88. Interview, David Hill
89. Conversation, Cabinet minister
90. Blair–Erdogan news conference, Ankara, Turkey, 17 May 2004
91. Interview, Tom Kelly
16. On and On
1. Interview, Tom Kelly
2. Interview, Tom Kelly
3. Servants of the People, Chapter 18
4. Interview, Ken Livingstone
5. The Tory vote was 37 per cent
6. Interview, David Hill
7. UKIP won 16 per cent of the vote in the European elections
8. Interview, Sally Morgan
9. Interview, Brown inner circle
10. Interview, Brown aide
11. Trevor Kavanagh, Sun, 12 July 2004
12. Interview, Philip Gould
13. UNSCR 1546, 8 June 2004
14. Bremer, p. 394
15. Interview, Robin Butler
16. Report of the Butler Inquiry, HC 898, 14 July 2004, p. 152
17. It was 26 per cent
18. Interview, Liam Byrne
19. Interview, Brown inner circle
20. Interview, Sally Morgan
21. Interviews and conversations, Blair aides and Brown inner circle
22. Interview, David Hill
23. Andrew Rawnsley, ‘Blair: no deal with Brown on No 10’, ‘Blair still believes in himself’, Observer 18 July 2004
24. Interview, Brown aide
25. Interviews and conversations, Cabinet ministers, Blair inner circle and Brown inner circle
26. Interviews and conversations, Cabinet ministers, Blair inner circle and Brown inner circle; Peston, p. 343
27. Interview, Stephen Wall
28. C. Blair, p. 374
29. Interview, Matthew Taylor; C. Blair, p. 374
30. Conversation, Cabinet minister
31. Conversation, Cabinet minister
32. Conversations and interviews, Cabinet ministers
33. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
34. Interview, David Hill
35. Interview, Cabinet minister
36. Interview, Brown aide
37. Interview, Brown aide
38. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
39. Interview, Brown inner circle
40. Conversation, Cabinet minister
41. Conversation, Blair inner circle
42. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
43. Labour did hold the seat, with a much reduced majority. The Tories came fourth behind UKIP
44. Interview, Tony Blair with Andrew Rawnsley and Gaby Hinsliff, Observer, 26 September 2004
45. Suzie Mackenzie, Guardian Weekend, 25 September 2004
46. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 27 September 2004
47. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 28 September 2004
48. Conversations, Blair aides
49. Interview, Cabinet minister
50. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, 28 September 2004
51. Interview, Brown aide
52. Interviews, Blair inner circle and Brown inner circle; Peston, p. 347
53. Interview, Cabinet minister
54. Interviews, Brown inner circle
55. Interviews, Blair and Brown inner circles
56. Interviews, Sally Morgan and Jonathan Powell
57. Interview, Barry Cox
58. Conversation, Cabinet minister
59. Interviews, David Hill and others
60. Conversation, Blair aide
61. Interview, Barry Cox
62. Interview, Sally Morgan
63. C. Blair, p. 367
64. Interview, Sally Morgan
65. Interview, Jonathan Powell
66. Interview, David Hill
67. Interviews, David Hill and Tom Kelly
68. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
69. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
70. Interview, David Blunkett
71. Interview, Tessa Jowell
72. Interview, Peter Hain
73. Interview, Peter Mandelson
74. Interview, Stephen Byers
75. Interview, Neil Kinnock
76. Interview, Alan Milburn
77. Interview, Tom Kelly
78. Interview, David Hill
79. Interview, Tom Kelly
80. Interview, David Hill
81. BBC Ten O’Clock News, 30 September 2004
82. Ibid.
83. The Conservatives between 1979 and 1997. The dismal fourth Tory term under John Major was not an alluring precedent
84. Interviews, Tom Kelly, Sally Morgan and Jonathan Powell
85. Seldon (2007), p. 301
86. Interview, Brown inner circle
87. Interview, Brown inner circle
88. Interview, Brown aide
89. Interview, senior Treasury official
