90. Interview, David Blunkett
91. J. Smith, p. 256
92. Interview, Jonathan Powell
93. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
94. Interview, member of campaign team
95. Interview, Brown inner circle
96. Interview, Philip Gould
97. Interview, David Hill
98. Interview, Brown aide
99. Interview, Jonathan Powell
100. Interview, Bruce Grocott
101. Interview, Sally Morgan
102. Interview, Sally Morgan
103. Interview, Sally Morgan
104. Interviews, Sally Morgan and others
PART TWO: THE PRICE OF AMBITION
19. Sore Winners
1. Interviews, Huw Evans, Philip Gould and Sally Morgan
2. Interview, Sally Morgan
3. Interview, Huw Evans
4. Interview, Sally Morgan
5. Tony Blair, speech at count, Newton Aycliffe Community Centre, Sedgefield, 6 May 2005
6. Conversation, Blair aide
7. Reg Keys, speech at count, Newton Aycliffe Community Centre, Sedgefield, 6 May 2005
8. Interviews, Alan Milburn and others
9. Tony Blair, remarks at National Portrait Gallery, London, 6 May 2005
10. Interview, Matthew Taylor
11. Turnout was 61 per cent. Only 21 per cent of the eligible electorate voted Labour
12. Daily Mail, 6 May 2005
13. The Times, 6 May 2005
14. Guardian, 6 May 2005
15. Interview, Brown aide
16. Interview, David Hill
17. Conversation, Cabinet minister
18. Tony Blair, remarks in Downing Street, 6 May 2005
19. Interview, Stephen Byers
20. Conversation, Blair inner circle
21. Interview, Philip Gould
22. Interview, David Hill
23. Interview, Jonathan Powell
24. Interview, Sally Morgan
25. Interviews, Blair inner circle
26. Mullin, p. 556
27. Interview, Cabinet minister
28. Conversation, Cabinet minister
29. Interview, Jonathan Powell
30. Interview, Brown inner circle
31. Interview, Brown inner circle
32. Interview, Brown inner circle
33. Interviews, Brown inner circle
34. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
35. Interview, Jonathan Powell
36. Interview, Sally Morgan
37. Interview, Jonathan Powell
38. Interview, Brown inner circle
39. Interview, Brown inner circle
40. Interview, Brown inner circle
41. Gaby Hinsliff, ‘I won’t quit vows Blair as Cabinet rift opens’, Observer, 8 May 2005
42. Sunday Telegraph, 8 May 2005
43. Observer, 8 May 2005
44. Conversation, Cabinet minister
45. Interview, Sally Morgan
46. Interview, Phil Collins
47. Interviews, Philip Gould, Jonathan Powell, Andrew Turnbull and others
48. Conversations, Blair aides
49. Interview, Jonathan Powell
50. Interview, Sally Morgan
51. Interview, Matthew Taylor
52. Conversation, senior Labour figure
53. Conversations and interviews, Labour MPs; Michael White and Patrick Wintour, ‘Blair appeals in lion’s den’, Guardian, 12 May 2005
54. Interview, Neil Kinnock
55. Interview, Alan Milburn
56. Interview, Phil Collins
57. Tony Blair, speech to the European parliament, 23 June 2005
58. By the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Citizens’ Advice Bureau
59. Conversation, Cabinet minister; interviews, Number 10 officials
20. Rules of the Game
1. Interviews, Tom Kelly and others
2. Interview, Ken Livingstone
3. Interview, Tessa Jowell
4. Interview, Tessa Jowell
5. Interview, Brown inner circle
6. Interview, Ken Livingstone
7. Interview, Ken Livingstone
8. Interview, David Hill
9. Interview, senior civil servant
10. Interview, Tessa Jowell
11. Interview, David Hill
12. Interview, Tom Kelly
13. Interview, Tessa Jowell
14. Interview, Ken Livingstone
15. Interview, Tom Kelly
16. Interviews, David Hill and Tom Kelly
17. Interview, Tessa Jowell
18. French official cited by Duncan Campbell, Observer, 10 July 2005
19. Libération, 7 July 2005
20. Cited by Duncan Campbell, Observer, 10 July 2005
21. Tony Blair, speech to the IOC, Singapore, 6 July 2005
22. Interview, David Hill
23. Interviews, David Hill and Tom Kelly
24. Interview, Jonathan Powell
25. Interview, Jonathan Powell
26. Interview, Jonathan Powell
27. Interview, Tessa Jowell
28. Interview, Ken Livingstone
