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and London bombings (2005) 22–3
cleaners’ strike 27
Library 43, 96, 225
Strangers’ Cafeteria 57
Members’ Lobby 76, 84, 151, 202, 333, 380, 395
Members’ Dining Room 109
archives 146
Central Lobby 171, 211, 395
Speaker’s Court 176, 336
Division Lobby 220, 225, 244
Churchill Room 221
Library Corridor 238, 239, 245, 258, 338, 381, 395
Dining Room A 301
Aye Lobby 302–3, 311, 316, 352
prorogation 440
House of Lords
Robing Room 114
Cholmondley Room 114
reform 133, 148, 149, 151, 153, 156, 158, 161
Royal Gallery 145
archives 146
Peers’ Dining Room 153
drugs conference in Moses Room 269
Pugin Room 429
Queen’s Assent 440
House of the Binns, near Linlithgow, Scotland 12
housing 152–3, 188, 286–7, 337, 351, 399, 403
housing benefit 195, 300
Howard, Anthony 388
Howard, Michael 24–5, 46, 48, 49, 290, 403
Howarth, Alan 10
Howarth, David 429
Howarth, George 84, 271
Howarth, Gerald 225
Howe, Elspeth 302
Howe, Geoffrey 111, 151, 337
Howick Hall Gardens, Northumberland 425
Hoyle, Doug 324
Hoyle, Lindsay 234
HSBC 310
Hughes, Beverley 245, 337, 404–5
Hughes, Simon 203
Huhne, Chris 386
Human Rights Party (Cambodia) 206
Humber Bridge 234
Humble, Joan 320
Humphrys, John 85, 165, 424
hung parliament 439
Hungary 287
Hunt, Tristram 432
Hunter, Anji 370
Huntley, Ian 129
Hurd, Douglas 151, 317
Hurricane Katrina 35
Hussein, Saddam 18, 103, 126, 142, 182, 197, 387
Hutton, Barbara 285
Hutton, John 74, 75, 102, 242, 269, 282, 330, 340, 373–4
I
Ibrahim, Mo 179–80
Iceland
financial crisis (2008) 274
volcanic eruption (2010) 442
ICM polls 151
ID cards 19, 79, 128, 214, 352
IMF (International Monetary Fund) 316, 318
immigration 132, 179, 210
removal of children to dysfunctional countries 67–8, 77, 90, 116, 171–2, 311, 322
number of illegal immigrants in UK 104
Immigration Detention Centre, Yarlswood, near Bedford 52, 56
immunisation 133
incapacity benefit 66, 74–5
income tax 231
Independent 44
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 351–2
India 401, 413, 452
inflation rate 252
Inheritance of Loss, The (Desai) 198
inheritance tax 200, 314, 315
Inland Revenue 317, 318, 338 see also HM Revenue & Customs
Institute of Directors 228–9, 373, 397, 434, 452
interest rates 310
International Development Select Committee 9, 20
IRA 49, 370
Iran 98, 115, 145, 183
nuclear weapons 75
possible invasion of 100
and Trident 157
hostage incident 165
and sale of servicemen’s stories to the media 166
illegal migrant citizens 213
and Obama 291, 399
Iraq 90, 140
John Simpson on 10, 19
proposed phased withdrawal 17–18
donor conference (2005) 17
trials of Saddam and associates 18
court martials over abuse of prisoners 27
as Blair’s monument 126
foreign minister 183
the Neo-Conservative plan 387
Iraq inquiry 350–51, 398, 415, 418
Iraq war 47, 248
the folly of 17
Galloway on 23
and 9/11 36
discovery of tortured prisoners 54
US use of napalm in Falluja 54
Meyer’s comments 125–6
Britain locked in an unwinnable war 128
and Bahram Salih 130
Baghdad university car bombs 144
Iraqi army 282
Iraqis 102–3
Ireland 35, 451
ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) 138
Islam 281, 312
Islamabad, Pakistan 293
Isle of Wight 15
Israel, Israelis
invasion of Lebanon (2006) 115, 116
the wall 280, 281
and Iran 291
attacks on Gaza 294, 295–6, 297, 306
Obama and settlements 414
Israeli embassy, London 297
Israeli parliament 258
Italy, financial problems of 287
ITV 199, 302
J
Jackson, Glenda 5
Jacques, Martin 136–7
Jalalabad 312
Jay, Michael 146, 160
Jenkin, Bernard 331
Jenkins, Roy 401
Jenkins, Simon 96, 148–9
Jennings, Sir Peter 428–9
jihad, jihadis 289, 312, 355
Jinnet, Said 70
Joergen (in Singapore) 367, 368
John Lewis List 232
Johnson, Alan 108, 109, 175, 242, 253, 255, 313, 324, 340, 341, 343, 344, 352, 388
Johnson, Boris 232, 239, 240–41, 244
Johnson, Goodluck 169
Johnson, Lyndon 399, 426
Jolie, Angelina 113
Jones, Digby 188, 191, 340
Jones, Helen 234
Jones, Jack 38, 303, 304
Joseph, Jenny: ‘Warning’ 137
Joshi, Bharat 5
Journal, The 330
Jowell, Tessa 38, 53, 74, 84, 162
Joyce, Eric 118, 224–5, 409
‘JP’ see Prescott, John
Judge, Sir Igor 173, 275
judges’ register of interests 390
Junge, Traudl: Until the Final Hour 83
Jungle Warfare School, Johore Bahru 206
Jury Trials (Fraud) Bill 144
Justice Department 173
K
Kabila, President Joseph 117, 221
Kabul, Afghanistan 23, 293, 312
Kaduna, Nigeria 167–8
Kamsulu, Colonel 82
Kandahar, Afghanistan 131, 312
Karachi, Pakistan 312
Karzai, Hamid 227, 307, 399, 432
Katyn massacre (1943) 440
Kaufman, Gerald 99, 218, 221, 237, 297, 332
Kavanagh, Pat 45, 46, 276, 278, 279, 292–3
Kavanagh, Trevor 377
Kay, Nick 221
Keen, Ann 76
Kelly, Sir Christopher 298, 325
Kelly, Ruth 46, 51, 73, 84, 143, 152, 268, 269, 305
Kelly Report 389, 400
Kemp, Fraser 264, 309, 383
Kennedy, Edward 414
Kennedy, Professor Sir Ian 389, 390
Kennedy, Jane 192, 232, 239, 341
Kennington, London 251, 306
Kensington Palace, London 416
Kent, Mark 230
Kenya 225, 252
Kettle, Martin 160
Khmer Rouge 204, 205, 206
Khrushchev, Nikita 92, 96
Kieu (in Singapore) 367, 368
Kilfoyle, Peter 5
King, Mervyn 315
King, Oona 388
King’s Cross Station, London 22, 23, 24, 52, 110
Kinnock, Glenys 382
Kinnock, Neil 19, 45, 59, 97, 242, 304, 341, 343, 430
Kinshasa, Democrat
ic Republic of the Congo: the Residence 117–19
Kirkbride, Julie 335
knife issue 257
Knight, Jim 257
Kollo, Sam 82
Kontum, Vietnam 194, 362, 363–4
Kony, Joseph 81, 82, 83
Kranji war graves cemetery, Singapore 368
Kumar, Ashok 433, 434
L
Labour HQ, Victoria Street, London 190, 299
Labour Party
financial problems 115, 121, 128, 299
Blair pledges his undying support 128
leadership contest 170–71, 172, 174–6
deputy leadership 174, 178–9
Labour Party conferences
Bournemouth (2007) 196–9
Brighton (2009) 376–7
Brighton(2005) 38–9, 41
Edinburgh (2009) 369–70
Manchester (2006) 114, 127–8
Manchester (2008) 267, 268
Lagos, Nigeria 311, 442
Lai, Mr and Mrs 363
Lamb, Norman 146
Lambeth Palace, London 247, 297
Lambton, Nancy 7
Lamont, Norman 163
Lancaster House, St James’s, London 105
landlords 152, 153, 300, 403
Langdon, Julia 35, 67
Langley, Gordon 404
Lansman, Jon 175
Laos 362
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, London 218
