A JOURNEY

by Blair, Tony

  Iraqi Intelligence Services (IIS) (I)

  Ireland/Irish Republic (I), (II); see also IRA

  Irish-Americans (I)

  Irish National Liberation Army (I)

  Irish Republican Army see IRA

  Irvine, Alison (I)

  Irvine, Derry (I), (II); and TB (I), (II), (III), (IV); friendship with John Smith (I), (II); collaborates in drafting New Labour constitution (I); announces plans for Human Rights Act (I); on judges (I); and ‘scandals’ (I); and criminal justice reform (I); and Mandelson’s resignation (I); on UN resolutions on Iraq (I); succeeded by Falconer (I), (II)

  ISAF see International Security Assistance Force

  ISC see Intelligence and Security Committee

  ISF see Iraq Security Forces

  ISG see Iraq Survey Group

  Islam/Muslims (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); Shia/Sunni divide (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); and extremism (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); and Afghanistan (I), (II); and Israel/Palestine conflict (I); see also al-Qaeda; Taliban

  Israel: attitudes to (I), (II), (III); bombing of Iraq (1981) (I); conflict with Palestine (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV); war with Lebanon (I), (II), (III); see also Middle East peace process

  Jaafari, Ibrahim (I)

  JACANA, Task Force (I)

  Jackson, General Michael (I)

  Jackson, Robert (I)

  Janvrin, Robin (I)

  Jay, Sir Michael (I), (II), (III)

  Jenkin, Patrick (I)

  Jenkins, Roy (I); joins ‘Gang of Four’ (I); and TB (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); in favour of tuition fees (I); death (I)

  Jiang Zemin (I)

  JIC see Joint Intelligence Committee

  John, Elton (I)

  John Paul II, Pope (I); funeral (I)

  Johnson, Alan (I), (II)

  Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  Jones, Jack (I)

  Jospin, Lionel (I)

  Jowell, Tessa: sets out health proposals (I); supports New Labour (I); and TB’s plan to stand down (I); and Olympic Games bid (I); sees through drinking laws reform (I); and casino legislation (I); and TB/GB policy divide (I)

  Jubilee Line extension (I)

  Juncker, Jean-Claude (I), (II)

  Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan, President of Sierra Leone (I)

  Kagan, Kimberly: The Surge (I)

  Karzai, Hamid (I), (II)

  Kashmir (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Kaufman, Gerald (I)

  Kay, Dr David (I)

  Keane, Roy (I)

  Keating, Paul (I), (II)

  Keegan, Kevin (I)

  Kelly, Dr David (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Kelly, Ruth (I), (II)

  Kennedy, Charles (I), (II), (III)

  Kennedy, Edward (Teddy) (I)

  Kerry, John (I), (II)

  Keynes, John Maynard/Keynesianism (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)

  Keys, Reg (I)

  Keys, Tom (I)

  Khan, A. Q. (I), (II)

  Khatami, Mohammad, President of Iran (I)

  Kiley, Bob (I)

  King, Sir David (I)

  Kinnock, Glenys (I)

  Kinnock, Neil: falls in the sea (1983) at Brighton (I); as Labour leader (I); and Hattersley (I); embarrassed by Reagan (I); loses 1987 and 1992 elections (I), (II), (III); meets AC and TB in France (I); and abandonment of Clause IV (I); and TB’s Australian trip (I); and TB’s election (I); against Livingstone as Mayor (I); opposes academy schools (I); on JP (I)

  Kitt, Eartha (I)

  Kohl, Helmut (I), (II), (III)

  Koizumi, Junichiro (I)

  Kok, Wim (I)

  Korea, North (I), (II), (III)

  Kosovo (I), (II), (III); (I), (II), (III), (IV); NATO offensive (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Clinton (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); and UN (I), (II), (III), (IV); casualties (I), (II), (III); and Russian aggression (I); see also Milosevic, Slobodan

  Kouchner, Bernard (I)

  Küng, Hans (I); On Being a Christian (I)

  Kurds (I), (II), (III); massacres of (I), (II), (III)

  Kyoto Protocol (1997) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Labour Party (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); and the ‘working class’ (I); and OMOV (I); and formation of SDP (I), (II); funding of (I); and Northern Ireland (I); failure to modernise (I), (II); future challenges (I); see also Clause IV, removal of; New Labour

  Labour Party Conferences (I) (1996), (II) (2000), (III) (2002); TB’s speeches (I), (II), (III), (IV) (1994), (I) (1995), (II) (1997), (III) (1998), (IV), (V), (VI) (1999), (VII) (2000), (VIII), (IX) (2001), (X) (2002), (XI) (2004), (XII), (XIII) (2006)