90. Interview, Brown inner circle
91. Interview, Sally Morgan
92. Conversation, Cabinet minister
93. Interview, Sally Morgan
94. Interviews, Blair and Brown inner circle; Peston, p. 349
95. Interview, Sally Morgan
17. Another One Bites the Dust
1. The author was in the car
2. Interview, Tony Blair
3. Sunday Telegraph, 26 December 2004
4. Interview, David Hill
5. Another lover turned out to be Simon Hoggart, the parliamentary sketchwriter of the Guardian and chairman of Radio 4’s News Quiz
6. Alistair Beaton, A Very Social Secretary, More 4, 10 October 2005
7. Sunday Telegraph, 28 November 2004
8. Interviews, senior civil servants
9. Tony Blair, news conference, Number 10, 29 November 2004
10. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
11. Conversation, Cabinet minister’s aide
12. Pollard, pp. 29, 269, 241, 28, 27
13. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
14. Interview, Huw Evans
15. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
16. Interview, David Blunkett
17. Interview, Cabinet minister
18. Budd report, 21 December 2004, p. 5
19. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
20. Interview, Huw Evans
21. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
22. Interviews, David Hill, Tom Kelly, Sally Morgan and Jonathan Powell
23. Interview, Huw Evans
24. Interviews, Huw Evans, David Hill and others
25. Interview, David Hill
26. Interview, Huw Evans
27. Interview, David Hill
28. Interview, Tom Kelly
29. Interviews, David Hill, Huw Evans, Sally Morgan and Jonathan Powell
30. Blunkett (2006), p. 736
31. Interview, Huw Evans
32. See Chapter 7
33. See Chapter 13
34. See Chapter 11
35. Beckett, Darling, Prescott and Straw
36. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
37. Hugh Cleary and Richard Reeves, ‘The Culture of Churn’, Demos paper, 12 June 2009
38. Interview, Charles Clarke
39. Interview, Robin Butler
40. Interview, Richard Wilson
41. Interview, Charles Clarke
42. Interview, Frank Field
43. Interview, Peter Hyman
44. Interview, Alan Milburn
45. Interview, Robin Butler
46. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
47. Interview, Jonathan Powell
48. Interview, Richard Wilson
49. Interview, Stephen Wall
50. Interview, Margaret Jay
51. Interview, Philip Gould
52. Interview, Michael Barber
53. Interview, Geoff Mulgan
54. Interview, Sally Morgan
55. Interview, Richard Wilson
56. Interviews, Jonathan Powell and Richard Wilson
57. Interview, Estelle Morris
58. Interview, senior civil servant
> 59. Interview, Geoff Mulgan
60. Interview, Michael Barber
61. Interviews, senior civil servants
62. Interviews, senior civil servants
63. Interview, Geoff Mulgan
64. Interview, Peter Mandelson
65. Interview, Jonathan Powell
66. Interview, Stephen Byers
67. Interviews, David Blunkett and others
68. Interview, Richard Wilson
69. Interviews, Stephen Byers, Richard Wilson and others
70. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
71. Interview, Peter Mandelson
72. Interview, Jonathan Powell
73. Interview, senior civil servant
74. Interview, senior civil servant
75. Interview, Charles Clarke
76. Interview, Michael Barber
77. Interviews, Charles Clarke, Sally Morgan and Jonathan Powell
78. Private information
79. Interview, Jonathan Powell
80. Interview, Peter Mandelson
81. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Blair aides
82. Conversation, Cabinet minister
83. Interview, Cabinet minister
84. Interview, Huw Evans
85. Home Office, Quarterly Asylum Statistics
86. The Westminster Hour, BBC Radio 4, 6 February 2005
87. Toynbee and Walker, p. 45
88. Conversation, Cabinet minister
89. Home Office Quarterly Reports; British Crime Survey
90. Interview, Michael Barber
91. See Chapter 21
92. Hyman, pp. 384–5
93. Prospect, April 2005
94. Interview, Tony Blair
