Breaking the Code

by Gyles Brandreth

  GB’s first tour 1

  GB’s first written question 1

  GB’s maiden speech 1, 2

  GB’s miserable first day 1

  GB’s question to Prime Minister 1

  Home Office questions 1

  Housing Bill 1, 2, 3, 4

  late sittings 1

  Loyal Address 1, 2

  Members’ Dining Room 1

  NHS vote 1

  Oath of Allegiance 1

  PMQs 1, 2, 3

  points of order during divisions 1

  Prime Minister’s Room 1

  Queen’s Speech debate 1

  Select Committees 1

  Standing Committees 1

  Statutory Instrument errors 1

  Statutory Instruments Standing

  Committee 1

  Strangers’ Dining Room 1

  Ten Minute Rule Bills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  voting by sick members 1, 2

  voting procedure 1

  whips’ Chamber bench duty 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  House of Lords 1

  Howard, Anthony 1

  Howard, Michael and Derek Lewis sacking 1, 2

  Environment Minister 1, 2, 3, 4

  and EU 1

  GB’s good opinion of 1

  Home Secretary 1, 2, 3, 4

  leader of Conservative Party 1, 2

  leadership ambitions 1, 2

  Maastricht Treaty 1

  visits Chester 1

  Wirral South by-election 1

  Howard, Sandra 1, 2

  Howarth, Alan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

  Howe, Geoffrey 1, 2n, 3, 4

  Howerd, Frankie 1, 2, 3

  Hudson, Christopher 1n, 2

  Hughes, Robert (Bob) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Hume, Cardinal Basil 1

  Hunt, David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Hunt, Sir Rex 1

  Hurd, Douglas business career 1

  Cabinet reshuffle 1

  and Conservative Party divisions 1

  Council QMV voting 1, 2

  and Europe 1, 2

  Foreign Secretary 1, 2

  international relations 1

  and Lamont 1

  Maastricht Bill 1, 2

  proposes Loyal Address 1, 2

  resignation 1, 2

  supports Major 1

  visit to Chester 1

  Yugoslavia 1

  Hurd, Judy 1

  Hurley, Elizabeth 1

  Hussey, Duke 1

  Ingham, Bernard 1

  Inman, John 1

  Iraq arms-to-Iraq affair 1, 2, 3

  Desert Fox campaign 1n

  see also Gulf War (1991)

  Iraq War 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Izvestia 1

  Jack, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jackson, Glenda 1, 2n, 3

  Jackson, Michael 1

  Jackson, Robert 1, 2

  James, Howell 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Jarvis, Martin 1n, 2

  Jay, Peter 1

  Al-Jazeera 1, 2, 3

  Jenkin, Bernard 1, 2, 3

  Jenkins, Roy, Lord 1

  Jenkins, Simon 1

  Jennings, Alex 1

  Jessel, Toby 1, 2

  John, Sir Elton 1

  Johnson-Smith, Geoffrey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Johnston, Brian 1, 2, 3

  Jones, John 1

  Jones, Robert 1

  Jonsson, Ulrika 1n

  Jopling, Michael 1, 2, 3

  Jordan (model) 1

  Kaletsky, Anatole 1

  Kaufman, Gerald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Keays, Sarah 1, 2

  Kellett-Bowman, Dame Elaine 1

  Kennedy, Charles 1, 2n, 3

  Kennedy, Jane 1

  Kennedy, Sarah 1

  Kerr, Sir John 1

  Keswick, Tessa 1n, 2

  Key, Robert 1

  King, Anthony 1

  King, Lord 1

  King, Tom 1

  Kingman, John 1, 2, 3

  Kinnock, Neil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Kirkbride, Julie 1, 2, 3

  Kirkwood, Archie 1, 2

  Knapman, Roger 1, 2, 3, 4

  Knight, Angela 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Knight, Dame Jill 1

  Knight, Greg 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Kynoch, George 1

  Labour Party government (1997) 1

  Laing, Christopher 1

  Lait, Jacqui 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lamont, Norman 1992 Budget 1