Law, Jude 32
Law Lords 394
Lawson, Neal 98n
Lawson, Nigel: An Appeal to Reason 291–2, 294
Le Van Sy, Vietnam 366, 367
Learning and Skills Council 314–15
Lebanon, invaded by Israel (2006) 115, 120
Lee, Lord (John) 146
Leeds 451
Legg, Sir Thomas 380, 381, 400, 420
Lehman Brothers, Canary Wharf, London 265, 287
Leigh, Edward 85
Leighton, Sir Frederick 136
Leighton House Museum, Kensington, London 136
Lekota, Mosiuoa 105
Lelliott, David 69, 70
Letts, Quentin 349
Letwin, Oliver 301, 328
Levy, Lord 9, 96, 114
Liaison Committee 221
Liberia 69–73, 74
Libya, Libyans 18, 370
Liechtenstein 402
Lin (Khmer guide) 205
Lincolnshire refinery strike (2009) (Lindsey oil refinery, North Killingholme) 305
Lindsay, Kenneth 66
Linton, Martin 354
Lisbon Treaty 226, 229, 230, 389
litter collection 231
Littlejohn, Richard 85
Liverpool 190–91
Livingstone, Ken 221, 239
Lloyd, Andrew 187
Lloyd, Tony 138, 320, 329, 374, 400, 411
Lloyds TSB 265
local authorities
and housing 152
and equal pay laws 155
fund distribution 245
local elections
May 2006 97, 111
May 2007 156, 240
local government settlement 66
Lockerbie bombing 68, 371, 385
London
attempted bombings (June 2007) 188, 189
bombings (July 7, 2005) 22–4, 25, 28, 32, 47, 51
London Olympics (2012) 21–2, 25, 38
London School of Economics 262
London Underground 22, 306
Long, Mr (in Hanoi) 209
Lord Great Chamberlain 395
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 81, 82
Lotto Rapist 40, 129
Louis XIV, King 86
Lumley, Joanna 324, 415
Lycee, Kennington, London 39, 59, 64, 68, 125, 170, 306, 359–60, 406
Lyell, Nick 144–5
Lyon, Juliet 68
Lyons, Sir Michael 256
M
‘M’ 28, 47, 291, 323, 398–9
McAlpine, Alistair 158
McAvoy, Tommy 311
McBride, Damian 319, 320, 329, 426
McCain, John 274
McCartney, Ian 175, 332
McDonagh, Siobhan 264
Macdonald, Ken 173–4, 214
MacDonald, Norine 14, 106–7, 227, 421
MacDonald, Ramsay 78
McDonnell, John 170–71, 172, 174, 175, 177
McEwan, Ian 293
McEwen, Captain 66
McFadden, Pat 227, 306, 383
McFall, John 384
Mackenzie, Kelvin 428
Mackinlay, Andrew 158, 216, 251
McLoughlin, Patrick 430, 437
Macmillan, Harold (1st Earl of Stockton) 136, 216
McNulty, Tony 45, 67–8, 85, 91, 214, 314, 340
MacShane, Denis 320
Mactaggart, Fiona 40, 342
Madoff, Bernie 293
Maduekwe, Ojo 168
Magdalen College, Oxford 442
Maguire Seven 73
Mahon, Alice 41, 319–20
Mail on Sunday 95, 131, 225, 339, 410, 445
Major, John 17, 111, 116, 144, 151, 160, 219, 292, 403, 407
Major, Norma 93
Maldon, Essex 113, 135
al-Maliki, Nouri 161
Malloch-Brown, Mark 187, 188, 191
Manchester 319, 451
Mandelson, Peter 84, 269, 270, 271, 279, 298, 308, 309, 340–44, 346, 350, 352, 358, 375–6, 392, 402, 411, 416, 422
Manderston House, Berwickshire 104
Mangden, Vietnam 363
manifestos 441
Manor Drive, Chelmsford 64, 91
‘mansion tax’ 399
Mao Zedong 96
March, Graham 45, 227, 243
Margaret, Princess 55
Marlborough House, London 10, 249
Marquand, David 266–7
Marr, Andrew 125, 161, 372, 408
My Trade 34
Marris, Rob 315
Marsden Rock 303
Marshall-Andrews, Bob 5, 45, 53, 260
Martin, Lee 391, 423
Martin, Speaker Michael 290, 291, 328, 331, 332, 333, 347