by Blair, Tony
Orwell, George (I)
Otunnu, Olara (I)
Ovett, Steve (I)
Owen, David (I)
Page, Jenni (I)
Paisley, Eileen (I)
Paisley, Ian (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); becomes first minister (I), (II)
Pakistan (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); see also Kashmir
Palestine (I), (II), (III); conflict with Israel (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII); and 9/11 (I), (II); and Saddam Hussein (I), (II); TB organises capacity-building conference for (2005) (I); elections approved by Bush (I); and G8 package of support (I)
Parkinson: TB’s appearance (I)
Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) (I), (II), (III), (IV); TB’s briefings (I); after 2001 election (I); and Iraq (I); and tuition fees (I); hostility towards TB (2005) (I); and civil partnerships (I); and anti-terrorist laws (I); and Israel/Lebanon war (I), (II); wants change of leader (I), (II), (III)
party funding (I), (II), (III)
‘Party into Power’ document (1996) (I)
‘Pathways to the Future’ (I), (II), (III)
Patten, Chris (I)
PCC see Press Complaints Commission
Pearse, Jonathan (I), (II)
peerages see ‘cash for honours’ scandal
Peña, Karin (I)
Peña, Paco (I)
Pendry, Tom (I), (II)
pensions and pensioners (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII); ‘stakeholder’ (I), (II), (III)
Peston, Robert (I)
Petraeus, General David (I), (II)
Philip, Prince (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Phillips, Sir Hayden (I)
Pigott, Sir Anthony (I)
Piro, George (I)
PLP see Parliamentary Labour Party
PMQs see Prime Minister’s Questions
police (I), (II); and TB’s security (I), (II), (III), (IV); in Northern Ireland (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); and failures of judicial system (I), (II), (III); ‘fixed penalty notices’ (I); and Euan Blair (I); and fuel protestors (I), (II); and hunting (I); and ‘cash for honours’ scandal (I), (II), (III); detention of terrorists (I), (II); and seized assets (I); see also Police Federation
Police Federation: rally (1993) (I); Straw slow-hand-clapped by (I); and SOCA (I)
Police Memorial Trust (I)
Policy Unit (I); see also Miliband, David
Pollack, Kenneth: The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq (I)
Portillo, Michael (I)
Powell, Chris (I)
Powell, Colin (I), (II)
Powell, Jonathan (I), (II); disapproved of by Robin Butler (I); coins ‘education, education, education’ (I); and TB’s PMQs (I); on TB’s messiah complex (I); and Northern Ireland negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX); amused by TB/Paisley meetings (I); and Ron Davies scandal (I); and conspiracies (I); works with Bush team on Iraq (I); and TB/GB agreement (I); indifferent to Olympic Games bid (I); and London bombings (I), (II); and ‘cash for honours’ scandal (I); fears GB’s leadership (I)
Prescott, John (JP) (I), background (I); relationship with TB (I), (II), (III); as deputy leader (I), (II), (III), (IV); and women (I); laughs at TB’s Northern Ireland peace plans (I); on election day (1997) (I); not inclined to New Labour (I); excluded from meeting (I); and removal of Clause IV (I), (II), (III), (IV); dreads PMQs (I); and Lib Dems (I), (II); supports Millennium Dome (I), (II); and completion of Jubilee Line Extension (I); against Livingstone as Mayor (I), (II); and NHS Plan (I); celebrates (I) years as Hull MP (I); and rail chiefs (I); punches protester (I), (II); relationship with GB (I); attacks Mandelson (I); supportive over Iraq (I); as TB/GB go-between (I), (II); supports Olympic bid (I); has affair (I), (II); wants TB to go (I)
Prescott, Pauline (I), (II), (III)
Press Complaints Commission (PCC) (I)
Preston, Ros (I)
Primarolo, Dawn (I)
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs): and Major (I), (II); TB’s reforms (I), (II), (III); TB’s fears of (I), (II), (III); JP’s dread of (I)
Proceeds of Crime Act (I)
Prodi, Romani (I), (II), (III)
Profumo, John (I)
Progress organisation (I)
Progressive Unionist Party (I)
Prokofiev, Sergei: War and Peace (I)
Prosser, Gwyn (I)
public services (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); see also welfare policies
Purnell, James (I), (II), (III)
Putin, Vladimir (I), (II); after 9/11 (I), (II); and Bush (I); vetoes UN resolutions (I), (II); attacks US unilateralism (I); at Gleneagles G8 summit (I)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (I), (II)
Queen’s Speeches: 1998 (I); 2002 (I); 2003 (I); 2004 (I); 2006 (I), (II)
Question Time (I), (II)
Quinn, Lesley (I)
Quintin Kynaston School, London: TB’s visit (I)
Račak, Kosova: ethnic cleansing (I), (II)
