Romania, 277, 322
Rome, Treaty of (1957), 401, 629, 638, 645
Rosindell, Andrew, 246
Rothermere, Lord, 253–4, 666–7
Rowling, J.K., 260
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), 111–12, 192
Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press, 265
Royal Mail privatisation, 473
Royal Navy, 610
Rudd, Amber, 582
Ruffley, David, 46
Rugby school, 217
Rupo, Elio Di, 443
Rusbridger, Alan, 428
Russian Federation: invasion of Georgia, 101, 521, 531; and 2018 World Cup, 160–1; Chequers seminar on, 247; and Libya intervention, 279; cyberattacks on UK, 427; support for Assad, 449–50, 454–5, 458, 461–2, 466, 528, 600–1; poverty in, 481; invasion of Ukraine (2014), 520–2, 524–8, 530–1; customs union, 521–2; Litvinenko murder (2006), 522–3; state-sanctioned homophobia, 523–4; Medvedev as president, 523; sanctions against, 523, 527; meddling in foreign elections, 528; micro acts of aggression, 528; Salisbury poisonings, 528; intervention in Syria (2015), 600–1. See also Putin, Vladimir
Rutherford, Greg, 380
Rutte, Mark, 336, 413, 516–18, 581, 641, 673
Rwanda, 105, 146
Rycroft, Theo, 599
Saakashvili, Mikheil, 101
Saatchi, Maurice, 78
Saddam Hussein, 58–60, 271–2, 459, 537
Sainsbury’s, 127
St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, 61, 69–70, 72, 108
St Nicholas church, Chadlington, 75, 441
St Stephen’s Club, Westminster, 5–6, 116
Salisbury poisonings, 528
Salmond, Alex, 317–19, 550, 554–6, 566
Salter-Church, Michael, 439, 443, 501
Salvation Army, 123
Samaras, Antonis, 517–18
Sangin (Helmand), 163–4, 166–7, 171
Sargsyan, Serzh, 522
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 99, 147–50, 155, 328; compassion of, 202–3; and Arab Spring, 270, 275, 277, 279–81; and Libya, 275, 277, 279–81, 284; and Eurozone crisis, 330, 333–4, 336, 338; and Syrian conflict, 449–50
Saudi Arabia, 152, 272–3, 450–1, 544, 598
Saville Inquiry, 306–8, 698
Sawers, John, 452
Schlumberger, Marie Helene, 29
Scholar, Tom, 637
School Direct programme, 221
Schulz, Martin, 514, 515–16, 639
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 131
Scotland: devolution, 53, 314–17, 556; nationalism in, 234, 303, 314–15; Labour and nationalism, 303–4, 314; DC’s policy, 314–19, 699; Conservative revival in, 315–16, 557, 578; independence referendum issue, 315–19; and modern conservatism, 316; Scotland Act (2012), 316; Barnett formula, 553; ‘West Lothian question’, 555; votes Remain, 684–5. See also referendum on Scottish independence (2014); Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party (SNP), 234, 303; growing popularity of, 314–15; Scottish Parliament election (2011), 315; motives over independence referendum, 316–19; governing, 556; and 2015 election, 564, 566–7, 576–7; and military action, 602; and EU referendum process, 626; and EU referendum result, 684
Scottish Widows, 552–3
Second World War, 370, 401, 523, 676; sixty-fifth anniversary of VE Day, 7; Arctic convoy veterans, 456; seventieth anniversary of D-Day landings, 530–1; seventieth anniversary of VE Day, 580; Battle of Britain commemoration, 590
security, personal: personal protection teams, 126; Special Escort Group, 136; on prime-ministerial holidays, 294
security issues: National Security Council (NSC), xvii, 142, 166, 168, 174, 276, 390, 450, 456, 486, 541–2, 546; US drone programme, 100, 598–9; and Afghanistan, 142; UK drone programme, 175, 539, 598–601; Saudi Arabia as key ally, 273; counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland, 311; and 2012 Olympics, 376–7; and Syrian conflict, 449–50; role of NATO, 530; anti-terror legislation, 541; and Channel Tunnel, 609–11. See also intelligence services
Seddon, Nick, 231
Sendorek, Alan (‘Senders’), 121, 500, 572
Serbia, 609, 617, 669
Shaftesbury, Lord, 205
Shakespeare, William, 687
Shale, Christopher, 55
Shama, Alok, 156
Shapps, Grant, 391, 498
Sharp, Tia, 427
Sheffield, Sir Reginald, 51
Shooting Star children’s hospice, 72
Shouesmith, Kate, 195
Sierra Leone, 172, 484–5, 532
Simmonds, Ellie, 380–1
Sinclair, Peter, 31
Singapore, 147, 587–8
Singh, Manmohan, 156
Sinn Féin, 303, 308–12
Sirisena, Maithripala, 492
Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, 483
Sky News, 255
Slough, 659
Smith, Adam, 205
Smith, Jacqui, 116
Smith, John, death of, 47
Smythe, Diane, 70
Smythson (Bond Street store), 66, 195
Snow, Dan, 677
Snowden, Edward, 427–8, 523
Soames, Nicholas, 82, 184, 321
Sochi Winter Olympics (2014), 454–5
social care, 71–2, 97, 189, 230, 585; dementia patients, 231; crisis in, 233; failure to cap individual costs, 367–8
‘social entrepreneurs’, 123–4, 211
Social Impact Bonds, 211
social media, 268, 297, 425–6
Sócrates, José, 328
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 27
Somalia, 485–6, 690
Somerset Levels, 476
Soubry, Anna, 505, 509, 583
South Africa, 494
South America, 147, 153
South Korea, 156
South Sudan, 481
Soviet Union, 19, 27–9, 591; war in Afghanistan, 168–9
Spain, 42, 324, 328, 330
Spearman, Isabel, 195
Special-needs education, 73
Spelman, Caroline, 192–3, 253, 388–9
Spence, Julia, 576
Spencer, Michael, 692
The Spirit of Chartwell (royal barge), 375
Sri Lanka, 490–2
Stafford hospital scandal, 227–8
Stedman-Scott, Debbie, 123
Steen, Anthony, 117
Stephenson, Sir Paul, 260
Stevens, Christopher, 285
Stewart, Bob, 308
Stirrup, Sir Jock, 172
stock market crash (1987), 32
Stone, Clive, 231
Storey, Sarah, 380
Stowell, Tina, 505, 509
Strathclyde, Tom, 139
Straujuma, Laimdota, 639
Straw, Will, 658
Strictly Come Dancing, 150, 245
Stronger In, 658, 672–3. See also Remain campaign
Stuart, Gisela, 657
Sturgeon, Nicola, 318–19, 569, 684
Sudan, 100–1
Sugg, Liz, 13, 199, 202, 489, 552, 691, 694; and DC’s leadership campaign, 82, 87; in 2010 election team, 122; and open-water swimming, 150–1; and regional tours, 500; in 2015 election team, 572–4; EU renegotiation role, 637; and EU referendum, 658, 677, 681; and DC’s departure from Downing Street, 693
Supreme Court, 653
Svalbard, Norway, 90–1
‘Swampy’ (ecological activist), 19
Swayne, Major Desmond (‘Dessie’), 235–6, 240, 357, 440–1, 444
Sweden, 334, 351, 560, 619
Swire, Hugo, 80, 82, 692
Syrian conflict: parliamentary vote on, xiv, 60, 461–6, 467; and Arab Spring, 270–2, 447–8; impact on neighbouring countries, 447, 453; and
ISIS, 447–8, 466–7, 537, 540, 600–2; and Islamist extremism, 447–9, 453, 455, 459, 466–7, 600–2; refugee crisis, 447, 449, 453, 611; scale and brutality, 447; Assad’s obduracy, 448–9, 453–4, 600, 608–9, 611, 614–16; opposition forces, 448–51, 453, 455–7, 459; divided opposition, 448; DC’s policy on, 449–67; cabinet divisions over, 451–2; Whitehall nervousness over, 452–3; Geneva peace process, 454–5; EU arms embargo (May 2011), 456–7; and UK public opinion, 457, 465–6; Ghouta chemical attack, 459–66; perils of non-intervention, 467, 600–1; UK’s humanitarian activity, 467, 611, 617–18; Russian intervention (2015), 600–1. See also al-Assad, Bashar
Taliban, 142, 154, 164–7, 170, 177, 543; as legitimate target, 58, 162–3, 598; talking to, 155, 169, 171; brutality of, 162; and Pakistan, 169, 598–9; partial comeback, 171
Tamil Tigers, 490, 491
taxation: and coalition negotiations, 6, 8; inheritance tax, 8, 106, 673; local, 35–6; and 1992 election campaign, 39–40; Lamont’s policies, 43–4; VAT on domestic heating bills, 43–4; Blair’s policies, 53–4; Brown abolishes 10p rate, 109; DC opposes temporary cut in VAT (2008), 113; coalition policies, 141, 184–6, 348–54, 356–9, 437; personal tax-free allowance, 141, 348–50, 353–4, 432, 436, 468, 559, 565, 569–70; revenues from financial services, 181–2; corporation tax, 183, 348, 436; increases due to austerity policy, 184–5; Capital Gains Tax, 185; VAT increase, 185; Brown’s tax credits, 187–8, 206, 586; Marriage Allowance proposal, 209; Brown’s top-rate increase, 348–9; Osborne cuts top rate (2012), 349–50, 353–4, 358–9, 437; of sugar/fizzy drinks, 349; ‘mansion tax’, 350–2; stamp duty, 351–3; VAT anomalies, 352–3; age-related allowance, 352–3, 358; relief on charitable giving, 356–8; 2013 Budget, 436; avoidance and evasion, 436, 487–9; National Insurance contributions, 436; beneficial ownership registers, 489; Tory promises at 2015 election, 559; and March 2015 Budget, 565; DC rules out VAT rise (2015), 568; Mossack Fonseca leaks, 661–2; DC’s policy successes, 696–7