  Ladbroke Grove rail crash (1999) (I)

  Lafontaine, Oskar (I)

  Lagos, Ricardo, President of Chile (I), (II)

  Lamb, Major General Graeme (I), (II)

  Lancet: report on deaths in Iraq (I)

  landmines, ban on (I)

  Lawson, Nigel (I), (II), (III)

  Layard, Richard (I)

  Lebanon (I), (II), (III); war with Israel (I), (II), (III)

  Lee Kuan Yew (I)

  Letwin, Oliver (I)

  Levy, Michael (I), (II), (III)

  Lewinsky, Monica (I), (II)

  Liberal Democrat Party (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); Labour loses seats to (I); and 2005 election (I), (II); opposes anti-terrorist laws (I); and SOCA (I); coalition with Tories (I), (II); see also Ashdown, Paddy; Social Democrat Party

  Liberal Party (I)

  Liberia (I), (II)

  Libya (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  ‘Limehouse Declaration’ (I)

  Lincoln, Abraham (I)

  Livingstone, Ken (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Olympic Games bid (I), (II)

  Lloyd, Liz (I), (II), (III)

  Lloyd George, David (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)

  London: mayoral elections (I), (II), (III), (IV); Iraq War protest march (2003) (I), (II); wins Olympic Games bid see Singapore: IOC Session; bombings (7/7/2005) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Longbridge car factory (I)

  Lord Chancellor’s Department, reorganisation of (I), (II)

  Lula da Silva, Luiz, President of Brazil (I)

  Luxembourg (I), (II)

  McCain, John (I)

  McCartney, Ian (I)

  McCartney, Mary (I)

  McCartney, Robert (I)

  MacCionnaith, Breandan (I), (II)

  McColl, Major General John (I)

  McConnell, Jack (I), (II)

  Macdonald, Richard (I)

  Macedonia (I), (II)

  McFadden, Pat (I), (II)

  McGowan, Alistair (I)

  McGuinness, Ken (I)

  McGuinness, Martin (I); first meeting with TB (I), (II); and Northern Ireland peace negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV); at Chequers (I); and Omagh bombing (I); at St Andrew negotiations (I); as deputy minister (I), (II)

  Maclennan, Robert (Bob) (I)

  McMahon, Peter (I)

  Macmillan, Harold (I), (II), (III), (IV); The Middle Way (I)

  Macmurray, John (I)

  McNamara, Kevin (I)

  McTernan, John (I)

  Madrid bombing (2004) (I)

  Mail on Sunday (I), (II)

  Mais Lecture (1995) (I)

  Major, John (I), (II), (III), (IV); and PMQs (I), (II); demolished by John Smith (I); moves Ken Clarke to Treasury (I); ‘slaughters’ TB at PMQs (I); and Northern Ireland negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); holds leadership election (I), (II); loses general election (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Maliki, Nouri (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Mallon, Seamus (I)

  Manchester: casino (I)

  Mandela, Nelson (Madiba) (I)

  Mandelson, Peter (I), (II), (III); wins Hartlepool (1992) (I); and Labour leadership contest (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); relationship with GB (I); and AC (I), (II); in charge of strategy for
1997 election (I); and removal of Clause IV (I), (II); resignation over Robinson loan (1998) (I); as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (I); defends Millennium Dome (I); rows with GB over euro (I); resigns for second time (2001) (I); wins Hartlepool seat (I), (II); attacked by JP (I); appointed EU commissioner (I); and TB’s plan to stand down (I), (II); conflict during 2005 election campaign (I)

  Manning, Sir David (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Market, Social and Opinion Research (I)

  Marr, Andrew (I)

  Martin, Paul (I)

  Maryfield, Belfast (I)

  media, the (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Labour leadership contest (I), (II), (III), (IV); and scandal (I); power of (I), (II); and Princess Diana (I), (II), (III); on TB and the Queen (I); and Good Friday Agreement (I), (II); uninterested in New Labour policies (I); ‘frenzies’ (I); and Mandelson’s resignation (I); and fuel protests (I); coverage of 2001 election campaign (I), (II), (III); and protests (I); attacks on TB (I); relationship with politics (I), (II), (III); TB throws everything at (I); and 2005 election (I); Eurosceptic (I); treatment of Cherie Blair (I); and TB’s departure (I), (II), (III); see also specific newspapers

  Members of Parliament (I); expenses ‘scandal’ (I)

  Menezes, Jean Charles de (I)

  Merkel, Angela (I), (II), (III)

  Mexico (I), (II)

  Meyer, Sir Christopher (I)

  Middle East peace process (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV), (XVI)