29. Cited by Duncan Campbell, Observer, 10 July 2005
30. Ashling O’Connor, ‘Olympics good for a party but not much else’, The Times, 8 December 2008
31. Andrew Rawnsley, ‘We don’t need this five-ring circus’, Observer, 19 January 2003
32. Interview, Michael Jay
33. Interview, Sally Morgan
34. Sun, 7 July 2005
35. Daily Mail, 7 July 2005
36. Daily Telegraph, 7 July 2005
37. Interview, Michael Jay
38. Interview, Michael Jay
39. Interview, David Hill
40. Interview, Tom Kelly
41. Interview, David Hill
42. Interview, Michael Jay
43. Interview, Michael Jay
44. Interview, Charles Clarke
45. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
46. Interviews, Charles Clarke and others
47. Tony Blair, statement on terrorism, Gleneagles, 7 July 2005
48. Interview, Jack Straw
49. Interview, Tom Kelly
50. Interview, Jonathan Powell
51. Interview, Ken Livingstone
52. Tony Blair, statement in Downing Street, 7 July 2005
53. Interview, Tom Kelly
54. Tony Blair, statement on terrorism, Gleneagles, 7 July 2005
55. Conversation, Number 10 official
56. Interview, Foreign Office official
57. Interview, Number 10 official
58. Interviews, Number 10 officials
59. Interview, Number 10 official
60. Interview, Number 10 official
61. Interview, Blair aide
62. Interview, Number 10 official
63. Interview, Phil Collins
64. Conversation, Cabinet minister
65. Interview, Huw Evans
66. Tony Blair, news conference, Downing Street, 8 August 2005
67. Interviews, Home Office officials
68. Observer, 14 August 2005
69. Interview, Charles Clarke
70. Interview, Jack Straw
71. Conversations, Blair aides
72. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
73. Interview, Matthew Taylor
74. Interview, Phil Collins
75. Interviews, senior intelligence officers
76. Interview, Phil Collins
77. Private information
78. A judgement by the European Court of Human Rights in May 2009 ordered the Government to remove them
79. Interview, Andrew Turnbull
80. Interview, Charles Clarke
81. Interview, Matthew Taylor
82. Observer, 14 August 2005
83. Interview, Phil Collins
84. Interview, Phil Collins
85. Interview, Huw Evans
; 86. Interviews, Home Office officials
87. Interview, Hilary Armstrong
88. Interview, David Hill
89. Interview, George Osborne
90. Interview, Brown inner circle
91. Hansard, 9 November 2005
92. More than twice the length of the next common law country, Australia’s twelve days
93. Conversation, Cabinet minister
94. Observer, 13 November 2005
95. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
96. Conversation, Cabinet minister
97. Conversation, Brown inner circle
21. Back to School
1. Hansard, 30 November 2005
2. Hansard, 7 December 2005
3. Interview, David Hill
4. Interview, Huw Evans
5. Observer conference interview, Andrew Rawnsley with David Cameron, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 5 October 2005
6. Andrew Sparrow, ‘How a question of drugs engulfed Cameron and hijacked race for the Tory leadership’, Daily Telegraph, 15 October 2005
7. Conversation, Cabinet minister
8. Conversation, Cabinet minister
9. Interview, David Cameron
10. Interview, David Cameron
11. Andrew Pierce, ‘Horror as Cameron brandishes the B-word’, The Times, 5 October 2005
12. Conversation, Cabinet minister
13. Interview, Number 10 official
14. Conversation, minister
15. Interview, Tony Blair
16. Conversation, Cabinet minister
17. Interview, Tony Blair
18. Interview, Tony Blair
19. Conservative, 37 per cent; Labour, 35 per cent: ICM for the Sunday Telegraph, 11 December 2005. Conservative, 37 per cent; Labour, 36 per cent: YouGov for the Sunday Times, 11 December 2005
20. Conversation, Cabinet minister
21. Conversation, minister
22. Conversation, Cabinet minister
23. Interview, Brown aide
24. Conversation, Blair aide
25. Conversation, Cabinet minister
26. Conversation, Cabinet minister
27. Conversation, Cabinet minister
28. Conversation, senior Labour figure
