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lxxx) With Kofi Annan at the United Nations headquarters in New York, March 2003
lxxxi) Meeting British troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, November 2006
lxxxii) Working on my Commons speech for the Iraq debate, 15 March 2003
lxxxiii) Gathering my thoughts before a Downing Street press conference on the Middle East peace process, 14 March 2003
lxxxiv) Last-minute thoughts and preparations with the inner team moments before I stepped into the chamber
lxxxv) The crucial debate in the House of Commons, 18 March 2003
lxxxvi) The War Cabinet meets in Downing Street, 20 March 2003
lxxxvii): with Jacques Chirac at the European Council, 24 March 2003. Right: with the Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Mike Boyce, in the den in Downing Street, 23 March 2003
lxxxviii) At Camp David with Alastair Campbell, George W. Bush, Tom Kelly, Matthew Rycroft, David Manning and Jonathan Powell, 27 March 2003
lxxxix) Security briefing at Hillsborough during George W. Bush’s visit, with Condoleezza Rice, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, Jack Straw, Colin Powell and Alastair Campbell, April 2003
xc) Addressing the joint session of the US Congress, 18 July 2003. It was one of my most important speeches
xci) As the Iraq War continued, there were protests outside the Royal Courts of Justice where the Hutton Inquiry was being held, 28 August 2003
xcii) Returning from the Green Zone after a visit to troops in Baghdad, 2003
xciii) Leaving Downing Street to give evidence to the Hutton Inquiry, 28 August 2003
xciv) The statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad after the arrival of US troops, 9 April 2003
xcv) The loyal and dedicated Alastair Campbell left Downing Street, 29 August 2003
xcvi) Bono addressed the Labour Party Conference on world poverty in 2004
xcvii) With David Blunkett at the 2005 conference
xcviii) Ice creams with Gordon on the campaign trail, 2 May 2005. I insisted on getting a flake
xcvix) With youngsters on the way to a drop-in centre in the North-East
c) Receiving the Queen’s invitation to form a new government following our historic re-election on 5 May 2005 for a third term
ci) The Middle East peace process continued. A press conference with Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, 22 December 2004
cii) Shimon Peres in front of a picture of Yitzhak Rabin, two key figures in the peace process. Jerusalem, 19 July 2004
ciii) With Yasser Arafat for talks in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, 1 November 2001
civ) Under the media spotlight, Angela Merkel, Jacques Chirac and I talk during the G8 in St Petersburg, 17 July 2006
cv) TV cameras crowded in as I visited the floods in Gloucester in November 2000
cvi) Walking along the beach with the leaders of the G8 at the Sea Island summit, Georgia, in June 2004
cvii) Bob Geldof, the force behind the worldwide Live 8 concerts of 2 July 2005
cviii) Denise Lewis leapt for joy alongside mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Tessa Jowell in Singapore as London won the bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, 6 July 2005
cix) Londoners celebrating the same moment in Trafalgar Square
cx) The following day, three bombs were detonated on the London Underground and one on a bus in Tavistock Square. Fifty-two people lost their lives. 7 July 2005
cxi) My statement on the atrocity of 7/7, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, 8 July 2005, on behalf of the assembled leaders
cxii) Speaking on world poverty at the Old Vic theatre in London, with Gordon listening
cxiii) Celebrating the day on which power sharing was finally restored to Northern Ireland, with, left to right, Martin McGuinness, Bertie Ahern, Peter Hain and Ian Paisley. Stormont, Belfast, 8 May 2007
cxiv) On 10 May 2007, I announced at the Trimdon Labour Club that I would step down as prime minister the following month
cxv) In my last months, I undertook a wide range of visits. With British troops in Basra, Iraq, 19 May 2007
cxvi) With my indispensable folder, I left for my last Prime Minister’s Questions, 27 June 2007