Rae, Maggie (I), (II)
railways (I), (II)
Ramadan, Taha (I)
Ramaphosa, Cyril (I)
Raul (footballer) (I)
Rawnsley, Andrew (I)
Reagan, Ronald, US President (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Real IRA: Omagh bombing (1998) (I)
Rebuck (Gould), Gail (I)
Red Cross see International Red Cross
Red Wedge (rock group) (I)
Redwood, John (I)
Regan, Gaynor (I)
Reid, John (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); written off as Labour leader (I); and TB/GB policy divide (I)
Reynolds, Albert (I)
Rice, Condoleezza (I), (II), (III)
Riddell, Peter (I)
Rifkind, Malcolm (I)
Rimmer, Catherine (I)
Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick (I)
Robertson, George (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Robinson, Geoffrey (I), (II)
Robinson, Peter (I), (II)
Rodgers, Bill (I)
Rodgers, Paul (I)
Rogers, Richard (I)
Roosevelt, Franklin D., US President (I)
Rossnowlagh, Ireland (I)
Rove, Karl (I)
Royal Festival Hall, London: TB’s election victory speech (I), (II)
Royal Marines (40 Commando) (I)
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) (I), (II)
RUF see Sierra Leone
Rugova, Ibrahim (I)
Rumsfeld, Donald (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Russell Group (I)
Russia/Soviet Union (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); and Afghanistan (I); and Kosovo (I); involvement in NATO (I); and Iraq (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); Olympic Games delegation (I); see also Putin, Vladimir
Rwanda (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Ryan, Conor (I)
Ryden, Nick (I), (II), (III)
al-Sadr, Muqtada (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Saddam see Hussein, Saddam
Sainsbury, David (I)
St Andrews: Northern Ireland peace negotiations (I); declaration (2006) (I), (II)
St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Girls’ School, Southwark (I)
Salisbury, Lord (I)
Salmond, Alex (I)
Samarra, Iraq: bombing of mosque (2006) (I)
Sands, Bobby (I)
Sankoh, Foday (I)
Sarajevo (1992) (I), (II)
Sarkozy, Nicolas (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)
Saudi Arabia (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)
Sawers, John (I)
Sawyer, Tom (I), (II)
Scargill, Arthur (I), (II), (III)
Scarlett, John (I)
schools: Tory reforms (I), (II); and selection (I); grammar (I), (II), (III), (IV); private (I), (II); TB’s choice for his children (I), (II); Harriet Harman’s choice for hers (I), (II
); class sizes (I); failing (I), (II); grant-maintained (I), (II); New Labour reforms (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); academy (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); foundation (I), (II); see also education policies
Schroeder, Gerhard (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI); at Gleneagles G8 (I)
Schwarzenegger, Arnold (I)
Scotsman (I)
Scott, Derek (I), (II)
Scottish Labour Party: 1994 conference (I); TB’s conference speech (2003) (I), (II)
Scottish National Party (I)
Scottish Parliament (I), (II); elections (I) (1999), (I), (II) (2007); devolution (I), (II), (III), (IV)
SCUD-missiles (I), (II)
Scudamore, Jim (I)
SDLP see Social Democratic and Labour Party
SDP see Social Democratic Party
Sedgefield constituency (County Durham) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII)
Serbia: and Kosovo (I), (II), (III)
Serious Crime Prevention Order (I)
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) (I)
sex offenders list (I)
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (I), (II)
Sharon, Ariel (I)
Shebaa Farms, Lebanon (I), (II), (III)
Sheffield: sports stadium (I)
Sheinwald, Sir Nigel (I)
Shirreff, Major General Richard (I)
Short, Clare (I); and Iraq (I), (II), (III), (IV); and TB (I)
Shuter, Jo (I)
Sierra Leone (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); RUF (I), (II), (III), (IV); UN forces (I); SAS rescue of hostages (I)
Simon, Siôn (I)
Singapore (I); IOC Session (2005) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Singh, Manmohan (I)
Siniora, Fouad (I)
Sinn Fein (I), (II), (III), (IV); and peace negotiations (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII); relationship with IRA (I); see also Adams, Gerry; McGuinness, Martin
Skeaton, Mavis (I)
Skinner, Dennis (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Slovenia (I)
Smith, Andrew (I)
Smith, Chris (I), (II)
Smith, Elizabeth (I)
Smith, F. E. (I), (II)
Smith, Godric (I), (II)
Smith, Iain Duncan (I), (II), (III)
