The Lies of the Land

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by Adam Macqueen


  Gilbert, Martin 16

  Gilligan, Andrew 228

  Gleeson, Judith 161

  Gold, Jason 158

  Gold, Zena 156

  Goldsmith, Zac 94, 270

  Goodman, Clive 244–6

  Goodwin, Sir Fred 239–43

  Gould, Diana 201–3

  Gove, Michael 100, 101, 186, 193–4, 263

  Graham, Billy 111

  Granada 135

  Green, Sir Philip 243

  Greer, Ian 72, 73–9

  Grylls, Michael 73

  Guardian 76–9, 90, 134–8, 189, 245, 249

  Gulf War (1990–91) 216

  Gummer, John 208

  Guzmán, Pablo 278

  H

  Hague summit, 1969 169

  Hague, William 92–3, 95–6, 100, 127

  Haldeman, H. R. ‘Bob’ 108, 109

  Hall, Edward and Joan 51

  Hall, Stuart 267

  Hamilton, Christine 74–5, 78, 80

  Hamilton, Neil 5, 71–80

  Hanningfield, Paul White, Baron 103

  Harman, Harriet 241

  Harris, Rolf 267

  Harrods 71, 72, 76

  Havers, Sir Michael 197

  HBOS (Bank of Scotland) 238–9

  Health and Safety Executive 208

  Heath, Edward ‘Ted’ 69, 142, 170

  and sex abuse allegations 268–9

  Heffer, Simon 144

  Henderson, Paul 216–19

  Henriques, Sir Richard 269–70

  Heseltine, Michael 77, 79

  Hester, Stephen 242

  Higson, Mark 221

  Hill, David 83

  Hillsborough disaster 210–15

  Hitler, Adolf 27

  Hobson, Valerie 39, 40–41

  Hoffman, Jerome 68

  Hogg, Douglas 101

  Holmes, David 117–20

  ‘Homer’ 17–18

  Hoon, Geoff 100

  Hoover, J. Edgar 23

  Hornby, Andy 239

  House of Fraser 72, 73, 74

  House of Lords 92–3, 95–6, 289

  Howe, Sir Geoffrey 220

  Hudson, Stephanie 7

  Hughes, Robert 34

  Huhne, Chris 273

  Human Rights Act 160–62

  Humphrys, John 85–6

  Hunt, E. Howard 109

  Hurd, Douglas 211, 213

  Hussein, Saddam 3, 147, 151, 217–18, 222, 223–32, 236

  Hutton, Brian, Baron Hutton 227

  I

  Illsley, Eric 103

  immigration 143, 180–81

  Independent 173

  Indolfi, Vincenzo 60

  Infowars Website 2855

  Ingham, Bernard 211

  Institute for Fiscal Studies 188, 256

  Iran 31, 136, 148, 193, 216–22

  Iraq 3, 126, 151, 152, 193, 216–22, 248

  Gulf War (1990–91) 216

  invasion of 223–32, 291

  ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech 235–7

  WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) 3, 151, 223–32

  ISIS 152

  Israel 28–32

  Italy 147–8

  Silvio Berlusconi sex scandal 59–64

  ITV (Independent Television) 135

  Ivanov, Yevgeny 37, 40

  Izvestia 25

  J

  James, Angus 129

  Jenkins, Roy 16

  Johnson, Boris 66, 140, 290

  and Brexit campaign 166, 168, 173–4, 186, 188, 193

  Jones, Alex 285–7

  Jones, Clem and Marjorie 142, 144

  Jones, Paula 55, 56, 57

  Journey, A (Bush) 224

  Jowell, Tessa 82

  K

  Kaufman, Sir Gerald 101

  Keays, Flora 43, 48–9

  Keays, Sara 43–8

  Keeler, Christine 36–42

  Kelly, Dr David 159, 227–8

  Kelly, Tom 158, 226

  Kendall, Liz 281

  Kennedy, Charles 250

  KGB 21, 23, 25

  Khan, Sadiq 193

  Khashoggi, Adnan 73

  King, Olivia (‘Mistress Kate’) 6

  Kirkbride, Julie 100

  Kohlmann, Litzi 22

  Kovaleski, Serge F. 277–9

  Kunkle, Fredrick 277–8

  L

  Labour Party 81–6, 87, 251, 254, 261, 281

  ‘New Labour’ 66, 81, 90, 140, 153–5, 156–9, 250

  Lambton, Anthony, Viscount Lambton 34

  Lario, Veronica 63

  Lascelles, Marion 113, 118

  Latimer, Clare 130, 133

  Lawley, Sue 201

  Leadsom, Andrea 186

  Letwin, Oliver 101

  Leveson inquiry 6, 247–8

  Levy, Michael 92

  Lewinsky, Monica 55–8

  Liberal Democrats 249–53

  Liberal Party 119–20

  Libya 147–52

  Lidell, Guy 19

  Lipton, Marcus 23

