvinenko, Alexander, 522–3

  Live Aid, 479

  Livesey, Tim, 462

  Llewellyn, Ed, 5, 13, 200, 202, 253, 411, 418, 501, 554; negotiates with Lib Dems, 6–7, 11; in ‘CRD clique’, 36; and DC’s leadership campaign, 81; in DC’s opposition team, 99, 102, 108; and Libya, 274–5; and Eurozone crisis, 335; and 2012 reshuffle, 390, 392; and conference speech preparations, 396; and Syrian conflict, 456; and 2015 election, 576; EU renegotiation role, 637; and EU referendum, 679, 681

  Lloyd George, David, 361

  Lloyds Bank, 192

  loan sharks, 565

  Loans to Ireland Act (2010), 309

  local government: finance, 35–6, 351; Poll Tax, 35–6; ‘Section 28’, 64, 438; decentralisation and localism, 211–12, 502–3, 699; and Tory modernisation, 211–12; central government cuts, 212; council tax bands, 351; Tory base maintained under DC, 498

  Lockerbie bombing, 275

  Lockinge school, 16

  Loyau-Kennett, Ingrid, 420

  Lucas, Caroline, 563, 677

  Luff, Peter, 82

  Luxembourg, 640, 642

  Lyburn, Rosie, 195

  McDonnell, John, 621

  McGuinness, Martin, 311, 312

  McGuinness, Paddy, 419, 428

  McInnes, Mark, 548, 554

  McKinsey, 32

  Macleod, Iain, 33

  McLetchie, David, 548

  McLoughlin, Patrick, 10–11, 14, 239, 366, 694; appointed chief whip, 137; as secretary of state for transport, 386–7, 391; and equal marriage, 441; and EU referendum, 656

  Macmillan, Harold, 26, 205, 488

  Macmillan nurses, 229

  McNally, Tom, 139–40

  McVey, Esther, 505, 509

  M&C Saatchi, 566

  Maastricht Treaty (1992), 84–5, 119, 322, 334, 363, 403; UK’s single currency opt-out, 403, 632; and ‘Danish Model’, 628, 638; ‘subsidiarity’ principle, 630; and freedom of movement, 633–4

  Macedonia, 669

  Maitlis, Emily, 565

  Major, John: and DC’s coalition decision, 4; as practical Conservative, 38–9; recruits DC to PMQ team, 38; and 1992 election, 39–40; and ERM decision, 41; ‘doublespeak’ on Europe, 84; soapbox, 126; and PM’s ‘letters of last resort’, 143; outlaws disability discrimination, 205; evidence to Leveson Inquiry, 260; in Kuwait (2011), 271–2; EU opt-outs, 322, 326, 403, 632, 701; opposes Lords reform Bill, 364; and National Lottery, 375; attempted coups against, 444; and European Commission presidents, 514; and EU referendum campaign, 672–3; letter to DC after he leaves office, 701–2

  malaria, 100, 485

  Malaysia, 147, 587–8

  Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, 526–7

  malnutrition, global, 381

  Mandela, Nelson, death of (2013), 494

  Mandelson, Peter, 224, 658

  Mann, Laurence, 13, 444

  Mann, Scott, 569, 578

  Marks & Spencer, 127

  Marley, Kate, 13

  Martin, Chris, 200, 241, 590; death, 621

  Matt (Telegraph cartoonist), 248

  Maude, Francis, 34, 138, 212–13, 253, 355–6, 498, 505, 508, 583

  Maudling, Reginald, 33

  May, Theresa: supports DC’s coalition decision, 10; DC first meets, 50; as shadow home secretary, 110; as home secretary, 137, 226, 236, 298, 300–1, 419, 428, 507, 581–2; personality, 137, 445, 554; and police reform, 226, 300; 2017 general election, 289; and 2012 Olympics, 376; and Extremism Task Force, 424–5; ‘Contract for Equalities’, 439–40; and equal marriage, 439–40; mudslinging with Gove, 445, 507; ‘wide-ranging’ speech (March 2013), 445; avoidance of TV debates (2017), 563; and immigration policy, 632–3; Br
exit negotiations, 680; leadership election (2016), 686–91, 695

