A JOURNEY

by Blair, Tony

  views and comments on: America (I), (II), (III), (IV); antisocial behaviour (I), (II); aspiration (I), (II), (III), (IV); British public (I), (II); Cabinet reshuffles (I), (II); capitalism (I); his children (I), (II); civil liberties (I), (II); climate change (I), (II), (III); conflict resolution (I); courage (I), (II), (III), (IV); crime and law and order (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); death penalty (I); defence (I), (II), (III); deficit spending (I), (II), (III), (IV); democracy (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); drinking alcohol (I), (II); economics (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); electioneering (I); Europe (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); foreign policies (I), (II), (III); Foreign Secretaries (I); Freedom of Information Act (I); ‘givens’ in organisations (I), (II); globalisation (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); health (I); holidays (I), (II); House of Lords (I); humour (I); immigration and asylum seekers (I), (II); leadership (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI); ‘leaks’ (I); Lib Dems (I), (II), (III); the media (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); military intervention (I), (II), (III), (IV); multiculturalism (I); nationalisation (I); ‘neoconservatives’ (I), (II), (III); NGOs (I); official dinners (I); being in Opposition (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV), (XVI), (XVII), (XVIII), (XIX); pensions (I); the police (I); politics (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI); politics and sex (I), (II), (III); polls (I), (II); pressure (I), (II); progressive politics (I), (II), (III); his public image (I); religion (I), (II), (III), (IV), see also Islam; retirement (I); scheduling (I); schools (I); science (I); ‘sleaze’ and scandals (I), (II); social exclusion (I), (II), (III); ‘sofa government’ (I), (II); speech-writing (I), (II); sport (I); the state (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); targets (I); taxation (I); travel (I); unions (I), (II), (III); welfare/welfare state (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); ‘winding up syndrome’ (I); the ‘working class’ (I), (II), (III); the workplace (I)

  Blair, William (Bill) (I), (II), (III)

  ‘Blairout-Gilham, Cherri’ (I)

  Blears, Hazel (I), (II), (III)

  Blix, Hans (I), (II); Reports (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); discussions with TB (I)

  ‘Bloody Sunday’ (1972): Saville Inquiry (I)

  Blunkett, David (I); and education policy reform (I), (II), (III), (IV); and New Labour (I); and 2001 election (I), (II); condones JP’s behaviour (I); against top-up fees (I); becomes Home Secretary (I), (II), (III); and law and order (I), (II); resignation (I)

  Bono (I), (II), (III)

  Booth, Gale (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Booth, Lyndsey (I)

  Booth, Tony (I), (II), (III)

  Bosnian War (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Boulton, Adam (I)

  Boyce, Sir Michael (I), (II), (III)

  Bragg, Billy (I)

  Brahimi, Lakhdar (I); Report (I)

  Brazil (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Bremer, Jerry (I)

  Brighton (I)

  British Medical Association (I)

  British Telecom (BT) (I)

  Brooke, Peter (I)

  Brookings Institution (I)

  Brooks, Christine (I)

  Brooks, Peter (I)

  Brown, Gordon (GB): early relations with TB (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); stands in for John Smith as Shadow Chancellor (I), (II), (III); and Labour leadership discussions with TB (I); moves to Millbank (I); becomes Shadow Chancellor (I), (II); with TB in USA (I); coins ‘tough on crime...’ (I); and John Smith’s death and leadership contest (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); clashes with Mandelson (I); and removal of Clause IV (I), (II); ‘New Deal’ for unemployed (I); pushes for windfall taxes (I), (II); as TB’s ally (I); on election day (I); first Budget (I); announces independence of Bank of England (I), (II), (III); cuts VAT on fuel (I); disagrees with TB over economic policies (I); and public spending (I); and Mandelson/Robinson scandal (I); questions cost of Kosovo offensive (I); against Millennium Dome (I); and NHS funding (I), (II), (III); against Livingstone as Mayor (I), (II); against New Labour reforms (I), (II); and fuel-duty protests (I); against apologising to pensioners (I); speaks at Dewar’s funeral (I); and disagreements over euro (I), (II); and Nick Brown (I); remains as Chancellor after 2001 election (I); meetings with TB over Budget (I); resists tuition fees (I), (II), (III), (IV); opposes TB on all fronts (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); rows with Milburn (I), (II); relationship with press (I); TB’s reasons for not sacking (I), (II); assured that TB will go if he cooperates (I), (II), (III), (IV); tries to bully him (I); and Derek Scott’s comments (I); and TB’s refusal to stand down (I); praises ‘Real Labour’ in conference speech (I); and 2005 election (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); relationship with Dacre (I); and publication of Peston biography (I); against TB’s Cabinet choices (I); and European rebate negotiations (I), (II); agrees on aid to Africa (I); machinations (I), (II); opposes FSR (I); opposes academy schools programme (I); opposes welfare reforms (I), (II); gains support from PLP (I); and ‘cash for honours’ scandal (I); pushes for TB to name the date (I); organises ‘coup’ (I); ditches Manchester casino (I); agrees to renew Trident (I); and ‘Pathways to the Future’ (I), (II); and party funding (I); and Douglas Alexander (I); his crew (I), (II); favours elected House of Lords (I); becomes Prime Minister (I), (II); TB’s appraisal (I), (II); and economic crisis (I); loses 2010 election (I)