  1993 Budget 1

  backbencher 1, 2

  Chancellor of the Exchequer 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Conference speech (1992) 1

  and ERM crisis 1, 2, 3, 4

  and Europe 1

  and Goldsmith 1

  loses seat (1997) 1

  lunch with GB 1

  Maastricht Bill 1

  and Major 1

  PMQs 1

  and Redwood 1, 2

  reshuffle rumours 1, 2

  search for seat 1

  votes against government 1

  Lancelyn Green, Scirard and Caroline 1

  Land, Sonia 1

  Lang, Ian 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Langley, Lee 1n

  Lansley, Andrew 1

  Latimer, Clare 1

  Lawson, Nigel 1, 2

  Lee, Sir Christopher 1

  Legg, Barry 1, 2

  Leigh, Edward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lennox-Boyd, Mark 1, 2

  Leverhulme, Lord 1

  Levitt, Roger 1, 2

  Lewington, Charles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Lewis, Derek 1, 2

  Lidington, David 1n, 2, 3

  Lightbown, David 1, 2, 3

  Lilley, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8n, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  Llewellyn-Jones, Tony 1

  Lloyd, Tony 1

  Lloyd-Webber, Andrew 1, 2, 3

  London Mayor 1n, 2

  London terrorist attack 1n

  Longford, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Luff, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4

  Lumley, Joanna (Jo) 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  Lyell, Nick 1, 2

  Lynne, Liz 1, 2

  Maastricht Treaty, Danish referendum 1

  McAlpine, Alistair, Lord 1, 2

  McColl of Dulwich, Ian, Lord 1

  McDonald, Trevor 1, 2, 3n, 4

  MacGregor, John 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mackay, Andrew 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Mackay of Ardbrecknish, John, Lord 1

  McKellen, Ian 1, 2

  MacKenzie, Kelvin 1

  Mackinlay, Andrew 1n

  Maclean, David 1, 2

  Maclean, Murdo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Macleod, Iain 1, 2, 3

  McLeod, Kirsty 1n

  McLoughlin, Patrick 1

  McManus, Michael 1, 2

  MacShane, Denis 1

  Madoc, Ruth 1, 2, 3

  Mahmood, Maz 1

  Maitland, Lady Olga 1, 2, 3, 4

  Major, John 1992 election campaign 1

  affair with Edwina Currie 1n, 2

  arms-to-Iraq affair 1

  arts policy 1

  autographed bottles 1

  Back to Basics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  and BSE crisis 1

  candidates’ photographs 1

  Chancellor of the Exchequer 1

  Chequers manifesto session 1

  and Citizen’s Charter 1, 2

  Clare Latimer story 1

  divorce of Prince and Princess of Wales 1

  Downing Street lunches 1, 2

  and the economy 1

  elected prime minister 1

  and ERM crisis 1, 2, 3, 4

  Fresh Start group 1

  future reputation 1

  and GB’s jumper 1

  and Gulf War 1, 2

  honours 1n

  junior ministers’ brainstorming session 1

  leadership election 1, 2

  leadership speculation 1, 2

  leaked message over Cabinet ‘bastards’ 1

  Marginals Club tie 1

&
nbsp; in Tea Room 1

  memoirs 1

  Motion of Confidence vote 1

  PMQs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

  promises post-election interview to GB 1

  resignation 1

  Scottish Conference 1

  showfolk party 1

  solitary life 1

  and Stephen Dorrell 1, 2

  visits Chester 1

  whips’ Christmas party 1

  World Transplant Games photo call 1

  Major, Norma 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9n, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Al Maktoum, Mohammed Bin Raschid, Sheikh 1

  Malone, Gerry 1, 2

  Mandela, Nelson 1, 2

  Mandelson, Peter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Mannigham-Buller, Elizabeth 1

  Mansfield, Laurie 1

  Maples, John 1, 2n, 3

  Marginals Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Marlow, Tony 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Marr, Andrew 1, 2

