122. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Manchester, 25 September 2006
123. Interview, Phil Collins
124. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Manchester, 26 September 2006
125. Interview, David Hill
126. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Manchester, 26 September 2006
127. BBC News, 26 September 2006
128. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Manchester, 26 September 2006
129. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Blair inner circle
130. Conversation, Cabinet minister
131. Conversation, Blair aide
132. Daily Mirror, 27 September 2006
133. The Times, 27 September 2006
134. Daily Mail, 27 September 2006
135. Sun, 27 September 2006
136. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
137. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
25. Miracle Worker
1. Interview, Jonathan Powell
2. Powell, p. 4
3. Powell, p. 287
4. Interview, Peter Hain
5. Interview, Tom Kelly
6. Interview, Richard Haas
7. Tony Blair, speech to the Irish parliament, Dublin, 26 November 1998
8. Tony Blair, speech to the Irish parliament, Dublin, 26 November 1998
9. Conversation, Cabinet minister
10. Interview, David Trimble
11. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Brighton, 2 October 2001
12. Conversation, Cabinet minister
13. Ahern, p. 178
14. Interview, Richard Wilson
15. Interview, Mo Mowlam
16. Interview, John Holmes. One of a series of interviews about Northern Ireland conducted by Nicholas Watt, Patrick Wintour and Owen Bowcott, extracts from which were published in the Guardian, 13 and 14 March 2007
17. Interview, George Mitchell
18. Tony Blair, speech at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Show, Balmoral near Belfast, 16 May 1997
19. Interview, David Trimble
20. Tony Blair, speech at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Show, Balmoral near Belfast, 16 May 1997
21. Interview, Martin McGuinness. See note 16
22. Adams, pp. 314, 324
23. Interview, George Mitchell
24. Interview, Martin McGuinness. See note 16
25. Interview, David Trimble
26. Servants of the People, Chapter 8
27. Interview, David Trimble
28. Interview, Jonathan Powell
29. Interview, Jonathan Powell
30. Powell, pp. 139, 144
31. 3,326 people were killed as a result of The Troubles between 1969 and 1997, Royal Ulster Constabulary Chief Constable’s Report, 1999
32. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
33. Interview, Jonathan Powell
34. Interview, senior intelligence officer
35. Interview, Jonathan Powell
36. Interview, senior intelligence officer
37. Interview, Jonathan Powell
38. Interview, Peter Mandelson. See note 16
39. Interview, Peter Hain
40. Interview, Jonathan Powell
41. Interview, John Reid. See note 16
42. Powell, pp. 148–9
43. Interview, Tom Kelly
44. Interview, Jonathan Powell
45. Interview, Peter Mandelson. See note 16
46. Interview, Peter Mandelson. See note 16
47. Interview, David Trimble
48. Godson, p. 426
49. David Trimble, Alcock Memorial Lecture, University of Ulster, 24 April 2007
50. Interview, John Holmes. See note 16
51. David Trimble, Alcock Memorial Lecture, University of Ulster, 24 April 2007
52. Guardian, 5 April 2008
53. Powell, p. 167
54. Interview, Tom Kelly
55. The episode is still murky: the chief spy suspect, Dennis Donaldson, later revealed that he had been a British agent and in 2006 was found shot dead in a remote part of Ireland
56. Powell, p. 210
57. Interview, Tom Kelly
58. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell
59. Interview, Tom Kelly
60. Tony Blair, speech at the Harbour Commissioners’ Office, Belfast, 18 October 2002
61. Interview, Tom Kelly
62. Gerry Adams, speech, Monaghan, 26 October 2002
63. BBC Northern Ireland, 29 October 2002
64. Powell, p. 181
65. Interview, Jonathan Powell
66. Interview, John Holmes. See note 16
67. Interview, Jonathan Powell
68. Powell, p. 24
69. Interviews, Mo Mowlam and Jonathan Powell
70. Interview, senior civil servant. See note 16