cxvii) With Keith Hill, my parliamentary private secretary
cxviii) After addressing the staff, I walked down the stairs at Downing Street for the last time, 27 June 2007
cxix) Boarding the train to take me back up to the North-East
cxx) The final photocall on the steps of Number 10 with the family, 27 June 2007
cxxi) With Barack Obama, 28 July 2008
cxxii) With Mahmoud Abbas, 9 March 2010
cxxiii) As part of my Africa Governance Initiative, meeting officials of the Sierra Leone tourist board, Freetown, April 2009
cxxiv) In my role as the Quartet representative, meeting Palestinian Maj Ibrahim Attallal in Beit Skarya near Bethlehem, 19 March 2009
cxxv) As part of my Faith Foundation, speaking to students at Winchester School in Dubai, 6 January 2010
cxxvi) With pupils from Barnes School, Sunderland, at the sports complex at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which is being run in cooperation with my Sports Foundation, 25 June 2010
INDEX
AC = Alastair Campbell; GB = Gordon Brown; JP = John Prescott; TB = Tony Blair
Abbas (Abu Mazetn), President Mahmoud (I)
Abdullah, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (I); Peace Initiative (2002) (I)
Abu Ghraib prison (I), (II)
Adams, Gerry (I); first meeting with TB (I), (II); and Northern Ireland peace negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); and the IRA (I), (II); friendship with Jonathan Powell (I); and Omagh bombing (I); congratulates Paisley on 50th wedding anniversary (I)
Adonis, Andrew (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); and tuition fees (I), (II); and schools reform (I); advice to TB on ‘naming the date’ (I)
Afghanistan (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); preparations for war (I), (II), (III), (IV); invasion (2001) (I), (II), (III), (IV); aftermath (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); TB visits (2002) (I); treatment of prisoners from (I); 2004 elections (I); deployment of British troops (I); TB co-chairs conference on (2006) (I); Nimrod crash (I)
Africa, aid to (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X)
Africa, Commission for (I), (II), (III)
African National Congress (ANC) (I), (II)
Ahern, Bertie, Taoiseach (I); relationship with TB (I); and Northern Ireland peace negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); gives Paisley 50th wedding anniversary present (I); at Stormont (2007) (I)
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, President of Iran (I)
Ahtisaari, Martti, President of Finland (I), (II)
aid, international (I); see also Africa, aid to
AIDS relief (I), (II)
Albert, Prince Consort (I)
Alderdice, John (I)
Alexander, Douglas (I), (II), (III)
Alexander, Wendy (I)
Al Jazeera (I)
Allan, Tim (I), (II)
Allawi, Ayad (I), (II), (III)
Allen, Woody (I)
Alliance Party (Northern Ireland) (I), (II)
al-Qaeda (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV), (XVI), (XVII), (XVIII)
American Airlines Flight (I), (II)
Amsterdam Treaty (1997) (I)
ANC see African National Congress
Annan, Kofi (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Anne, Princess (I)
anthrax (I), (II), (III), (IV)
antisocial behaviour (I), (II); legislation against (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV); ASBOs (I)
anti-terror legislation (I), (II)
Arafat, Yasser (I), (II)
Armstrong, Hilary (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Ashdown, Jane (I)
Ashdown, Paddy (I), (II); and cooperation with Labour (I), (II), (III); supports reform of PMQs (I); and Kosovan war (I), (II), (III)
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sp; Asquith, Herbert Henry (I)
asylum-seekers (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII)
Attenborough, Richard (I)
Attenborough, Sheila (I)
Attlee, Clement (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)
avian flu (I)
Aylesbury Housing Estate, London (I)
Ayling, Bob (I)
Aznar, José María (I), (II), (III)
Baath Party (Iraq) (I), (II), (III)
Baghdad (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); Tuwaitha research facility bombed (1981) (I); US attack on (1998) (I), (II); Saddam statue toppled (I); UN headquarters bombed (I); TB’s visits (I), (II), (III)
Bagram, Afghanistan (I), (II)