  Brown, Nick (I), (II); and GB (I), (II), (III), (IV); trapped by News of the World (I); and foot-and-mouth outbreak (I); opposes tuition fees (I), (II)

  Brown, Sarah (née Macaulay) (I)

  Browne, John (I)

  Bruton, John, Taoiseach (I)

  Bryant, Chris (I)

  BT see British Telecom

  Buck, Karen (I)

  Bulger, James (I), (II)

  Burnham, Andy (I)

  Burton, John (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)

  Burton, Lily (I), (II)

  Bush, Barbara (I)

  Bush, George, Snr (I)

  Bush, George W.: first meeting with TB at Camp David (I), (II), (III); congratulates TB on election victory (2001) (I); after 9/11 (I), (II), (III), (IV); his State of the Union address (2002) (I); and Putin (I); and Iraq (I), (II), (III), (IV); welcoming to Blair family (I); discusses removal of Saddam (I), (II), (III), (IV); re-engages with Middle East peace process (I), (II); and Iraq War (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV); demands six-party talks (I); and TB’s speech to Congress (2003) (I); re-elected President (I), (II), (III); at Gleneagles G8 summit (2005) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); sceptical about climate change (I), (II); supports aid for Africa (I), (II), (III), (IV); and HIV/Aids programme (I); ‘Yo, Blair’ episode (I); surges US troops in Iraq (I); TB’s views on (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Bush, Laura (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Butler, Sir Robin (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Butler Inquiry and Report (I), (II)

  Byers, Stephen (I), (II), (III)

  Byrne, Liam (I)

  Cabinet, the: appointment of members (I), (II); reshuffles (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Callaghan, James (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Cameron, David (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (I), (II)

  Campbell, Alastair (AC) (I), (II); offered press job by TB (I); and Mandelson (I), (II); and removal of Clause IV (I), (II); invents ‘New Labour, New Britain’ slogan (I); clashes with TB and Harriet Harman over schooling (I); disapproves of Cherie Blair/Carole Caplin relationship (I); persuades TB to appear on Des O’Connor Show (I); on election day (I), (II), (III); disapproved of by Butler (I); worried by GB’s image (I); alarmed by TB’s conference speech (I); and Cook scandal (I); and Princess Diana’s death and funeral (I), (II), (III), (IV); and TB’s ‘hand of history’ (I); and Good Friday Agreement (I), (II), (III); tells TB about Ron Davies scandal (I); and ‘out
ing’ of Nick Brown (I), (II); accuses TB of ‘swanning off’ to Seychelles (I); helps Wes Clark with communications (I); accused by Clinton of shaping news (I); handles Shaun Woodward’s defection (I); and TB’s Frost interviews (I); writes TB’s speech on on-the-spot fines (I); finds Euan Blair’s misdemeanour amusing (I); and TB’s appearance at American Black Churches (I); and TB’s electioneering (I); and fuel protesters (I); under a strain (I); and Mandelson’s resignation (I); uncertain about JP punching incident (I); accused of interfering with Queen Mother’s funeral (I); drafts TB’s speeches (I); and build-up to Iraq War (I), (II); and Bush (I); accused of inventing 45-minute claim (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); handles Jackson’s defection (I); helps with 2005 election (I); at TB/GB meetings (I); replaced by David Hill (I), (II)

  Campbell, Menzies (Ming) (I)

  Camp David meetings (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)

  CAP see Common Agriculture Policy, European

  Caplin, Carole (I), (II)

  Cardoso, Fernando, President of Brazil (I)

  Carrington, Peter (I)

  Cash, Pat (I)

  ‘cash for honours’ scandal (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Cashman, Michael (I)

  casino legislation (I)

  Cassani, Barbara (I)

  Castle, Barbara: In Place of Strife (I)

  Castle Buildings, Belfast (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  CBI see Confederation of British Industry

  Chamberlain, Neville (I), (II)

  Charles, Prince of Wales (I); and Diana’s death (I), (II), (III); and fox hunting (I); puzzled by JP (I); at Pope John Paul’s funeral (I)

  Chechnya (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Cheney, Richard (Dick) (I), (II), (III)

  Chequers (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI)

  Chevènement, Jean-Pierre (I)