Smith, John (I); and TB (I), (II), (III); as Shadow Chancellor (I); and Kinnock (I), (II); becomes Labour leader (I), (II); qualities as leader (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); and the unions (I), (II); on Bob Maclennan (I); and Northern Ireland (I); death (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Smith, General Rupert (I)
Sobchak, Anatoly (I)
SOCA see Serious Organised Crime Agency
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Social Democratic Party (SDP) (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Sofia, Queen of Spain (I)
Solana, Javier (I), (II)
Somalia (I)
South Africa (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Soviet Union see Russia
Spacey, Kevin (I), (II)
‘special advisers’ (I), (II)
Spectator (I)
Spencer, Charles (I), (II)
Spennymoor Town Hall: post-election rally (1983) (I)
Spicer, Michael (I)
Spielberg, Steven (I); Schindler’s List (I)
Stabilisation Unit (I)
Steele, John (I), (II)
Steniforth, Boney Maronie (I)
Stoel, Max der: report on Iraq (I)
Storer, Sharron (I)
Stormont, Belfast (I)
Stothard, Peter (I)
Stoyanov, Petar (I)
Strategy Unit (I), (II)
Straw, Jack: runs TB’s leadership campaign (I); delighted at removal of Clause IV (I); and immigration (I); and reform of criminal justice system (I); supportive (I), (II); and Mandelson’s resignation (I); slow-hand-clapped at Police Federation Conference (I); becomes Foreign Secretary (I); warns of need for UN resolution on Iraq (I), (II), (III); meetings with TB (I); on Iraq (I); and EU Constitution referendum (I), (II); replaced by Margaret Beckett (I); in charge of party funding discussions (I); and House of Lords reform (I)
Strozzi, Irina (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Strozzi, Vladimir (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Stuart, Alexander Mackenzie, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart (I), (II)
Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie (I), (II), (III)
Stuart, Gisela (I)
Stuart, Mairi (I)
Suez Crisis (1956) (I)
summits (I), see G8 summits
Sumner, Clare (I), (II), (III)
Sun (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII)
Sunday Times (I), (II), (III); ‘cash for honours’ story (I), (II)
Sure Start programme (I), (II)
Synnott, Sir Hilary (I)
Syria (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI)
Tajikistan (I)
Talabani, President Jalal (I)
Taliban, the (I); and Iran (I); and Musharraf (I), (II); in Afghanistan (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII)
Taverner, Chris (I)
tax credits (I), (II), (III)
taxation (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII); VAT (I), (II); capital gains tax (I), (II); windfall taxes (I), (II); fuel duty (I), (II); see also National Insurance
Taylor, Ann (I)
Taylor, John (I), (II)
Taylor, Matthew (I), (II), (III), (IV)
Tebbit, Sir Kevin (I)
Temple, Tracey (I), (II)
terrorism (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V); IRA (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI); and anti-terror laws (I); see also Islam: extremism; London bombings; World Trade Center
Thatcher, Denis (I)
Thatcher, Margaret (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X); Cabinets (I), (II), (III); and unions (I), (II); changes supported by TB (I); worshipped by US Republicans (I); and Northern Ireland (I), (II); reforms (I), (II), (III); as Eurosceptic (I), (II), (III); criticised by Lee Kuan Yew (I); and British rebate (I); and public spending (I); attacked by the media over her children (I); stands down (I), (II), (III)
Thomson, Peter (I), (II)
Times, The (I), (II), (III); TB’s articles (1995) (I), (II); and 2001 election (I); TB interview (I), (II), (III)
tobacco advertising (I), (II)
Tory Party see Conservative Party
trade unionists/unions (I); and Mrs Thatcher (I), (II); and Labour Party (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII); GCHQ rights restored (I); and European Social Chapter (I); and TB’s nomination as leader (I); and Clause IV (I); and welfare policies (I); and NHS reform (I); condemnation of fuel protesters (I); in House of Lords (I); merging of (I); see also Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress (TUC): TB’s speeches (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V)
Treasury, the: and Bank of England independence (I); and NHS (I), (II), (III); caution (I); and tuition fees (I), (II), (III); and TB’s delayed departure (I), (II)
Trevail, Charles (I)
Trident (I)
Trimble, David: relations with TB (I), (II), (III), (IV); and Good Friday Agreement (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV); wins Assembly election (I); and reinstatement of the Executive (I); and Omagh bombing (I); awarded Nobel Peace Prize (I)