  Marsh, Peter 1, 2

  Marshall, John 1

  Martin, David 1

  Martin, Paul 1

  Massow, Ivan 1

  Mates, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4

  Maude, Francis 1

  Maudling, Reginald 1, 2

  Mawhinney, Brian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

  Maxwell, Anne 1

  Maxwell, Robert 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Mayhew, Sir Patrick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Mellor, David 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17n, 18

  Melua, Katie 1

  Merchant, Piers 1, 2, 3, 4

  Messenger, Melinda 1, 2

  Meyer, Christopher 1, 2, 3

  Milburn, Alan 1

  Miliband, David 1

  Miller, Andrew 1n

  Milligan, Stephen 1992 intake group 1, 2

  colleague and friend of GB 1, 2, 3

  death 1, 2, 3

  PPS post 1

  Mills, Iain 1, 2

  Milne, Christopher 1

  Minnelli, Liza 1

  Mitchell, Andrew 1n, 2, 3n, 4

  Mitchell, Austin 1

  Mitchell, David 1

  Monckton, Rosa 1

  Montgomery, Sir Fergus 1, 2n

  Moore-Gwyn, Alison 1

  Morissey, Neil 1

  Morris, Michael 1

  Morrison, Mary 1

  Morrison, Sir Peter and Bryn Estyn children’s home 1

  ‘cottaging’ allegations 1

  death 1, 2

  GB’s predecessor as Chester MP 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  paedophilia allegations 1, 2, 3, 4

  sexuality 1, 2

  Thatcher’s view of 1

  Mowlam, Mo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Moynihan, Colin 1n, 2, 3, 4

  MPs constituency correspondence 1

  lack of career prospects following

  election loss 1

  office costs 1

  salaries 1

  travel expenses 1

  Mudie, George 1

  Muir, Frank 1

  Nabarro, Gerald 1

  Nabokov, Vladimir, Lolita 1

  Nadir, Asil 1, 2, 3

  National Heritage Select Committee 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  National Playing Fields Association (NPFA) Anneka’s playground 1

  Buckingham Palace awards 1

  centenary dinner 1

  fund-raising events 1, 2n, 3

  John Arlott Memorial Trust 1

  Nelson, Anthony 1, 2, 3

  Newton, Tony 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

  Nicholls, Graham 1

  Nicholls, Patrick 1, 2

  Nichols, Beverley 1

  Nicholson, Emma 1, 2, 3

  Nicolson, Harold 1

  Nighy, Bill 1, 2

  Nimmo, Derek 1n

  Nixon, Richard 1, 2

  Noll, Jenny (GB’s personal assistant) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Norden, Denis 1

  Norris, Steven 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Northern Ireland 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  Nott, John 1

  No. 10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27n, 28n, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

  Oakes, Gordon 1

  Oakley, Robin 1

  Oborne, Peter 1

  Ogilvy, Sir Angus 1

  Oliver, Jamie 1

  Olympic Games 1

  Onassis, Aristotle 1, 2

  Onslow, Cranley 1, 2, 3

  Oppenheim, Philip 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Osborne, George 1

  O’Shaughnessy, Nicholas 1

  Ottaway, Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Owen, David 1

  Owen, Nick 1n

  paedophilia

  allegations against Peter Morrison 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Colet Court 1

  GB’s experience at school 1

  Lolita 1

  North Wales child abuse inquiry 1

  rumours of Westminster paedophile ring 1, 2, 3

  Page, Richard 1

  Page, Sir John 1

  Paice, James 1, 2

  Paisley, Ian 1, 2

  Parker-Bowles, Camilla see Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

  Parkin, Molly 1

  Parkinson, Cecil, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5

  Parliament, State Opening 1, 2

  Parris, Matthew 1

  Parry-Jones, David 1

  Patnick, Irvine 1

  Patten, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Patten, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Pawsey, Jim 1