71. Powell, p. 17
72. Ibid., p. 236
73. BBC News, 27 November 2003
74. Interview, Tom Kelly
75. Liam Clarke, ‘Paisley rewrites his own history’, Sunday Times, 15 October 2006
76. Moloney, p. 445
77. Interview, Tom Kelly
78. Interview, Jonathan Powell
79. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell
80. Interview, Tom Kelly
81. Nigel Morris, ‘Time is running out, Blair warns at start of crucial talks’, Independent, 17 September 2004
82. Interview, Tom Kelly
83. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell
84. Interview, Jonathan Powell
85. Interview, Tom Kelly
86. Henry McDonald, ‘Irish talks fail at DUP hurdle’, Observer, 19 September 2004
87. Ian Paisley, speech to North Antrim DUP Association, 27 November 2004
88. Interview, Jonathan Powell
89. Interview, Jonathan Powell
90. Interview, Tom Kelly
91. David Lister, ‘Proceeds could pay IRA “pensions” ’, The Times, 29 December 2004
92. Interview, Tom Kelly
93. This Week, RTE, 9 January 2005
94. IMC Report, 10 February 2005
95. David Lister, ‘Adams tells Ahern to put up or shut up’, The Times, 11 February 2005
96. Kevin Toolis, ‘Trust Gerry Adams?’, The Times, 8 January 2005
97. Henry McDonald, ‘Fight for justice’, Observer, 13 February 2005
98. They had been wrongly convicted for the IRA bombings in Woolwich, London, in 1974
99. Powell, pp. 267–9
100. ‘IRA offer withdrawn’, An Phoblacht, 3 February 2005
101. Interview, Tom Kelly
102. David McKittrick, ‘McCartney sisters eclipse Adams’, Independent, 15 March 2005
103. ‘Kennedy snub for Sinn Fein’, Daily Mirror, 14 March 2005
104. Liam Clarke and John Burns, ‘US turns its back on Sinn Fein’, Sunday Times, 13 March 2005
105. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell
106. BBC News, 28 July 2005
107. Tony Blair, statement, Number 10, 28 July 2005
108. BBC News, 26 September 2005
109. Interview, Jonathan Powell
110. Conversation, Cabinet minister
111. Interview, Jonathan Powell
112. Interview, Tom Kelly
113. David McKittrick, ‘An amazing conversion’, Independent, 10 October 2006
114. Powell, p. 278
115. Tony Blair, speech, Navan Centre, 6 April 2006
116. Tony Blair, speech, Navan Centre, 6 April 2006
117. Interview, George Mitchell
118. Interview, David Trimble
119. Interview, Peter Hain
120. Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, 4 October 2006
121. BBC News, 13 October 2006
122. Daily Telegraph, 10 October 2006
123. BBC News, 11 October 2006
124. David Sharrock, ‘Blair hails a pivotal moment’, The Times, 12 October 2006
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126. Interview, Tom Kelly
127. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell; Ahern, p. 301
128. Interview, Jonathan Powell
129. Conversation, Cabinet minister
130. Interviews, Tom Kelly and Jonathan Powell
131. Interviews, Tom Kelly and others
132. Interview, Peter Hain
133. Interview, David Trimble
134. Interview, Martin McGuinness. See note 16
135. Interview, Peter Hain
136. Ahern, p. 313
137. Interview, Stephen Wall
138. Powell, p. 3
139. Interview, Tom Kelly
140. Powell, p. 1
141. Ibid., p. 2
142. Ian Paisley, speech, Stormont, 8 May 2007
143. Martin McGuinness, speech, Stormont, 8 May 2007
144. Tony Blair, speech, Stormont, 8 May 2007
145. Bertie Ahern, speech, Stormont, 8 May 2007
146. Powell, p. 308
147. Gordon Rayner, ‘United in wave of revulsion’, Daily Telegraph, 11 March 2009
26. The Long Goodbye
1. Hansard, 15 November 2006
2. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
3. Interview, Tom Kelly
4. Interview, Cabinet minister
5. Question Time, BBC1, 8 February 2007
6. Conversation, Cabinet minister
7. Interview, Cabinet minister
8. Interview, Tom Kelly
9. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
10. A Conservative lead of 10 points widened to 15 points under Brown, according to ICM for the Guardian, March 2007. Other polls of the period indicated a similar difference
11. Interview, Cabinet minister
12. Interview, Philip Gould
