Power Trip

by McBride, Damian

  Connaughton, Sue 1

  Conservative Party 1

  Cook, Robin 1, 2

  Cooper, Yvette 1, 2

  Corry, Don 1, 2

  Coulson, Andy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Cowell, Simon 1

  Cracknell, James ‘Crackers’ 1, 2

  Craig, Jon 1

  Crerar, Pippa 1

  Crewe and Nantwich by-election 1

  cricket 1

  Crowley, Julie 1

  Cunliffe, Jon 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dacre, Paul 1, 2

  Daily Mail campaign on fuel duty 1

  DMcB leaks story on Queen Mother’s statue 1

  Gordon Brown’s 2005 visit to Africa 1

  meeting with Gordon Brown 1

  Daily Telegraph DMcB quoted on front page 1

  DMcB leaks stories on Blairites 1

  expenses scandal 1

  Red Rag emails 1

  Dale, Iain 1, 2

  Darling, Alistair and VAT reform 1, 2

  and 2008 Budget 1

  and 2008 PBR 1

  coup attempt against Gordon Brown 1, 2

  and abolition of 10p tax rate 1

  interview in The Guardian 1

  believes DMcB briefed against 1

  Darling, Maggie 1

  Daughton, Stephen 1

  Davis, David 1

  Dawtrey, Alex 1

  Dean, Howard 1

  Deng, Wendy 1

  De Piero, Gloria 1, 2, 3

  Desai, Sumeet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Desmond, Richard 1

  Dipple, Jo 1, 2, 3

  Dobbie, Peter 1, 2

  Dole, Bob 1

  Dorries, Nadine 1

  Draper, Derek 1, 2, 3, 4

  Duffy 1

  Dugher, Michael 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dunwoody, Gwyneth 1