  Peacock, Elizabeth 1, 2, 3

  Pendry, Tom 1

  Perriam, Wendy 1

  Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh (HRH) birthday lunch 1, 2, 3

  and Chester Inner City Village Hall 1, 2

  GB’s obituary contribution 1

  Philip & Elizabeth 1n

  Princess Diana’s funeral 1

  visit to Chester (1992) 1

  Phillips, Hayden 1n, 2, 3, 4

  Pickering, David 1

  Pinter, Harold 1

  Pitt, William 1

  Platell, Amanda 1

  Porter, Barry 1, 2, 3, 4

  Porter, Dame Shirley 1, 2, 3

  Portillo, Michael admits homosexual experiences 1n

  anniversary party 1

  at Conrad Black’s party 1

  Enfield constituency 1

  and Finance Bill 1

  Southampton speech 1

  Powell, William 1

  Prescott, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

  Price, Joan 1

  Primarolo, Dawn 1

  Profumo, Lord 1, 2, 3

  Puttnam, Sir David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Q Committee 1, 2

  Quick, Diana 1

  Quinn, Kimberley 1

  Raglan, Lord 1

  Railways Bill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Redhead, Brian 1

  Redmond, Martin 1

  Redwood, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Rees-Mogg, William 1, 2

  Renton of Mount Harry, Tim, Lord 1, 2

  Rhodes James, Robert 1

  Rice, Anneka 1, 2, 3

  Rice, Condoleezza 1

  Rice, Tim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Richard, Cliff 1

  Richards, Rod 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Richardson, Sir Ralph 1

  Richmond, Theo 1n

  Riddick, Graham 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ridley, Nicholas 1

  Rifkind, Malcolm 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

  Robertson, George 1

  Robertson, Raymond 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5

  Robinson, Anne 1

  Robinson, Bill 1

  Robinson, Mark 1

  Rosebery, Earl of 1

  Ross, Ernie 1

&
nbsp; Rowe, Andrew 1, 2, 3, 4

  Rowlands, Ted 1

  Rowlandson, Sue 1

  Ruffley, David 1n, 2

  Rumbold, Angela 1, 2

  Runcie, Robert, Lord 1

  Russell, Christine 1

  Ryder, Richard (Chief Whip) 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Rylance, Mark 1, 2

  Sabin, Di (constituency secretary) 1

  Sackville, Tom 1n, 2, 3

  Sainsbury, David 1

  Sainsbury, Susie, Lady 1

  Sainsbury, Tim 1, 2

  St John of Fawsley, Lord 1n, 2, 3

  St Paul’s school 1n, 2

  Sanders, Colin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Sanders, Rosie 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sarah, Duchess of York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Scotland, Stone of Scone 1

  Scott inquiry 1, 2, 3

  Searle, Jean 1

  Senior, David 1

  Sergeant, John 1, 2

  Sewell, Brian 1

  Shakespeare, William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Shanklin, John 1, 2

  Shaw, David 1

  Shaw, George Bernard 1

  Shephard, Gillian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Shepherd, Bill 1, 2

  Shepherd, David 1

  Shepherd, Peter 1

  Shepherd, Richard 1

  Shore, Peter 1

  Short, Clare 1n, 2n, 3, 4

  Short, Richard 1

  Sinden, Donald 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Skeet, Sir Trevor 1

  Skeet, Trevor 1

  Skinner, Dennis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Sleep, Wayne 1, 2

  Smith, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4

  Smith, Delia 1

  Smith, F. E. 1, 2, 3, 4

  Smith, Jacqui 1

  Smith, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

  Smith, Mandy 1

  Smith Square farewell 1

  Smith, Tim 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Soames, Nicholas 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Sopel, Jon 1

  Spearing, Nigel 1n

  Spencer, Charles, 1th Earl 2

  Spicer, Jim 1, 2

  Spicer, Michael 1

  Spring, Richard 1, 2

  Sproat, Iain 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

  Stacey, Sarah 1n

  Standing, Sarah 1

  Stanley, Sir John 1

  Steen, Antony 1

  Steven, Stewart 1

  Stevens, Jocelyn 1, 2

  Stevens, Nicky 1

  Stevenson, Juliet 1

  Stevenson, Sir Melford 1

  Stewart, Allan 1, 2, 3

  Stewart, Ed 1

  Stewart, Lt Col Bob 1, 2