13. Interview, Gordon Brown
14. Interview, Brown inner circle
15. Interview, Cabinet minister
16. Interview, Matthew Taylor
17. Interview, Jonathan Powell
18. Interview, Brown aide
19. Interview, Philip Gould
20. Interview, Alastair Campbell
21. Interview, Phil Collins
22. Interviews, Jonathan Powell and others
23. Interview, Tom Kelly
24. Interview, Jonathan Powell
25. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
26. The Sunday Edition, ITV, 29 April 2007
27. Interviews, Blair and Brown aides
28. Interview, Brown inner circle
29. Conversation, Cabinet minister
30. See Chapter 24
31. Interview, Brown inner circle
32. Interview, Brown inner circle
33. Interview, civil servant
34. Interviews, ministers and officials
35. Interview, Brown inner circle
36. Interview, senior Brown aide
37. Gordon Brown, remarks at Mossbourne City Academy, London, 19 March 2007
38. Interview, Jonathan Powell
39. Interview, senior Brown aide
40. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
41. Interview, Brown aide
42. Interviews, Treasury officials
43. Daily Mirror, 22 March 2007
44. Daily Mail, 22 March 2007
45. Peter Oborne, ‘The Brown era’, Daily Mail, 22 March 2007
46. Private interview
47. Colin Brown, Ben Russell and Stephen Castle, ‘Mandelson reveals plan’, Independent, 23 March 2007
48. Interview, Stephen Byers
49. Interview, Cabinet minister
50. Interview, Hilary Armstrong
51. Interview, Peter Hain
52. Interview, Cabinet minister
53. Interview, Cabinet minister
54. Interview, Blair aide
55. Interview, Phil Collins
56. Interview, Michael Levy
57. Interview, Blair aide
58. Interview, Jonathan Powell
59. Observer, 22 April 2007
60. Interview, Cabinet minister
61. Will Woodward, ‘PM signals end and backs Brown’, Guardian, 2 May 2007
62. Interview, Tom Kelly
63. Gordon Brown, speech at the Imagination Gallery, London, 11 May 2007
64. Blair–Bush news conference, 17 May 2007
65. Blair–Bush news conference, 17 May 2007
66. Interview, David Manning
67. Interview, George Mitchell
68. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
69. Interview, Blair aide
70. Interview, Tessa Jowell
71. Hansard, 15 November 2006
72. Tony Blair, speech to Labour conference, Manchester, 27 September 2006
73. Hansard, 21 February 2007
74. General Sir Richard Dannatt, speech to Royal United Services Institute Land Warfare conference, London, 23 June 2009
75. Servants of the People, Chapter 10
76. Interview, Steve Morris
77. Seldon (2007), p. 579
78. Interview, Peter Hyman
79. Interview, Peter Hyman
80. Interview with Church of England newspaper, 5 March 2009
81. Tony Blair, speech to US National Prayer Breakfast, Hilton Hotel, Washington, 5 February 2009
82. Interviews, Frank Field, David Hill, Sally Morgan, Stephen Wall and others
83. The Blair Years, BBC1, 2 December 2007
84. Vanity Fair, June 2003
85. Interview, Tim Allan
86. Interview, Frank Field
87. Conversations, Tony Blair
88. Matthew d’Ancona, Sunday Telegraph, 7 April 1996
89. Interview, Barry Cox
90. Tony Blair, speech to Communion and Liberation conference, Rimini, Italy, 27 August 2009
91. Rentoul, p. 352
92. Seldon (2004), p. 521
93. Interview, Stephen Wall
94. Interview, Jonathan Powell
95. Interview, Charlie Falconer
96. Burton, pp. xv, 133, 219
97. Interview, Robert Hill
98. Interview, Peter Stothard
99. Interview, Geoff Mulgan
100. Interview, Number 10 official
101. Steve Richards, ‘The media spotlight’, Independent, 4 September 2009
102. Tony Blair, speech at the Reuters building, Canary Wharf, London, 12 June 2007
103. Tony Blair, speech at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 2 May 1997
104. The majorities were 179, 167, 66
105. Robert Walpole, Henry Pelham, Lord North, William Pitt, Lord Liverpool, William Gladstone, Lord Salisbury and Margaret Thatcher
106. Matthew Parris, ‘I’m no fan, but I do love Blair’s Britain’, The Times, 23 December 2006
107. DWP, IFS
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