101. George Parker, ‘A tale of ambition and sheer desperation’, Financial Times, 21 November 2009
102. Nicholas Watt and Ian Traynor, ‘From obscurity to the most powerful woman’, Guardian, 20 November 2009
103. ‘A pitiful exercise in Euro-minimalism’, Financial Times, 21 November 2009
104. Interviews, civil servants
105. Interviews, Jonathan Powell and others
106. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
107. Philip Webster, David Charter and Francis Elliott, ‘Brown went for second best’, The Times, 21 November 2009
108. Interview, Treasury Minister
109. Interview, Treasury Minister
110. Interview, senior civil servant
111. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and officials; Mandelson, pp. 463–4, 476, 504
112. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
113. Interviews, Nick Butler, Patrick Diamond and others
114. Interviews, Cabinet ministers; Mandelson, p. 483
115. Mandelson, p. 484
116. Interview, Treasury Minister
117. Interview, Treasury Minister
118. Interviews, Treasury officials
119. Interviews, Paul Myners and others
120. Interviews, civil servants
121. Interview, senior civil servant
122. Interview, Nick Butler
123. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and others
124. Interview, Liam Byrne
125. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Treasury officials; Ed Balls, ‘Labour lost by failing on VAT’, Daily Telegraph, 13 June 2010
126. Interview, Nick Butler
127. Interview, Treasury Minister
128. Interviews, Treasury officials
129. Interview, Treasury Minister
130. Interview, senior civil servant
131. Interview, Treasury Minister
132. Interview, senior civil servant
133. Interviews, civil servants
134. Conversation, Cabinet minister
135. Interview, senior civil servant
136. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and officials
137. Guardian, 10 December 2009
138. The Times, 10 December 2009
139. Hansard, 9 December 2009
140. Interview, Nick Butler
141. Sun, 10 December 2009. The American golfer was in the news for his affairs
142. Conversations, Cabinet ministers; Mandelson, p. 500
143. Who do you most trust to deal with the economy? Brown and Darling: 32 per cent; Cameron and Osborne: 46 per cent: Populus for The Times, 10 December 2009
144. Conversation, friend of Mandelson
145. Hansard, 2 December 2009
146. Mandelson, pp. 503–4
147. Conversations, Labour MPs
148. Interview, Number 10 official
149. Conversations and interviews, Cabinet ministers
150. Mandelson, p. 489
151. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
152. Interview, Mark Davies
153. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Number 10 officials
154. UK Polling Report
155. Mandelson, p. 502
156. Interviews, Tessa Jowell and others
157. Interview, Cabinet minister
158. Mandelson, pp. 491, 503
39. Prisoners of their Fate
1. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
2. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
3. Today, BBC Radio 4, 7 January 2010
4. Hansard, 6 January 2010
5. E-mailed letter to Labour MPs from Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon, 6 January 2010
6. Interview, Geoff Hoon
7. Interviews and conversations, Cabinet ministers and former Cabinet ministers
8. Statement on behalf of Peter Mandelson, 6 January 2010
9. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
10. Mandelson, p. 507
11. Interviews, Simon Lewis and Justin Forsyth
12. BBC News, 6 January 2010
13. Interview, Cabinet minister
14. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Number 10 officials
15. Interview, Cabinet minister
16. Interviews, Mark Davies and others
17. Interview, Cabinet minister
18. Interview, Cabinet minister
19. Interview, Geoff Hoon
20. Interview, Brown adviser
21. Interview, Number 10 official
22. Conversations and interviews, Brown aides
23. Conversation, former Cabinet minister
24. Conversation, Cabinet minister
25. Interview, Mark Davies
26. Interview, Cabinet minister
27. Interview, Geoff Hoon
28. Statement issued on behalf of David Miliband, 6 January 2010
29. Interview, Brown adviser
30. Newsnight, BBC2, 6 January 2010
31. Interview, Paul Myners
32. Interview, Mark Davies
33. Interview, Geoff Hoon
34. Mandelson, pp. xxi–xxii
35. Conversation, friend of Mandelson
36. Conversation, Cabinet minister
37. Interview, Simon Lewis
38. Gordon Brown, remarks at Hillsborough Castle, 27 January 2010
39. Ibid.
40. Interview, Stewart Wood
41. Conversation, Irish diplomat
42. Interview, Stewart Wood
43. Gordon Brown, statement at Hillsborough Castle, 5 February 2010
44. Interview, Jonathan Powell
45. Among them, Robin Butler and General Mike Jackson
46. Interview, Jonathan Powell
47. See Chapters 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10
48. Interview, Jonathan Powell
49. Sir Roderic Lyne, remarks during questioning at the Iraq Inquiry, 18 January 2010
50. Tony Blair, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 29 January 2010
51. Interview, David Hill
52. Conversations, Brown aides
53. Gordon Brown, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 5 March 2010
54. Kevin Tebbit, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 3 February 2010
55. Bill Jeffrey, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 8 March 2010
56. Mike Walker, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 1 February 2010
57. Gordon Brown, evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, 5 March 2010
58. Lord Guthrie, ‘He did not give all we asked for’, Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2010
59. David Brown, Michael Evans and Deborah Haynes, ‘Brown v the generals’, The Times, 6 March 2010
60. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour rally, University of Warwick, 20 February 2010
61. The End of the Party was serialised in the Observer on 21 and 28 February 2010
62. Patrick Wintour, ‘In denial: how the PM’s tantrums caused a storm over Downing St’, Guardian, 22 February 2010
63. ‘The Aida Edemariam Interview’, Guardian, 27 February 2010
64. Channel 4 News, 20 February 2010
65. See Chapter 32
66. Toby Helm and Anushka Asthana, ‘Civil service chief warned Brown over his abusive treatment of staff’, Observer, 21 February 2010
67. Number 10 statement, 20 February 2010
68. The Andrew Marr Show, BBC1, 21 February 2010
69. Mandelson, pp. 37–8, 407, 427
70. Sam Coates, ‘Brown at bay over bullying claims at Number 10’, The Times, 22 February 2010
71. ‘Hairdryer treatment’, The Times, 22 February 2010
72. ‘Brought to book’, Guardian, 22 February 2010
73. Phone message to the author
74. Newsnight, BBC2, 22 February 2010
75. Londoner’s Diary, ‘Putting Prezza on the spot’, Evening Standard, 23 February 2010
76. Matthew Norman, ‘The sufferings of Brown’, Independent, 24 February 2010
77. See Chapter 33
78. Jeff Randall Live, Sky TV, 23 February 2010
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79. Hansard, 24 February 2010
80. GMTV, 24 February 2010
81. Interview, Number 10 official
82. Interview, Number 10 official
83. Interview, Cabinet minister
84. Gus O’Donnell, evidence to Select Committee on Justice, 24 February 2010
85. Suzie Mackenzie, ‘When you are Prime Minister, how you treat people matters’, Mail on Sunday, 28 February 2010
86. See Chapter 32
87. Simon Walters, ‘Brown, the bully’, Mail on Sunday, 28 February 2010
88. Conversations, Number 10 officials
89. Guardian, 1 April 2010
90. Interviews and conversations, Cameron aides and members of the Shadow Cabinet
91. Conversation, member of the Shadow Cabinet
92. David Cameron, speech in Davos, Switzerland, 29 January 2010
93. Interview, Eric Pickles
94. Populus for The Times, 7 March 2010
95. Interview, David Cameron
96. Trevor McDonald Meets David Cameron, ITV1, 14 March 2010
97. www.mydavidcameron.com
98. David Cameron, speech to Conservative spring conference, Brighton, 28 February 2010
99. Letter, Ashcroft to Hague, 23 March 2000
100. Letter, Hague to Blair, 23 March 2000
101. Correspondence between the secretary of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee and Sir Hayden Phillips, 9 May 2000; released by Public Administration Committee, 18 March 2010
102. Letter, Hague to Blair, 23 May 1999
103. Statement by Michael Ashcroft, posted on his website, 1 March 2010
104. ‘Embarrassment of riches’, Guardian, 5 March 2010
105. The Politics Show, BBC1, 7 December 2009
106. Simon Heffer, ‘Lord Ashcroft’s game is David Cameron’s shame’, Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2010
107. Sir Thomas Legg, review of past ACA payments, 1 February 2010
108. Five Live, BBC Radio 5, 18 February 2010
109. News conference, Canary Wharf, London, 2 March 2010
110. Is it wrong that Lord Ashcroft has non-dom status? Yes: 70 per cent. Do you think of the people running the Tories as rich and elitist? Yes: 51 per cent, YouGov for the Sunday Times, 7 March 2010
111. Dispatches, Channel 4, 22 March 2010
112. Interview, Geoff Hoon
113. Interview, Andrew Adonis
114. Interview, Andrew Adonis
115. Hansard, 17 March 2010
116. Interview, Number 10 official
117. Interview, Nick Butler
118. Interview, minister
119. Mandelson, p. 517
120. Interviews, Treasury ministers and officials
121. Interview, Treasury minister
122. ‘Labour’s unexpected asset’, Guardian, 25 March 2010
123. ‘Fine, if you forget the public finances’, Financial Times, 25 March 2010
124. ‘Audacious conceit’, Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2010
125. Hansard, 24 March 2010
126. IMF
127. BBC News, 25 March 2010
128. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
129. Interviews, Patrick Diamond, Justin Forsyth and others; Ed Balls, ‘Labour lost by failing on VAT’, Daily Telegraph, 13 June 2010
130. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
131. Mandelson, p. 521
132. Interviews, Patrick Diamond and others
133. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
134. Mandelson, p. 523
135. Interview, Justin Forsyth
136. Mandelson, pp. 509, 527
137. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
138. Interview, senior civil servant
139. Peter Hain, ‘The loser takes all’, New Statesman, 26 July 2010
140. Interview, senior civil servant
141. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
40. Dusk
1. Gordon Brown, election announcement in Downing Street, 6 April 2010
2. Interview, Simon Lewis
3. Interview, Nick Butler
4. David Cameron, speech on South Bank, 6 April 2010 5.Mary Nightingale Meets Nick Clegg, ITV, 21 March 2010
5. Mary Nightingale Meets Nick Clegg, ITV, 21 March 2010
6. Nick Clegg, speech at Lib Dem HQ, Cowley Street, 6 April 2010
7. Interview, Justin Forsyth
8. Interview, Patrick Diamond
9. Interview, Nick Butler
10. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
11. Interview, Nick Butler
12. Gordon Brown, speech at Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham, 12 April 2010
13. BBC News, 12 April 2010
14. Interview, Patrick Diamond
15. Interview, Patrick Diamond
16. Interviews, Patrick Diamond and others
17. Interviews; Mandelson, p. 512
18. Interview, Sue Inglish
19. Interview, Alex Gardiner
20. Interview, senior aide to Cameron
21. Interview, Justin Forsyth
22. Interview, Sue Inglish
23. BBC News, 14 April 2010
24. Interview, Richard Collins
25. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
26. Interview, Richard Collins
27. Interview, Richard Collins
28. Conversations and interviews, Cameron inner circle
29. Conversation, Clegg inner circle
30. The Andrew Marr Show, BBC1, 11 April 2010
31. Andrew Grice, ‘Ninety minutes that could change Britain’, Independent, 15 April 2010
32. Interview, Richard Collins
33. Interview, Richard Collins
34. Interview, Alex Gardiner
35. Conversation, Nick Clegg
36. Interview, Justin Forsyth
37. Interview, Richard Collins
38. Conversation, Brown aide
39. The First Leaders Debate, ITV1, 15 April 2010
40. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
41. Clegg, 61 per cent; Cameron, 22 per cent; Brown, 17 per cent: Populus for The Times; Clegg, 43 per cent; Cameron, 26 per cent; Brown, 20 per cent: ComRes for ITV; Clegg, 51 per cent; Cameron, 29 per cent; Brown, 19 per cent: YouGov for Sun; Clegg, 51 per cent; Cameron, 20 per cent; Brown, 19 per cent: ICM for Guardian, 15–17 April 2010
42. Interview, Justin Forsyth
43. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
44. The Times, Independent, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, 16 April 2010
45. BBC News, 16 April 2010
46. Andrew Rawnsley and Toby Helm, ‘The Big Interview: David Cameron’, Observer, 25 April 2010
47. Conversation, Brown aide
48. Interview, Andrew Adonis
49. Interview, Andrew Adonis
50. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
51. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
52. Michael McCarthy, ‘Mandelson’s Dunkirk’, Independent, 19 April 2010
53. Gordon Brown, statement to news conference, Number 10, 19 April 2010
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