  mayors, elected, 36, 386, 503; referendums on, 357

  media: briefing before interviews, 34; and Norman Lamont, 45–6; DC at Carlton, 49–50, 53; Guardian Comment is Free webpage, 58, 251; and Michael Howard, 62; Paxman interviews, 87–8; television debates, 87, 127–9, 132, 563; ‘Hug a Hoodie’ speech, 96–7, 252; DC as vlogger, 102, 251; Telegraph and expenses scandal, 116–17, 240, 504; Eurosceptic press, 120, 326, 338, 665–7; Coulson and DC, 121–2, 252–4; cycle, 125–6; and election campaigns, 125–6; DC’s approach to, 250–4; press–politician relationship, 250–4, 258–63, 266; DC’s focus on broadcast media, 251; Tory press and modernisation, 252; News Corporation bid for BSkyB, 254–6, 259–60, 262; Sun switches to Tories (2009), 254; cross-media ownership rules, 255; decline of newspaper industry, 255; strong media groups as good thing, 255; regulatory failure, 257–8; poor practices by newspaper industry, 257–8; Operation Elveden, 257; statutory press regulation, 262–5; Leveson’s recommendations, 262–6; regulation of broadcasters, 263; Letwin’s Royal Charter idea, 264–5; independent self-regulatory press bodies, 265–6; and the internet, 266–7; ministers’ rules for transparency, 266; and prime-ministerial holidays, 295; and ‘Omnishambles’ Budget (2012), 353–7, 359; and Andrew Mitchell incident, 393–5; Guardian and Snowden material, 428; right-wing press and overseas aid, 480; local and regional, 501–2; RT, 525; DC’s ‘at home’ broadcast (2015), 567. See also phone-hacking scandal

  Medvedev, Dmitry, 523

  Mellor, David, 257–8

  Mercer, Johnny, 578

  Mercer, Patrick, 240

  Merkel, Angela: personality, 99–100, 148–9; political style, 99–100, 149; sense of humour, 99, 149, 247, 529–30; and Eurozone crisis, 100, 329–30, 332–6, 338–9, 342, 431; and EU budget cut (2013), 149–50, 339, 414, 415; at Toronto G20, 149, 151; and Sarkozy, 149; at Muskoka G8, 150; on European Parliament, 151; and election of Juncker, 198–9, 515–18; in Downing Street kitchen, 198–9; at Chequers, 247; and Arab Spring, 270, 279; and European Council meetings, 328; and Bloomberg speech, 413; and Syrian conflict, 449–50, 467, 614–16; ‘half-life of a Merkel promise’, 518–19; Ukrainian crisis peace initiatives, 531; ruthless streak, 581; and migration crisis, 614–16, 638; suspends Dublin Regulation for Syrians, 614–16; Palestinian girl questions, 614–15; and DC’s renegotiation, 636–8, 640–1, 644, 646, 648; on emergency brake proposal, 636, 646, 648; and February 2016 Council, 644; and EU referendum campaign, 673; and Brexit, 688