‘Balcombe Street Four’ (I)
Baldwin, Stanley (I)
Bali bombing (2002) (I), (II)
Balls, Ed (I); as GB’s adviser (I), (II), (III); relationship with TB (I), (II); and tuition fees (I); told of TB’s imminent departure (I), (II); not supportive of five-year plans (I); in favour of public spending (I); government position opposed by TB (I); in GB’s ‘team’ (I), (II), (III)
Balmoral Castle (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Bank of England, independence of (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Barber, Michael (I), (II), (III), (IV); Instruction to Deliver (I)
Barroso, José Manuel (I)
Basra, Iraq (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV)
Bazoft, Farzad (I)
BBC: Gilligan’s broadcast on ‘dossier’ (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); criticised by Hutton (I), (II), (III); critical of Iraq War (I), (II), (III)
Beaconsfield by-election (1982) (I), (II), (III)
Beckett, Margaret (I), (II), (III); and deputy leadership (I), (II), (III); raises an eyebrow over Clause IV (I); and millennium bug (I); becomes Foreign Secretary (I)
Beckham, David (I)
Benedict XVI, Pope (I)
Benn, Tony (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Bennett, David (I)
Berlin Wall, fall of (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Berlusconi, Silvio (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Beveridge, William (I), (II), (III)
Bevin, Ernest (I), (II)
Bichard, Michael (I)
Bigley, Ken (I)
bin Laden, Osama (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Black Churches of Britain Conference (2000) (I)
Blackpool (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Blair, Cherie (née Booth) (I), (II); and TB’s first visit to Parliament (I); as Labour candidate (I); against TB joining GB at Millbank (I); with TB in Paris (I); supports him in leadership bid (I), (II); copes with fame (I); and Carole Caplin (I); defends Harriet Harman over choice of school (I); on election day (1997) (I), (II); and the Queen (I); entertained by Aznar (I); and Princess Diana’s death (I), (II); at Balmoral (I), (II); and Princess Anne (I); and Millennium celebrations (I), (II); Leo’s birth (I); a great support (I); and JP’s famous punch (I), (II); hits it off with Laura Bush (I); likes to travel with TB en famille (I); and dinner with the Bushes (I); thinks TB wrong to resign (I); on his WI speech (I); Bristol flats (‘Cheriegate’) affair (I); and Olympic Games bid (I), (II); at Gleneagles (I)
Blair, Euan (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); arrested for drunkenness (I), (II)
Blair, Hazel (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Blair, Kathryn (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Blair, Katy (I)
Blair, Leo (father) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Blair, Leo (son) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X)
Blair, Nicky (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Blair, Tony
1953-2001
background and family (I), (II), (III); childhood memories (I), (II), (III), (IV); at school (I), (II), (III); in love (I); political influences at university (I); joins Labour Party (I), (II); Bar exams (I); and Derry Irvine’s (q.v.) influence (I); at the Bar (I), (II), (III), (IV); meets John Smith (q.v.) (I); first sight of Parliament (I); decides to go into politics (I); inspired by Benn (I); fails at by-election (I); elected for Sedgefield (q.v.) (I); humiliated at post-election rally (I); on Kinnock (q.v.) (I); discusses Labour leadership question with GB (see Brown, Gordon) (I); as Shadow Home Secretary (I); wins leadership contest (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); puts team in place (I); appoints Alastair Campbell (q.v.) as press officer (I); decides to rewrite Labour Party constitution (I), see Clause IV, removal of; holidays abroad (I), (II), (III); photo-opportunity with Kevin Keegan (I); addresses News Corporation in Australia (I); and children’s schooling (I); appears on Des O’Connor Show (I); policies in Opposition (I), (II), see also New Labour; learns to cope with fame (I); visits Clinton (q.v.) (I); election day (1997) (I); becomes Prime Minister (I); victory speeches (I), (II); ‘kisses hands’ with the Queen (I); first 100 days in office (I), (II); on holiday (I); optimistic (I); reschedules PMQs (I), (II); and independence of Bank of England (I); shapes economic policies (I); relations with Liberal Democrats (I), (II), (III); and protests over welfare policies (I); learns on the job (I); at Hong Kong handover ceremony (I); and ‘sleaze’ and scandals (I); and Princess Diana’s (q.v.) death and funeral (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); at Balmoral (I), (II); has good ratings as Prime Minister (I); at Amsterdam Treaty negotiations (1997) (I); as President of European Union (I), (II); and Northern Ireland peace process (I), (II), (III), (IV); first meeting with Adams and McGuinness (I); orders Bloody Sunday Inquiry (I); negotiates Good Friday Agreement (I); invited to Spain by Aznar (I), (II); worried and uneasy (I), (II), (III), (IV); sad at Mandelson’s resignation (I); and Kosovan conflict (I), (II), (III), (IV); welcomes Woodward’s defection (I); survives the Millennium (I); wants faster NHS reforms (I), (II), (III); and London mayoral contest (I), (II); and Leo’s birth (I); WI speech (I), (II); Tübingen speech (I), (II); has to deal with son’s arrest (I), (II); speaks at Black Churches conference (I); in France and Tuscany (I); his ‘manic lust’ for modernisation and reform (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); authorises rescue of Sierra Leone hostages (I); and fuel-duty protests (I); incurs wrath of pensioners (I); visits sites of severe flooding (I); Camp David meeting with Bush (q.v.) (I), (II); regrets hunting legislation (I); and foot-and-mouth crisis (I), (II)
2001-10
2001 election campaign (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); harangued during hospital visit (I), (II); and Prescott’s (q.v.) punching incident (I); and foreign policy (I), (II); and 9/11 and its aftermath (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); and war in Afghanistan (I), see Afghanistan; and Iraq (I), (II), see Iraq and Iraq War; globetrots to get foreign support (I); gives idealistic conference speech (2001) (I); visits Afghanistan (2002) (I); and Queen Mother’s funeral (I); plays tennis against Nastase at Queen’s (I); ‘acts of completion’ speech (Belfast) (I); statements to Parliament on Iraq (I), (II), (III); in Basra (I), (II); and BBC focus on ‘45-minute claim’ (I); addresses Houses of Congress (I); and Dr Kelly’s death (I), (II); and Hutton Inquiry (I); battles with GB over reforms (I), (II), (III); agrees to stand down if GB cooperates (I); promises referendum on EU Constitution (I); struck by flour-filled condom (I); blocks Verhofstadt’s appointment as President of EU Commission (I), (II); buys house (I), (II), (III); changes mind over departure (I), (II); has heart operation (I); and tsunami (I); organises conference on Palestine (I); ‘flu pandemic’ (I); at John Paul II’s funeral (I); and 2005 general election (I), (II), (III), (IV); has slipped disc (I); addresses National Policy Forum (I); holidays in Tuscany (I); chairs Gleneagles G8 summit (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); and London (7/7) bombings (I), (II); and EU Constitution referendum (I); as President of EU (I), (II); and British rebate (I), (II), (III); in Singapore for London Olympics bid (I), (II), (III), (IV); his vision for Britain (I); plans date of departure (I); reshuffles Cabinet (I); at St Petersburg G8 summit (I); and Israel/Lebanon war (I), (II); and terrorist plot (I); and division in PLP (I); fears leaving party in GB’s
hands (I); and ‘cash for honours’ scandal (I); (I); co-chairs conference on Afghanistan (I); witnesses reinstatement of Northern Ireland Executive (I), (II); mishandles Times interview (I); urged by JP to go (I); and GB’s ‘coup’ (I); makes statement about his departure (I); last months (I), (II); last conference speech (I); campaigns in Scottish and Welsh elections (2007) (I); at European Council (I); sees Pope (I); announces date of departure (I); and GB’s accession (I), (II), (III), (IV); last PMQs (I); leaves Downing Street (I), (II); and life away from politics (I), (II), (III); gives evidence to Chilcot Inquiry (q.v.) (I), (II)