Taxpayers’ Alliance, 292
Taylor, Charlie, 300–1
Taylor, Ian, 282, 548
teacher training, 221
TeachFirst scheme, 221
technical training, 223, 224
television debates, 127–9, 563; 2010 general election, 127–9, 132; 2015 general election, 563–4, 569, 573
Temer, Michel, 381
terrorism: need for lethal force against, 154, 599–600; improvised explosive devices, 167; Irish republican, 275, 308; Tigantourine crisis (2013), 411; Woolwich attack (2013), 418–20, 422–6; Lyon attack (2015), 595; Tunisia attack (2015), 595; DC’s ‘locate and kill’ strategy, 598–600; DC’s policy successes, 697. See also Islamic State (ISIS)
Thaler, Richard, 213
Thatcher, Margaret: has no regrets, xiv; influence of, 25–6, 181, 416; Bruges speech (1988), 35, 402; fall of, 35–7, 235; high-water mark of, 35; DC’s assessment of, 36–7, 416–17; mythology of, 37; and ERM decision, 41, 84; and EPP, 84; as best-briefed person in the room, 99; Brown hosts at Downing Street, 106; 1979 election victory, 121, 132–3; study at Downing Street, 135, 196–7, 488, 678–9; sleeping patterns of, 200; and climate change, 205; Assisted Places Scheme, 219; City Technology Colleges, 220; NHS policy, 228–9; and Select Committee system, 239; opposes referendums, 287; EU rebate, 326; attitude to EU during late premiership, 402–3; death of (2013), 415–17; state funeral of, 416–17; on mid-term poll leads, 434; ‘no alternative’ line, 435–6; and Heseltine, 444; rejects Royal Mail privatisation, 473; and 1989 European elections, 511; and European Commission presidents, 514; Brighton bombing, 589; and single market, 630; and EU rebate, 701
The Thick of It (television show), 347
Thiepval Memorial, 687
Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, 516
Threads (docudrama), 19
‘Threshergate’ affair, 45–6
Tigantourine gas facility crisis (2013), 411
Timpson, Ed, 109–10, 209–10
Todd, Laurence, 645
Tomorrow’s People (employment charity), 123
Tottenham riots (2011), 296–7, 301–2
Trade Facilitation Agreement (2014), 153
trade union reforms, 54, 239
Trades Union Congress (TUC), 675
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 488
Trans-Siberian Railway, 27–9
Treliske Hospital, Truro, 194–5
Tricky (rapper), 49
Trident, 12, 129, 142–3, 177, 695, 699
Troubled Families programme, 210–11
Trump, Donald: populism not patented by, 206; unhelpful comments on Islamist terror, 596; bluster/boasting over ISIS, 604; secures Republican nomination, 690
Truong Tán Sang, 588
Truss, Liz, 505, 509; and EU referendum, 655
Tunisia, 268–70, 273; terror attack (June 2015), 595
Turing, Alan, 443–4
Turkey, 150, 153, 155–6, 606; EU membership issue, 155–6, 668–9; and Syrian conflict, 447, 451, 540; and migration crisis, 608–9, 613, 617–619
Tusk, Donald, 637, 642–5
Tyne Cot Cemetery (near Ypres), 309
Typhoon fighter jet, 176, 178, 281, 528–9, 659
Ugandan Asians, 615, 634
UKIP, 234, 399, 406–7, 443, 560–1, 700; and 2014 European elections, 407, 511–14, 633; ‘fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists’ comment, 512; as haven for the unsavoury, 512; Reckless defects to, 557–8, 560; Carswell defects to, 557, 560; Carswell wins Clacton by-election, 560; and 2015 election, 563, 578, 579; conflates migration and asylum, 619
Ukraine: Russian invasion of (2014), 520–2, 524–8, 530–1; Yanukovych in, 521–2, 524; Maidan Square protests (2013), 522; Donbass region, 524, 527; Malaysian Airlines plane shot down, 526–7; peace initiatives, 530–1; Minsk Protocol and Minsk II, 531; need for continuing support, 531