  Littlejohn, Richard 160

  Liverpool FC 210, 211

  Lloyd, Selwyn 28

  Lockerbie bombing 148, 150

  Lussier, John ‘Skip’ 236

  M

  MacGregor, John 206, 208

  Machine Tool Technologies Association 217

  Macintyre, Ben 20

  MacKay, Andrew 100

  Mackenzie, Kelvin 53

  Maclean, Donald 17–26

  Macleod, Iain 39

  Macmillan, Harold 15, 17, 23–4, 31–2, 67, 168–9

  MacShane, Denis 102

  Major, John 34, 85, 126, 258

  and arms trading 218, 220

  and banking crisis 2008 238

  and David Mellor scandal 53

  and Edwina Currie 129–33

  and Neil Hamilton scandal 77–8, 80

  Malone-Lee, James 157, 158

  Mandela, Nelson 73

  Mandelson, Peter 86, 87–91

  Mann, Paul 38–9

  Margaret Rose, Princess 114

  Marhofer, Peter 150

  Martin, Michael 103

  Matrix Churchill 216–19, 221

  Maudling, Beryl 67–70

  Maudling, Martin 68, 70

  Maudling, Reginald 67–70

  Maxwell, Robert 88, 244

  May, Theresa 66, 178, 248, 256

  and Brexit 2, 189

  and General Election 2017 258–61

  and Human Rights Act 160–62

  McAlpine, Alistair, Baron McAlpine of West Green 267, 270

  McAlpine, Joan 265

  McCain, John 275

  McDonald, Ian 221

  McDonald, Kenny 269

  media 281–2

  Cameron ‘pig’ story 271–4

  Churchill cover-up 14–15, 16

  mainstream media (MSM) 281–2

  phone-hacking scandal 244–8

  ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy theory 283–7

  social media 281–2, 283–7

  see also names of individual newspapers

  Mellor, David 50–54

  Mellor, Judith 51

  Menzies, Sir Stewart 22

  Merkel, Angela 180–81

  MI5 18–20, 22–3, 38, 40

  MI6 18, 20–23, 217, 228

  Middup, Paul 211

  Milburn, Alan 158

  Miliband, Ed 176

  Miller, Sir Eric 68, 70

  Mills, David 82

  Minetti, Nicole 60–62

  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) 204–8

  Mirror 90, 136

  ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech (George W. Bush) 235–7

  Mitchell, John 108, 111

  Mitchell, Leslie 8

  MMR vaccine 209

  Mobil Oil 77

  Modin, Yuri 19

  Mollet, Guy 28

  Montagu, Edward, Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, 206

  Moore, Jo 159

  Moran, Lord Charles 10, 11–12, 14

  Moran, Margaret 102

  Mordaunt, Penny
192

  Morley, Elliot 102

  Mosaddeq, Mohammad 31

  Mosley, Max 82–3

  MPs’ expenses scandal 97–104

  MPs’ salaries 65–6, 67

  Mubarak, Hosni 60

  Murdoch, Elisabeth 245

  Murdoch, James 246

  Murdoch, Rupert 124, 247

  Myners, Paul 239–41

  N

  national service 9

  National Union of Students (NUS) 250

  Nationwide 201

  Neill, Sir Patrick 83–4, 86

  New Statesman 130

  News International 245–7

  News of the World 53, 104, 118, 123, 124, 127, 244–7

  Newsnight 54, 85, 157, 201

  Newton, Andrew 118–21

  NHS (National Health Service) 153–5, 156–8, 186–90, 252–3

  9/11 attacks 147, 159, 224, 276, 285

  Nixon, Richard Milhous 3, 107–12, 134

  NKVD 21

  Nolan Committee 81–2

  Nolan, Michael, Baron Nolan 77, 81, 83

  ‘non-dom’ status 94–5

  Norris, Steven 35

  Nothing But… (Keeler and Fawkes) 36

  Nott, John 199

  O

  O’Brien, Larry 109

  Oakeshott, Isabel 273

  Oakley, Robert 148

  Oaten, Mark 35

  Obama, Barack 60, 152, 237, 276, 278, 280

  Observer 72, 74, 131, 217

  Office for National Statistics 165, 186–7

  Oliver, Craig 183, 188

  Operation Midland 269–70

  Osborne, George 182–5, 239, 254–7

  and 2010 Budget 254–5

  and ‘austerity’ 255–6

  and deficit reduction 255–7

  P

  Paddington rail crash 159

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 54

  Pallister, David 134