  Eagle, Angela 1

  Ealing Southall by-election 1

  Ejaz, Shazia 1

  Elizabeth II, Queen 1, 2, 3

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

  Elliott, Larry 1, 2, 3

  End of the Party, The (Rawnsley) 1

  Etchingham, Julie 1

  Etheridge, Helen 1, 2

  Eucharia, Sister 1

  European Union Gordon Brown’s view of 1

  VAT harmonisation in 1

  budget negotiations 1, 2

  Evening Standard reports on Budgets 1, 2

  reports on 2013 Budget 1

  on overseas trips 1

  at Beijing Olympics 1

  and Sarah Brown 1

  expenses scandal 1

  Ferguson, Sir Alex 1

  Field, Steve 1, 2

  Finance Bill committee 1

  financial crisis (2008) 1, 2

  Financial Times, The 1, 2

  Finchley Catholic High School 1, 2

  Fletcher, Tom 1

  Flint, Caroline 1

  Flintoff, Freddie 1

  foot-and-mouth outbreak 1

  football 1

  Forsyth, Bruce 1

  Freight Transport Association (FTA) 1, 2

  Freud, Matthew 1

  Frizzell, Martin 1

  fuel duty campaign (2000) 1

  Gallagher, Tony 1

  Geldof, Bob 1

  Gerrard, Paul 1

  Gibbs, Alex (Gibbsy) 1, 2, 3, 4

  Gieve, John 1

  Gingrich, Newt 1

  Glackin, Anthony 1, 2, 3

  Glasgow East by-election 1

  Glover, Stephen 1

  GMTV 1, 2

  Goring, Dawn 1, 2, 3, 4

  Gould, Philip 1, 2

  Granita restaurant summit 1

  Graves, Malcolm 1

  Gray, Jean-Christophe 1

  Gray, Sue 1

  Greenberg, Stan 1, 2

  grid system 1, 2

  Guardian, The 1 interview with Gordon Brown 1

  on Tony Blair’s announcement on third term 1, 2

  NHS constitution story 1

  interview with Alistair Darling 1

  David Miliband article in 1

  Hague, William 1

  Hain, Peter 1

  Hall, Rebecca 1, 2

  Hands, Emily 1

  Harman, Harriet 1, 2, 3

  Heffer, Simon 1

  Hennessy, Paddy 1

  Hewitt, Patricia 1, 2

  Heywood, Jeremy 1, 2

  Hill, Peter 1

  Hilton, Steve 1, 2, 3

  Hinsliff, Gaby 1

  Hinton, Les 1

  HM Customs & Excise DMcB works at 1, 2, 3

  DMcB returns to 1

  loss of child benefit database discs 1

  Hoare, Kevin 1

  Hodgson, Roy 1

  Hogan, Dave 1

  Holmes, Eamonn 1

  Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) 1, 2

  honours system 1

  Hoon, Geoff 1, 2, 3

  Howard, Michael 1

  Hoy, Chris 1

  Hughes, Beverley 1

  Humphrys, John 1

  Hutton, John 1

  Independent, The 1

  India 1

  international development 1

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gordon Brown at meetings 1, 2, 3, 4

  choosing managing director for 1

  Gordon Brown as possible managing director 1

  Izzet, Balshen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Jack, Ian 1

  Jacobs, Michael 1

  James, Howell 1

  Jay, Tabitha 1

  Johnson, Alan 1, 2, 3

  Johnson, Boris 1, 2, 3

  Johnston, Leeanne 1, 2

  Jolie, Angelina 1

  Jones, Sir Digby 1

  Jowell, Tessa 1

  Kavanagh, Trevor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Kearney, Martha 1, 2

  Kelly, Gavin 1, 2

  Kelly, Ruth 1, 2

  Kerry, John 1, 2, 3

  Keseru, Charles 1

  King, Mervyn 1, 2

  Kinnock, Neil 1

  Kinnock, Rachel 1

  Kissack, Paul 1

  Lambert, Paul 1

  Lamont, Norman 1

  leaks 1, 2

  Leggett, Andy 1

  Lemierre, Jean 1, 2

  Lewis, Ivan 1

  Lewis, Simon 1

  Lit, Tony 1

  ‘Live Aid II’ concert 1

  Livingstone, Ken 1, 2

  Loughran, Patrick 1

  Lyons, Jamie 1

  McAllister, Ruth 1

  McBride, Barbara 1, 2

  McBride, Damian at Cambridge University 1

  takes entrance exam for civil service 1

  works at HM Customs & Excise 1, 2, 3

  seconded to Treasury 1

  works on fuel duty 1

  works on VAT 1

  works on betting duty 1, 2

  leaks stories on royal family 1

  alcohol consumption 1

  in House of Commons 1

  role in Budget preparations 1, 2

  returns to HM Customs & Excise 1

  becomes Head of Communications at Treasury 1

  first front-page newspaper appearance 1

  Ed Balls anger with over leak 1

  breaking bad news to Gordon Brown 1

  Budget briefings 1

  and Gordon Brown interviews 1, 2

  on ‘dirty’ stories 1

  approached by secret service 1

  vetted by secret service 1

  at 2004 G7 conference 1

  visits to Washington 1

  and European Union 1, 2, 3

  ‘lead in pencil’ comment 1

  and international development issues 1, 2

  and honours system 1, 2

  leaks documents on ‘Black Wednesday’ 1

  becomes Gordon Brown’s political press adviser 1, 2

  during 2005 general election campaign 1

  role in Blair/Brown relationship 1, 2, 3

  attacks on Conservative Party 1, 2, 3, 4

  on overseas trips 1

  and Gordon Brown’
s love of football 1, 2, 3

  and Gordon Brown on cricket 1

  at 2005 party conference 1

  role in Mail on Sunday story on Cherie Booth 1

  at 2006 party conference 1

  at 2008 party conference 1

  role in Ruth Kelly’s resignation 1

  role in Fraser Brown story 1

  and 2006 attempt to force Tony Blair’s resignation 1, 2

  and coup attempts against Gordon Brown 1, 2

  and Celebrity Big Brother controversy 1

  at close of Beijing Olympics 1

  role in Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister 1

  during Gordon Brown’s early days as Prime Minister 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  relationship with journalists 1

  and Gordon Brown’s first holiday as Prime Minister 1, 2

  and foot-and-mouth outbreak 1, 2

  at Bush/Brown meeting 1

  role in Thatcher’s invitation to Downing Street 1

  and decision not to call 2007 general election 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  accused of briefing against Ed Miliband and Douglas Alexander 1

  problems after general election decision 1

  and Gordon Brown’s ‘new people’ 1, 2, 3, 4

  works on local and by-elections 1, 2, 3

  describes work at Downing Street 1

  and Alistair Darling’s interview in The Guardian 1, 2, 3

  accused of briefing against Alistair Darling 1

  reacts to David Miliband challenge 1

  role in Gordon Brown’s reshuffles 1, 2

  becomes Head of Strategy 1

  and Red Rag emails 1

  resignation over Red Rag emails 1

  aftermath to resignation 1

  defamation proceedings from Nadine Dorries 1

  works at Finchley Catholic High School 1, 2

  works at CAFOD 1

  on working with Gordon Brown 1

  McCaffrey, Julie 1

  McCain, John 1

  McCreevy, Charlie 1

  McDonnell, John 1

  McGuinness, Martin 1

  Macintyre, James 1

  McKenna, Seamus 1

  Mackenzie, Suzie 1

  Macleod, Catherine 1

  McNeill, Kirsty 1

  McNulty, Tony 1

  Macpherson, Nick 1

  Mail on Sunday interview with Gordon Brown 1, 2

  story on Cherie Booth 1

  Major, Sir John 1, 2

  Mandela, Nelson 1

  Mandelson, Peter 1, 2, 3

  Mardell, Mark 1

  Marr, Andrew 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Martin, Chris 1, 2

  Martin, David 1

  Martin, Iain 1

  Martin, Katie 1, 2

  Mattinson, Deborah 1, 2, 3

  Miliband, David 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Miliband, Ed 1 and charity tax review 1

  working methods at Treasury 1

  and VAT reform 1, 2

  and betting duty 1

  and small brewers’ relief 1

  and Budget scorecards 1, 2

  personality 1, 2, 3

  in Washington 1

  relationship with Gordon Brown 1, 2

  and 2010 Labour Party leadership election 1

  during 2005 visit to Africa 1

  and Blair/Brown relationship 1

  and The West Wing 1

  and decision not to call 2007 general election 1

  DMcB accused of briefing against 1

  Miliband, Ralph 1

  Milburn, Alan 1, 2

  Minghella, Anthony 1

  Mooney, Bel 1

  Moore, Bobby 1

  Moss, Vincent 1, 2

  Moyes, Simon 1

  Murdoch, Rupert 1, 2

  Murphy, Jim 1

  Murphy, Joe 1, 2, 3

  museums 1, 2, 3

  Myler, Katie 1, 2

  Nasir, Clare 1, 2, 3

  Naughtie, Jim 1

  New Woman 1

  New York Times 1

  News International 1

  News at Ten 1

  News of the World interview with Gordon Brown 1

  during 2005 general election campaign 1

  Gordon Brown as party leader 1

  Ivan Lewis story 1

  Newsnight 1, 2

  newspapers see press NHS relationship 1

  Nye, Sue 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

  Oakeshott, Isabel 1

  Obama, Barack 1, 2, 3

  Obama, Michelle 1

  O’Donnell, Gus 1, 2 interviews DMcB for Head of Communications post 1

  and DMcB’s first ‘dirty’ story 1

  and ‘Black Wednesday’ documents leak 1, 2

  cold-shouldered by Sarah Brown 1

  and Gordon Brown’s reshuffles 1

  Ogilvie, David 1

  O’Grady, Brendan 1

  Oliver, Jonathan 1

  Osborne, George 1 and fuel duty 1

  and ‘pasty tax’ 1, 2

  reaction to 2012 Budget 1

  and 2013 Budget 1

  role in modernisation of Conservative Party 1

  early mistakes 1

  makes promise on inheritance tax 1, 2

  interview in The Guardian 1

  overseas trips 1

  Paisley, Bob 1

  Paisley, Ian 1

  Parfitt, Richard 1

  Parker, Alan 1

  Parker, Graham 1

  party conferences 1

  Pascoe-Watson, George 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Patel, Aakash 1