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 305–6, 308–9
Umubano, Project (Rwanda), 105
United Arab Emirates, 270, 284, 450–1, 544, 606
United Nations (UN): 0.7 per cent aid target, xvi, 186, 467, 480, 485–6, 530, 532–3, 618, 689–90; Saddam’s contempt for, 58; Britain’s permanent membership of Security Council, 145, 148; and China, 158; resolution 1970 on Libya, 275; resolution 1973 on Libya, 277–9; and post-Gaddafi Libya, 285–6; and Iran, 345; and Syrian conflict, 450, 455, 457, 460–3; Millennium Development Goals, 482–3; DC co-chairs panel on global development goals, 482–4; Human Rights Council, 492; and Ukraine crisis, 526; DC at General Assembly (September 2014), 555–6; Security Council resolution on ISIS, 602; UNHCR, 616; Climate Change Conference (Paris, 2015), 621
United States of America: neo-conservatism in, 59, 100, 346; ‘special relationship’ with UK, 59–60, 100, 145–7, 340–2, 466; drone programme, 100, 598–9; subprime mortgage crisis, 110–11; Troubled Asset Relief Program, 112; and Labour foreign policy, 145; and ‘global imbalances’, 152; DC’s first trip as PM, 153–5; and Doha Round, 153; and DC’s efforts over Afghanistan, 171; and Libya intervention, 276–7, 279–81; budget deficit, 296; DC’s ‘state visit’ to (2012), 340–4; and Iran, 343–6; and Syrian conflict, 451, 453–4, 457–8, 460–2, 466–7, 601; TTIP deal with EU, 488; sanctions against Russia, 523; Russian meddling in 2016 election, 528; attempted hostage rescue (July 2014), 539; supports anti-ISIS troops in Iraq, 542; and AIIB, 587
Universal Credit concept, 188, 389, 583
universities, UK: tuition fees, 37, 222, 224–6, 348, 473; global importance of, 145; Chinese students at, 158; DC’s reforms, 222–6, 697; protests against tuition fees, 222, 225–6; rising student numbers, 222–4, 697; knowledge economy, 223; and Islamist extremism, 424–5
University College London, 382
Uppal, Paul, 156
Urbium, 88
Vaizey, Ed, 36, 63, 82
Van Rompuy, Herman, 277–8, 320, 336, 342, 515,
517, 526
Vara, Shailesh, 156
Varney, Martha, 500
Vatican, 150
Vauxhall plant, Ellesmere Port, 659–60
Venezuela, 481
Vickers Review, 190
Victoria and Albert Museum, 382
Vietnam, 588
Viggers, Peter, 82, 117
Villiers, Theresa, 10, 138, 236, 310–12, 390, 655
Vine, Sarah, 506, 510, 650
‘Visegrad Group’, 638–9, 642–4
voluntary activity and philanthropy, 98, 124, 195, 211, 533, 538; Project Umubano (Rwanda), 105; tax relief on charitable giving, 356–7, 358; and 2012 Olympics, 376, 381; International Citizen Service scheme, 485
voluntary sector, 207–8
Vote Leave, 657–9
Wade, Rebekah (Rebekah Brooks), 251, 254, 259–61, 265–6
Wadebridge (Cornwall), 569
Walcott, Joe, 55
Wales, 303, 304; devolution, 53, 313–15, 699; DC’s policy on, 313–15; referendum (3 March 2011), 313; St David’s Day Agreement (2015), 313; Gillan removed as Welsh secretary, 389; hosts 2014 NATO summit, 528–32, 698; Tory gains in 2015 election, 577–8
Wall Street Crash (1929), 112–13
Wallis, Neil, 260
Walpole, Robert, 196
Warsi, Sayeeda, 138, 390, 536
Waterfield, Peter, 379
Watson, Mando, 70
Waugh, Evelyn, 30
Wealden (East Sussex), 54
‘WebCameron’ videos, 102
Weber, Manfred, 519, 637
Wei, Nat, 124
Welby, Justin, 442, 546
welfare system: discourages work, 3, 123, 181, 188, 206, 585; Blair’s policies, 54, 181–2, 206; ‘social entrepreneurs’, 123–4, 211; and ‘big state’, 123; tax credits, 187–8, 206, 586; and austerity policies, 187–9, 470; housing benefit, 187–8, 470–1, 474; sanctions, 207; Work Programme, 207; ‘bedroom tax’, 470–1, 474; cuts in 2015 manifesto, 585–6; DC’s second-term plans for, 585; and EU freedom of movement, 633–9, 641–4, 647; non-contributory benefits system, 634, 636–7; and DC’s EU renegotiation, 636–9, 641–4, 647–9
Wellcome Trust, 233
Wen Jiabao, 160
WePROTECT, 427
Werritty, Adam, 176
West Coast Mainline, 472–3
West Ham United FC, 571–2
Westlake, Sheridan, 212
When the Wind Blows (animation), 19
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