95. Andrew Rawnsley, ‘Whose lead will Labour follow?’, Observer, 21 March 2004
96. Interview, Brown inner circle
97. Interview, Matthew Taylor
98. Interview, Sally Morgan
99. Marie Woolf, ‘The Birt Papers’, Independent on Sunday, 24 June 2007
100. Interviews, Sally Morgan, Alan Milburn and Jonathan Powell
18. The Ugly Campaign
1. Interview, Sally Morgan
2. Interview, Sally Morgan
3. Interview, Geoffrey Robinson
4. Observer, 9 January 2005
5. Sunday Telegraph, 16 January 2005
6. Peston, p. 349
7. Interviews, Blair inner circle
8. Interviews, Blair inner circle
9. Interview, Blair inner circle
10. Interviews, Barry Sheerman and others; Mullin, p. 524
11. www.ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/historical-polls
12. YouGov for the Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2005
13. Observer, 20 February 2005
14. Interviews, Labour campaign team
15. Interview, former Cabinet minister
16. Conversation, Cabinet minister
17. Conversation, Cabinet minister
18. Interview, Huw Evans
19. Interview, Cabinet minister
20. Conversation, Blair aide
21. Interview, member of campaign team
22. Interview, Huw Evans
23. Interview, Jonathan Powell
24. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
25. Conversation, Cabinet minister
26. Interview, Brown aide
27. Hansard, 16 March 2005
28. Interview, Stephen Byers
29. Blair’s asset rating was –10 per cent; Brown’s rating was +46 per cent: YouGov for the Daily Telegraph, January 2005
30. Interview, Labour strategist
31. Interview, Philip Gould
32. Interview, Alastair Campbell
33. Interview, Brown aide
34. Interview, Sally Morgan
35. Interview, Philip Gould
36. Interview, Jonathan Powell
37. Interview, Philip Gould
38. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
39. Interview, Bruce Grocott
40. BBC News, 6 April 2005
41. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
42. Interview, former Cabinet minister
43. Interview, Huw Evans
44. Interview, Philip Gould
45. Interview, David Hill
46. Interview, Huw Evans
47. Interview, Brown inner circle
48. Interview, David Hill
49. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
50. Interview, Philip Gould
51. Labour PPB, broadcast all channels, 11 April 2005
52. Private information
53. Tony Blair, statement in Downing Street, 5 April 2005
54. Tony Blair, speech, Dover, 22 April 2005
55. Cited in Kavanagh and Butler (2005), p. 57
56. Interview, David Hill
57. Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV, 2 April 2005
58. David Remnick, ‘The Real Mr Blair’, New Yorker, April 2005
59. Interview, David Hill
60. ‘My Tony is fit … and up for it’, Sun, 4 May 2005
61. Interview, David Hill
62. Tony Blair, remarks at manifesto launch, Mermaid Theatre, London, 13 April 2005
63. Conversation, Cabinet minister
64. Interview, Tony Blair
65. Interview, David Hill
66. Leader’s Question Time, BBC1, 28 April 2005
67. Interview, David Hill
68. Ask the Leader, ITV, 2 May 2005
69. Interview, Tony Blair with Andrew Rawnsley and Gaby Hinsliff, Observer, 1 May 2005
70. Mail on Sunday, 24 April 2005; Channel 4 News, 27 April 2005
71. Labour news conference, Bloomberg HQ, London, 28 April 2005
72. Breakfast With Frost, BBC1, 24 April 2005
73. Conversations, members of Shadow Cabinet
74. The World This Weekend, BBC Radio 4, 24 April 2005
75. By Liam Byrne
76. Interviews, David Hill and Sally Morgan
77. Interview, Sally Morgan
78. Interview, Tony Blair
79. Interview, Tony Blair
80. Interview, Matthew Taylor
81. Interview, Peter Hain
82. Interview, Alan Milburn
83. Conversation, Blair aide
84. Interview, Sally Morgan
85. Interviews, Alan Milburn and others
86. David Cracknell, ‘Campbell: We’re home and dry’, Sunday Times, 24 April 2005
87. Daily Mail, 5 May 2005
88. Interview, Alan Milburn
89. Interview, Sally Morgan
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