  Patel, Rita 1

  Pavel, John 1, 2, 3, 4

  Pearce, Nick 1

  Pennington, Bob 1

  Perrin, Lisa 1

  Perry, Nick 1

  Peston, Robert 1, 2, 3

  Peters, Katy 1, 2, 3, 4

  Phillips, Melanie 1

  Pollack, Karen 1

  Popperwell, Heidi 1

  Porter, Andy 1, 2, 3

  Pre-Budget Reports (PBR) 1999 1

  2000 1

  2002 1

  2006 1

  2008 1

  press Gordon Brown’s relationship with 1, 2, 3, 4

  DMcB’s relationship with 1

  Primarolo, Dawn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Purnell, James 1

  Randall, Jeff 1

  Rato, Rodrigo 1

  Rawnsley, Andrew 1

  Raymond, Kath 1

  Reade, Shanaze 1

  Red Book 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Red Rag emails 1, 2

  Redwood, John 1

  Reid, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  reshuffles 1

  Reuters 1, 2, 3

  Reynolds, Debby 1

  Rice, Condoleezza 1

  Richards, Steve 1, 2

  Road Haulage Association (RHA) 1, 2, 3

  Road Haulage Forum 1, 2

  Robbins, Ollie 1

  Robinson, Nick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Rogers, Ivan 1, 2, 3

  Roper, Sue 1

  Roscoe, James 1

  Rossi, Francis 1

  St Aubyn, Nicholas 1

  Sarkozy, President 1, 2

  Savile, Jimmy 1

  Sawyer, Thomas C. 1

  Scholar, Tom 1, 2

  Seager, Ashley 1

  secret services approaches DMcB 1

  in China 1

  vets DMcB 1

  and SWIFT deal 1

  Sedgefield by-election 1

  Sheehan, Martin 1

  Shrum, Bob 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shutler, John 1

  Simms, Brendan 1

  Sinclair, Paul 1, 2

  small brewers’ relief 1

  Smith, Angela 1

  Smith, Jacqui 1, 2

  Smith, John 1, 2

  Snape, Peter 1

  Snow, Jon 1

  Socrates 1

  Spink, Chris 1, 2

  Staines, Paul 1, 2

  Stanley-Hughes, Kirsty 1

  Stein, Jock 1, 2

  Stone, Richard 1, 2

  St
one, Sharon 1

  Straw, Jack 1, 2, 3

  Sugar, Alan 1

  Sun, The 2000 campaign on fuel duty 1, 2

  DMcB leaks story on 50p coin design 1

  EU VAT harmonisation 1

  ‘Live Aid II’ concert 1

  and Angelina Jolie 1

  honours system 1

  during 2005 general election campaign 1

  Fraser Brown story 1

  attack on Tom Watson 1

  attack on Gordon Brown 1

  Sunday Mirror, The 1

  Sunday Times, The and DMcB’s ‘dirty’ stories 1, 2, 3

  security breach story in China 1

  SWIFT deal 1

  Swire, Hugo 1

  Tallents, Penny 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Tendulkar, Sachin 1, 2

  Thatcher, Margaret 1

  Times, The on 2008 PBR 1

  interview with Gordon Brown 1

  ‘Black Wednesday’ documents leak 1

  accuses Gordon Brown of plagiarism 1

  Timms, Stephen ‘Ten-Foot’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Today programme 1, 2

  Todd, Jonathan 1

  Treasury under Gordon Brown team 1

  DMcB seconded to 1

  DMcB works on fuel duty 1

  DMcB works on VAT 1

  and VAT reform 1

  DMcB becomes Head of Communications 1

  recruitment to 1

  Gordon Brown leaves 1

  Trefgarne, George 1, 2

  Triesman, Lord 1

  Turing, Alan 1

  Turnbull, Sir Andrew 1

  UK Corporate Games 1

  Umunna, Chuka 1

  Vadera, Shriti 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Van Riel, Steve 1

  VAT DMcB works on 1

  after 2008 financial crisis 1

  harmonisation in EU 1

  Vehicle Excise Duty 1

  Walsh, Kimberley 1, 2

  Walters, Simon 1, 2, 3

  Warner, Judith 1

  Watson, Tom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Watt, Peter 1, 2

  Waugh, Paul 1

  Webster, Phil 1, 2

  Wenger, Arsène 1, 2

  Whelan, Charlie 1

  White, Sam 1

  Williams, Robbie 1

  Witherow, John 1