  Paris by Night 131

  Parkinson, Ann 46

  Parkinson, Cecil 43–9

  Parris, Matthew 87

  Patel, Priti 186

  Patnick, Sir Irvine 211, 214–15

  Paxman, Jeremy 85

  Peachey Property Corporation 68

  Peppiatt, Angie 126

  Peru 200

  Peter Carter-Ruck and Partners 77

  Philby Conspiracy, The 25

  Philby, Harold ‘Kim’ 18–26

  Phillips, Nicholas, Baron of Phillips Worth Matravers, 205, 208–9

  Philp, Nick 50

  phone-hacking scandal 244–8

  ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy theory 283–7

  Platt, Steve 130

  Podesta, John 283–4

  Political Honours Scrutiny Committee 92–5

  Pompidou, Georges 170

  Popplewell, Oliver 138

  ‘post-truth’ era 4

  Poulson, John 68, 69, 70

  Powell, Enoch 142–6

  Powell, Jonathan 226–7, 230

  Powell, Pam 146

  Prescott, John 290

  Press Complaints Commission 53, 54

  Preston, Peter 76

  Pride and Perjury (Aitken) 139

  Private Eye 103, 270

  private finance initiative (PFI) 155

  Proctor, Harvey 268–9

  Profumo, John 3, 36–42

  proportional representation 289

  Putin, Vladimir 63

  Pym, Francis 200

  Q

  Question Time 103

  R

  Race Relations Bill 144

  Rampling, Charlotte 131

  Rawnsley, Andrew 84, 251

  RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) 238–43

  Reagan, Ronald 148–9, 151, 280

  Real Estate Fund of America 68–9

  Reece, Gordon 140

  refugees 192

  Regan, Simon 129, 130

  Register of Members’ Financial Interests 70, 73, 88, 135, 290

  Rentoul, John 86

  Repubblica, La 64

  Rice, Condoleezza 237

  Richards, Rod 34

  Richardson, Elliot 111

  ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech 142–4

  Robertson QC, Geoffrey 216, 219

  Robinson, Geoffrey 88–91

  Robinson, Nick 175

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. 13

  Rothermere, Jonathan Harmsworth, Viscount 94

  Routledge, Paul 90

  Rowland, Roland ‘Tiny’ 72–4

  Russia 2, 32, 37–8, 40, 63, 148, 263, 283, 291

  Cambridge spy ring 17–26

  S

  Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of 13–14

  Sandy Hook, Connecticut 285

  Sandys, Duncan 9

  Saudi Arabia 20, 135–7

  Saunders, Sir John 248

  Savile, Jimmy 233, 243, 267

  Scallywag 129, 130, 270

  Scarlett, John 225–7, 229–30

  Scott, Norman 113, 114–21

  Scott, Richard, Baron Scott of Foscote 221–2

  Scottish independence referendum 179, 264–6

  Scottish National Party 179

  Senior Salaries Review Body 97

  Sèvres protocol 29, 32

  sexual abuse allegations 267–70

  Sheffield Wednesday 210

  Shetland 264–6

  Shipman, Tim 176, 182, 188

  Sinclair, Sir John 23

  Sky News 188, 282

  Smith, Cyril 119–20, 233, 267

  Smith, Godric 226

  Smith, Tim 76

  ‘smoking gun’ tape 110

  Snow, Peter 201

  Snowdon, Lord see Armstrong-Jones, Antony

  Soames, Christopher 11–12, 16

  social media 281–2

  Soskice, Frank 116

  South Yorkshire Police 211–14

  Southall Jr, Mercutio 275

  Southwood, Sir Richard 207

  Soviet Union see Russia

  Spain 21

  Spicer, Sir Michael 101

  spin 140–41, 156–9

  Spitting Image 129

  Spring, Richard 34

  Spy Among Friends, A (Macintyre) 20

  Stacpoole, Michael 123, 126, 128

  Stalin, Joseph 12

  Standard 230

  Star-Ledger 277

  Starr, Kenneth 55–8, 284

  Steel, David 117–18

  Steen, Anthony 101

  Stephanopoulos, George 276

  Straw, Jack 213

  Straw, Will 182

  Streisand, Barbra 108

  Stuart, Gisela 186

  Sturgeon, Nicola 265

  Suez Crisis 27–33

  Sun 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 69, 90, 175, 198–9, 211, 230, 244–5, 247