  Messina, Jim, 566, 576, 678

  Mexico, 153

  MFI, 114

  MI5, 142, 298, 419, 420, 426

  MI6, 142, 345, 419, 452

  Michel, Charles, 640

  Middle East Peace Process, 150, 155, 533–6

  Middleton, Catherine, 371, 382, 590

  migration crisis: and Libya, 285; impact on EU referendum, 447, 609–10, 619–21; and Syrian conflict, 447, 608–9, 611, 614–16; Mediterranean route, 608–10, 618; countries of origin, 608, 611–12, 615; causes of, 608, 611–12; Alan Kurdi photograph, 608, 615; Calais ‘Jungle’, 609–10; and Channel Tunnel, 609sa–11; Lampedusa sinking (2013), 609; western Balkans route, 609; DC’s policy towards, 610–20; UK as largely immune from EU failures, 610, 614, 618–20; UK exemption from Schengen, 610, 614, 618–19; arrival countries, 612–13, 616–17; EU’s Dublin Regulation, 612–16; people-smugglers, 612, 618; need to turn boats back, 612, 614, 618; EU relocation programme, 613, 617; and Merkel, 614–16, 638; Merkel suspends Dublin Regulation for Syrians, 614–15; Daily Mail on, 615; ‘Refugees Welcome’ march in London, 615; borders spring up across Europe, 616–17; Cologne incident (New Year’s Eve 2015), 616; Syrian Vulnerable Persons Scheme, 616; lesson for UK over EU membership, 618–20

  Miliband, David, 291

  Miliband, Ed: and Doncaster, 51; becomes Labour leader, 234, 291; and PMQs, 244; media policy of, 259; and phone-hacking scandal, 259–60, 263–5; and Leveson recommendations, 263–5; at royal wedding (2011), 371; and data retention powers, 428; opposes austerity policies, 435; and Syrian conflict, 462–5; qualities as leader of opposition, 462; and ‘cost-of-living crisis’, 469–72; DC more popular than, 473, 499; calls for boycott of 2013 CHOGM, 490; Labour membership reforms, 498, 589; and Palestine, 536; and air strikes against ISIS, 543–4; and Scottish independence referendum, 552; and 2015 television debates, 563, 573; and 2015 election campaign, 565–7; forgets to mention deficit (2014), 565; Scotland problem at 2015 election, 566–7; last PMQs, 568; ‘the EdStone’, 574; resigns as Labour leader, 579; magnanimous in defeat, 580

  Miller, Maria, 390, 440, 504, 509

  Mills, Nigel, 464–5

  Milton, Anne, 583

  Minckwitz, Ed de, 241

  minimum wage, 53, 468, 565, 569–70, 585–6

  Mitchell, Andrew, 55, 105, 489; as international development secretary, 137, 282–3, 387, 480–3, 486; as chief whip, 387–8, 393–5; ‘plebs’ incident, 393–6

  Mitting, Mr Justice, 395

  Modi, Narendra, 620

  Mogherini, Federica, 614

  Moldova, 521

  monarchy, 369–70; and phone-hacking scandal, 253; royal wedding (2011), 369, 371; royal finances, 370; Charles’s letters to ministers, 374–5; end of primogeniture rules, 382; and Scottish independence referendum, 547–8, 553, 555–6. See also Elizabeth II, Queen

  monetarism, 25

  monetary policy: under Lamont, 43; and public spending, 44; and financial crash, 112–13, 182; under Osborne, 150, 191–2; in Eurozone, 323, 329–30, 332–3, 431