29. New Statesman, 23 September 2005
30. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 26 September 2005
31. Conversations, Blair inner circle
32. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 26 September 2005
33. Interviews, Brown inner circle
34. Michael White, ‘Rift over PM’s intention to carry on’, Guardian, 27 September 2005
35. Interview, Huw Evans
36. BBC News, 27 September 2005
37. Interview, Phil Collins
38. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 27 September 2005
39. Interview, Tony Blair
40. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
41. Conversations, Blair aides
42. Conversation, Cabinet minister
43. Francis Elliott, ‘Revealed: Blunkett broke rules on job with DNA firm’, Independent on Sunday, 30 October 2005
44. Blunkett, p. 850
45. Department of Education; Number 10 Strategy Unit
46. Interview, Michael Barber
47. In Switzerland, a country richer than Britain, only 2 per cent of children were privately educated
48. 17 per cent in 2005–6, Independent Schools Council
49. Interview, Estelle Morris
50. Interview, Michael Barber
51. Interview, Matthew Taylor
52. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
53. ‘Higher Standards, Better Schools for All: More Choice for Parents and Pupils’, White Paper, 25 October 2005
54. Interview, Cabinet minister
55. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
56. Interview, Estelle Morris
57. Interview, Huw Evans
58. Interview, Matthew Taylor
59. Conversation, Brown inner circle
60. Conversation, Cabinet minister
61. Prescott, pp. 23–4
62. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
63. John Prescott interview with Susan Crosland, Sunday Telegraph, 18 December 2005
64. Ibid.
65. Interview, Neil Kinnock
66. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
67. Interview, Neil Kinnock
68. Interview, Tony Blair
69. Conversation, Blair aide
70. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
71. Interview, Phil Collins
72. Conversation, former Cabinet minister
73. Interview, Phil Collins
74. Conversation, Cabinet minister
75. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
76. Interview, David Willetts
77. Interview, David Cameron
78. Conversations, Shadow Cabinet
22. The Hollowed Crown
1. David Hencke and Will Woodward, ‘Blair plunged into secret loans crisis’, Guardian, 16 March 2006
2. Channel 4 News, 15 March 2006; Newsnight, BBC2, 15 March 2006
3. Interview, Labour Party official
4. Interview, Michael Levy; Levy, p. 224
5. Interview, Michael Levy
6. Interview, Michael Levy
7. Interview, Tim Allan
8. Interview, Michael Levy
9. Interview, Michael Levy
10. Interview, Michael Levy
11. Levy, p. 120
12. Ibid., p. 229
13. Francis Elliott and Marie Woolf, ‘Cash for peerages’, Independent on Sunday, 19 March 2006; Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Robert Winnett and Jonathan Calvert, ‘What price power?’, Sunday Times, 19 March 2006; Levy, p. 230
14. Interview, Michael Levy
15. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Blackpool, 1 October 1996
16. Marie Woolf, ‘Cash for peerages row as Blair honours top donors’, Independent on Sunday, 23 October 2005
17. Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Robert Winnett, ‘Blair gave “honours for loans” ’, Sunday Times, 12 March 2006
18. Andrew Pierce and Rajeev Syal, ‘Two Ministers are questioned as inquiry nears Blair’s door’, The Times, 15 July 2006
19. Rebecca Smithers and David Pallister, ‘City academies adviser resigns after cash-for-honours accusation’, Guardian, 16 January 2006
20. Tony Blair, Number 10 news conference, 16 March 2006
21. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
22. Interview, Cabinet minister
23. Interview, Cabinet minister
24. Interview, Matthew Taylor
25. Interview, Number 10 official
26. Daily Telegraph, 30 November 2005
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