  Sunday Mirror 41, 290 Sunday News 23

  Sunday People 15

  Sunday Sport 130

  Sunday Telegraph 83

  Sunday Times 25, 68, 71, 120

  Supreme Court 163

  Syria 148, 150, 192, 193, 282

  T

  Talbot, Fred 267

  Taylor, John, Baron Taylor of Warwick 103

  Taylor, Peter, Baron Taylor of Gosforth 212–14

  Telegraph 242, 248, 259

  terrorism 147–52

  Thatcher, Margaret 5, 7, 25, 140, 186, 217, 221, 223, 258

  and Cecil Parkinson 43, 44, 46–8

  and Falklands War 197–203

  and Hillsborough 211–13

  and Jeffrey Archer 123

  and MPs’ salaries 97

  and Neil Hamilton 78

  Thatcher, Mark 74

  This Week 276

  Thorpe, Jeremy 5, 113–21

  Time magazine 280

  Times, The 21, 41, 48, 132, 144, 173, 272

  Today 84, 185, 244

  Tomney, Frank 24

  Toynbee Hall 41

  Treaty of Rome 169, 170

  Tredinnick, David 71

  Tripoli, Libya 149

  Trump, Donald 2, 286, 290

  and elec
tion campaign 190, 275–80, 292

  tuition fees 249–53

  Turkey 191–4

  Tusk, Donald 2

  Twitter 281, 285, 287

  U

  UK Financial Investments 241

  UK Statistics Authority 164–5, 187

  UKIP 80, 167, 168, 174, 180, 289

  Umunna, Chuka 189

  UN Security Council Resolution 1441 3

  United States of America 12–13

  Cambridge spy ring 20, 23

  Clinton sex scandal 55–8

  Colonel Gaddafi 148–9, 151, 152

  Iraq War 224, 231–2, 235–7

  Trump campaign 275–80

  Suez crisis 31

  US election 2016 275–80, 283–7

  Watergate scandal 107–12

  Usborne, David 173

  USSR see Russia

  V

  Vassall, John 40

  Veinticinco de Mayo 197, 198

  Verhofstadt, Guy 2

  Viggers, Sir Peter 101

  Villa Certosa, Sardinia 61

  Vine, Jeremy 281

  Vine, Sarah 101

  Vivian, Valentine 21

  Volkov, Konstantin 21–2

  W

  Wakefield, Andrew 209

  Waldegrave, William 171, 220–21

  Ward, David 82

  Ward, Stephen 36–42

  Warhol, Andy 108

  Washington Post 111, 277–8, 280, 291

  Watergate scandal 3, 107–12

  Watson, Tom 270

  Welch, Edgar 286

  Werner, Pierre 169

  West Midlands Police 214

  White, Sir Dick 22

  White’s News 210–11

  Whittingdale, John 6–7

  Whittington Hospital, London 156–8

  Who’s Who 163

  WikiLeaks 283

  Willetts, David 78

  Wilson, Harold 40, 41, 70, 111, 140, 170, 223, 247

  Winterton, Sir Nicholas and Ann 102

  WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) 3, 151, 223–32

  Wolverhampton Express & Star 144

  Woodward, Bob 111

  Woodward, John 198–9

  World in Action 135, 139

  Wright, Peter 211, 213

  Y

  Yeo, Tim 34

  Young, David, Baron Young of Graffam 74, 75

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Adam Macqueen has been reporting for Private Eye since the early days of Tony Blair’s government. He covered the epic phone-hacking trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson for the magazine, and writes the regular ‘Number Crunching’ and ‘Focus on Fact’ features.

  His books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and Other State Secrets (2013) and the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Private Eye: The First 50 Years, an A–Z (2011).

  He lives in Hastings with his husband, the painter Michael Tierney.

 

 

 


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