  Montenegro, 669

  Montevarchi, 295

  Monti, Mario, 157, 342

  Monzo, 213

  Moody’s (credit ratings agency), 434

  Moore, Michael, 485

  Mordaunt, Penny, 364, 582–3, 669

  Morgan, Nicky, 504–5

  Morris, Colonel Jim, 172

  Morsi, Mohamed, 606

  Moss Side, Manchester, 124

  Mossack Fonseca leaks, 661–2

  Mossbourne Academy, Hackney, 220, 221

  Mother (creative agency), 381

  ‘Mounts of Wasing’, 25

  MRSA, 227

  Mubarak, Hosni, 269, 270–1

  Mulcaire, Glenn, 253, 256

  Mumbai terror attack (2008), 424

  Mumford & Sons, 342

  Mundell, David, 10, 582

  Munich Security Conference (2011), 422–3

  Murdoch, James, 261, 262

  Murdoch, Rupert, 251–2, 254–6, 259–61

  Murrison, Andrew, 392

  Muscat, Joseph, 595

  Muskoka, Ontario, 150–1, 168

  Muslim Brotherhood, 271, 274, 605–6

  Muslim Council of Britain, 606

  Mussolini, Benito, 287

  Myerson, Tussie, 69

  Napoleon III, Emperor, 287

  National Citizen Service (NCS), xvi, 97–8, 124, 127, 211, 570, 697

  National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, 450–1

  National Health Service (NHS): failure of flagship reforms, xiv, 233–4; and dementia, xvi, 231; targets and bureaucracy, 3–4, 92, 218, 227, 228, 233; Blair’s policies, 54, 218; Ivan and, 70; compassion and hard work in, 71, 227; navigating the system, 72–3; Tory policies at 2010 election, 125; falling budget in 1970s, 184, 227; ring-fencing of budget, 186, 228–9, 233, 668; Churchill endorses, 205; Stafford hospital scandal, 227–8; cancer survival rates, 227, 697; as ‘national religion’, 227; mixed-sex wards, 227, 230, 697; Patient Passports policy, 227; Trust Hospitals, 228–9; GP commissioning, 228; DC’s structural reforms, 229–32; ‘Foundation’ Hospitals, 229; GP purchasing role, 229; Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), 229–30; DC’s policy successes, 230–3, 697; lottery of cancer drugs, 231; and Olympic opening ceremony, 378; and Scottish independence refe
rendum, 550–1, 553; DC’s second-term plans for, 583–4, 621; pay of junior doctors, 583–4; ‘seven-day NHS’ pledge, 583–4; Leave’s £350 million-a-week claim, 668, 674

  National Lottery, 375

  National Neurology Hospital, 354

  National Security Agency (NSA), US, 345, 427–8

  National Service, 97

  National Union of Students, 224

  NationsBank, 17–18

  NATO, 54, 145, 148, 157, 168; 2 per cent allocation commitment, 174, 530, 698; and Libya intervention, 281, 283–4; and Syrian conflict, 464; and Russian Federation, 521–2, 524–6; and Ukraine crisis, 526, 529; UK hosts 2014 summit, 528–32, 698; Ismay on, 529; common standards for armed forces, 530; DC’s final summit, 690

  Nelson, Fraser, 495

  neo-conservatism in US, 59, 100, 346

  Nepal earthquake (2015), 486

  Netanyahu, Benjamin, 344, 534

  Netherlands, 336, 641; PVV in, 330

  Neville-Jones, Pauline, 142

  New Zealand, 147

  Newbury Bypass protesters, 19

  Newlove, Helen, 124

  Newmark, Brooks, 558

  News Corporation, 254–6, 259–60, 262

  News International, 251–2, 254, 256, 261–2

  Newsnight, 87–8, 389

  Newton, Robert, 34

  NICE (health regulator), 231

  Nicholson, David, 229

  Nicholson, Jim, 306

  Nicholson, Brigadier General Larry, 167

  Nigeria, 397, 486, 545–6

  Norman, Jesse, 364, 367

  Northern Ireland: republican terrorism, 275; G8 summit in (2013), 285, 455–8, 487–90, 698; and devolution, 303, 308–12, 698–9; DC’s first involvement with as leader, 304–6; New Force in, 305–6; political system, 305–6; Good Friday Agreement, 305; Orange marches, 305, 310; peace process, 305; Bloody Sunday (1972), 306–8, 698; Saville Inquiry, 306–8, 698; DC’s policy, 308–12; Hillsborough Castle Agreement (2010), 308–9; 2014 talks, 310–11; Stormont House Agreement (2014), 311; and Brexit, 312; Fresh Start Agreement (2015), 312; renewable heating scheme crisis, 312; and EU referendum, 659, 672; Major and Blair in during EU referendum, 672; votes Remain, 684; power-sharing agreement, 698