  Milburn, Alan: and NHS reform (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); supports New Labour (I), (II); and TB’s plan to stand down (I); leaves government (I), (II); called back to coordinate election (I); and change of leader (I)

  Miliband, David (I); as head of Policy Unit (I), (II), (III); on Clinton and Kosovo (I); horrified by TB’s computer illiteracy (I); helps TB with election speeches (I); becomes MP and Minister (I); in Environment (I); decides against standing for leadership (I)

  Miliband, Ed (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Militant (I), (II), (III)

  Millar, Fiona (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Millbank, London: Labour HQ (I), (II), (III)

  millennium bug (Y2K) (I), (II)

  Millennium Dome (I), (II), (III)

  Mills, Sir John (I)

  Milosevic, Slobodan (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); fall of (I), (II)

  minimum wage (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Mishcon, Lord (I)

  Mitchell, Senator George (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Mitterrand, François (I)

  MMR vaccinations (I)

  monarchy, the: and Princess Diana (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Moore, Jo (I)

  Moore, Peter (I)

  Morgan, Sally (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX)

  Morgan, Rhodri (I)

  Morris, Bill (I)

  Morris, Estelle (I), (II), (III)

  Moscow: theatre hostage attack (2002) (I)

  Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney Downs (I)

  Mowlam, Mo (I), (II), (III); suggests Grocott as TB’s PPS (I); as Northern Ireland Secretary (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); wants to be Foreign Secretary (I); and London mayoral contest (I)

  Mudie, George (I), (II)

  Mugabe, Robert (I), (II), (III)

  Muhammad, Prophet (I)

  ‘Munich Agreement’ (1938) (I), (II)

  Murdoch, Rupert (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)

  Murphy, Jim (I)

  Murphy, Paul (I)

  Musharraf, Pervez, President of Pakistan (I), (II)

  Muslims see Islam

  Nasser, Gamal (I)

  Nastase, Ilie (I), (II)

  National College for School Leadership (I)

  National Commissioning Frameworks (I)

  National Executive Committee (I), (II), (III)

  National Farmers’ Union (I)

  National Health Service (I), (II); Tory reforms (I), (II); New Labour reforms (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); cuts to waiting lists/times (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); GP commissioning (I), (II); ‘winter crises’ (I), (II); further reforms (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV); and National Insurance (I), (II); foundation hospitals (I), (II), (III), (IV); hospital trusts (I); and unhealthy living (I)

  National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) (I)

  National Insurance (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII)

  National Lottery (I)

  National Policy Forum: TB’s speech (2005) (I), (II)

  NATO: summits (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Kosovo (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); and Russia (I); and Iraq (I)

  Naughtie, James (Jim) (I)

  NEC see National Executive Committee

  ‘New Deal’ (I), (II)

  New Labour (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); philosophy summarised (I); policies (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); see also Clause IV, removal of; and 2001 election (I); and battles over reforms (I), (II); and 2005 election (I); survival of policies threatened by GB (I), (II), (III)

  ‘New Labour, New Britain’ guide (1996) (I)

  New Left Book Club (I)

  New Statesman (I)

  New York: Carlyle Hotel (I); see also World Trade Center

  News Corporation: TB’s address (1995) (I), (II)

  News of the World (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  NGOs see non-governmental organisations

  NHS see National Health Service

  NHS Direct (I)

  NICE see National Institute for Clinical Excellence

  non-governmental organisations (NGOs) (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Northern Ireland (I), (II); Major’s peace negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); Nationalists (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); Good Friday Agreement (I), (II), (III); its impact and aftermath (I), (II); policing reforms (I), (II), (III); Omagh bombing (1998) (I); St Andrews negotiations (2006) (I), (II); reinstatement of Executive (2007) (I), (II), (III); see also IRA; Sinn Fein; Unionists

  nuclear power (I)

  nuclear weapons (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Nye, Sue (I), (II), (III)

  Obama, Barack, US President (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII)

  O’Brien, Michael (I)

  Observer (I), (II)

  O’Connor, Des (I), (II)

  O’Donnell, Gus (I)

  Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), US (I), (II), (III), (IV)

  Oil Trust Fund (Iraq) (I)

  Oliver, Jamie (I)

  Olmert, Ehud (I)

  Olympics Games bid see Singapore: IOC Session

  Omagh bombing (1998) (I)

  Omand, Sir David (I)

  One Member One Vote (OMOV) (I)

  Operation Desert Fox (I)

  Operation Dogwood (I)

  Operation Enduring Freedom (I)

  Operation Medusa (I)

  Orange Order/Orangemen (I), (II), (III)

  Orde, Hugh, Chief Constable (I)

  ORHA see Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance