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Health Select Committee report ref1
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Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey see Hervey, Lord
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‘Canvassing for Votes’ ref1
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To End a War ref1
Home Office White Paper
‘Time for Reform’ ref1
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horse race ref1
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House of Lords ref1, ref2
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‘Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous Liquors, An’ (Rush, Benjamin) ref1
Iran ref1
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Iron Lady, The (Lloyd, Phyllida) ref1
Irvine, Derry ref1, ref2
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Italian Socialist Party congress ref1
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Japan ref1
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Khatami, President Mohammed ref1
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Kings Pledge scheme ref1
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Lenin, Prime Minister Vladimir ref1
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Lyons, Richard, 1st Viscount Lyons see Lyons, Lord
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Brown, Gordon and ref1
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Daily Express ref1
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Guido Fawkes website ref1, ref2
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Milosevic, President Slobodan ref1
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Wilson, Woodrow ref1
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Daily Express ref1
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Evening Standard ref1
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Attlee, Clement ref1, ref2, ref3
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Blair, Tony see Blair, Tony
Brown, Gordon see Brown, Gordon
Callaghan, James ref1
Cameron, David see Cameron, David
Chamberlain, Neville ref1
Churchill, Sir Winston see Churchill, Sir Winston
Disraeli, Benjamin ref1, ref2, ref3
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Major, John ref1, ref2
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Pitt, William the Younger ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Thatcher, Margaret see Thatcher, Margaret
Walpole, Sir Robert ref1, ref2, ref3
Wilson, Harold see Wilson, Harold
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Robinson, Geoffrey ref1
Romney, Mitt ref1, ref2, ref3
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Roper, Esther ref1
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Rothschild, Victor ref1
‘Are You Fit to Make Decisions After a Long Air Flight and Two Extra Gins?’ ref1
Rouhani, President Hassan ref1
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Rowson, Martin ref1
Royal College of Psychiatrists ‘Alcohol and Alcoholism’ ref1
Rudd, Prime Minister Kevin ref1
Rush, Benjamin ref1
‘Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous Liquors, An’ ref1
Russia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4 see also Soviet Union
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Salmond, Alex ref1
Sampson, Anthony ref1
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Schäuble, Wolfgang ref1
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Smith, F.E., 1st Earl of Birkenhead see Birkenhead, Lord