  Chicago: TB’s speech (1999) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Chilcot Inquiry (2010) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  China (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); Communism (I); and return of Hong Kong (I), (II); and Taiwan (I); invited to G8 summit (I), (II); emissions and climate change (I), (II), (III); universities (I); and UK (I), (II), (III)

  China Task Force (I)

  Chirac, Jacques, President of France (I), (II); tries to lord it over Aznar (I); sensitive over Princess Diana’s death (I); and Kosovo (I); cold-shoulders Putin (I); has pub dinner with TB (I); and 9/11 (I), (II); against military action in Iraq (I), (II), (III); sympathises over deaths of British marines (I); and EU referendum (I), (II); launches common defence policy with TB (I); and Barroso as president of European Commission (I); in Singapore for Olympic Games bid (I), (II); denigrates British food (I); and London bombings (I)

  Chrétien, Jean (I), (II)

  Church, Charlotte (I)

  Churchill, Winston (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Chuter Ede, James (I)

  civil liberties (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Civil Partnership Act (I)

  Civil Service (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); and Freedom of Information Act (I)

  Clark, General Wesley (I), (II), (III)

  Clarke, Charles (I), (II); becomes Secretary of State for Education (I); and tuition fees (I), (II), (III); and London bombings (I), (II), (III); and deporting of foreign offenders (I), (II); refuses Defence (I)

  Clarke, Kenneth (I), (II), (III)

  Clarke, Nita (I)

  Clause IV, removal of (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)

  climate change (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); George Bush and (I)

  Climate Group (I)

  Clinton, Bill, US President (I), (II), (III); and TB’s visit (1996) (I); congratulates TB on election victory (I); gives Cabinet a pep talk (I); signs Kyoto Protocol (I); affair with Monica Lewinsky (I); with TB at Camp David (I); relationship with Hillary (I); and Northern Ireland (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Kosovo (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); authorises bombing of Iraq (1998) (I), (II), (III); advises TB during election campaign (I); in a Blackpool McDonald’s (I)

  Clinton, Hillary (I), (II)

  Clwyd, Ann (I)

  Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) (I)

  COBR meetings (I), (II)

  Cockburn, Jonathan (I)

  Coe, (Lord) Sebastian (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Coffman, Hilary (I), (II)

  Cohn-Bendit, Danny (I)

  Collins, Michelle (I)

  Collins, Phil (I)

  Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), European (I), (II)

  Communism (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Community (union) (I)

  Compass (group) (I)

  Comprehensive Spending Reviews (I), (II), (III)

  Confederation of British Industry (CBI) (I)

  Conservative Party (I); in the 1980s (I), (II), see also Thatcher, Margaret; and Europe (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); funding of election campaigns (I); 1992 victory (I); defeated in 1997 election (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); and sleaze (I); education policies (I), (II), (III), (IV); opposes independence of Bank of England (I); hors de combat (I), (II); loses 2001 election (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); and the press (I); and Iraq (I); and tuition fees (I); and law and order (I), (II); against ID cards (I); and 2005 election (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); opposed to anti-terrorist laws (I); and public spending (I), (II); donors and funding (I), (II); 2010 election victory (I); coalition with Lib Dems (I), (II); commitment to aid and development (I); see also Cameron, David; Major, John

  Cook, Margaret (I)

  Cook, Robin: against abandoning Clause IV (I); against employment policy (I); relations with GB (I), (II); appointed Foreign Secretary (I), (II); has affair (I); and Princess Diana’s death (I); troubled by attack on Iraq (I); replaced as Foreign Secretary (I); as Leader of the House of Commons (I), (II); debates Iraq with TB (I); resigns (I), (II)

  Cooper, Yvette (I)

  Córdoba, Spain (I)

  Coronation Street cast (I)

  Crawford, Texas (I), (II), (III)

  Crewe, Ivor (I)

  crime (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII); and DNA database (I); and Proceeds of Crime Act (I); see also antisocial behaviour; criminal justice system

  criminal justice system (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII)

  Cripps, Stafford (I)

  Croatia (I), (II)

  Cromwell, Oliver (I), (II)

  Crosland, Anthony (I); The Future of Socialism (I)

  Cruddas, Jon (I), (II)

  Cunliffe, Jon (I), (II)

  Cunningham, Jack (I), (II), (III)

  Cuomo, Mario (I)

  Cusona, Italy: Strozzis (I), (II)

  Dacre, Paul (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Daily Mail (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); articles on TB (I), (II); attacks Greg Dyke and Gavyn Davies (I), (II); Dannatt interview (I); vicious campaign against TB (I); and anti-terrorist laws (I); and 2005 election (I); and drinking laws (I); and casino legislation (I); and GM food (I); and Leo Blair’s MMR vaccination (I)

  Daily Mirror (I)

  Daily Telegraph (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  D’Alema, Massimo (I), (II)

  Dalton, Hugh (I)