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Libya visit 250–2, 661
and Livingstone 4, 267, 268
local elections (2006) 367–8
local and euro-elections (2004) 267
love of money 123, 126–7, 771n26
Madrid bombings 249–50
and Mandelson 4–5, 123, 572, 670, 743
and media 129–30, 449–50, 736
messianic tendency 45–6
Middle East peace process 444
Milburn’s resignation 201
Millennium Dome 4
Mittal donation 127–8
Moore e-mail 131
motorcade 188
NEC 227
ninety-day detention 340, 341–2
Northern Ireland 410–12, 417–18, 419, 420–1, 429–33; apology for false convictions 423; Belfast Harbour speech 418; end of IRA armed struggle 424, 425; Leeds Castle talks 421–2; Navan speech 425, 426; Northern Bank robbery 422; St Andrews Agreement 409, 427, 428; Sinn Féin 413, 415; and Trimble 415
Olympic Games 326–30, 335
Operation Desert Fox 42, 85
Pakistan visit 46–7
party conference (2001) 43–5
party conference (2002) 80, 121–2
party conference (2003) 223–7
party conference (2004) 274–6
party conference (2005) 348–9
party conference (2006) 405–8
pensions 363
planned coups against Brown 655–6
plans to quit 262, 263–4, 276–81, 325, 346–7, 368
policy review 436–7, 438
portrait space 255
powers of persuasion 150–1
and Prescott 11, 57, 71, 80–1, 227–9, 263–4, 270, 347, 367, 388, 400
Prescott’s ultimatum 388
president of European Council ambition 675–6
and President of the European Commission 268–9
Prime Ministerial style 523, 524
Prime Minister’s Questions 455
property 132, 277, 278, 695
public service reform 10, 45, 75–81, 224, 226, 229–36, 257, 294–6, 320, 350–6, 438–9, 453, 550
religion 42, 173, 410, 425, 446–9
reshuffles 197–8, 287, 321–3, 369–71
role in rise and fall of New Labour 741
Sedgefield speech 736
Sierra Leone 42, 446
smoking ban 349
stands down as MP 497
technology phobia 472–3
third term 323–4, 407
transport 293
triangulation 526
tuition fees 230–6
Turkish visit 266
US Congress address 213, 214
US presidential election (2004) 271–2
US visits 36–42, 51–2, 93–8, 105–6, 144–5, 176, 213–14, 253–4, 378–9, 384, 443–4
war 173–4
Wobble 255–6, 262–6, 278
Wolfgang apology 338
working methods 57
Blair–Brown relationship 4, 12–15, 55–8, 62–75, 257, 308, 452, 674–5, 695–6, 736, 743
academies 438–9
Blair’s ambivalent endorsement of Brown 434, 436, 438, 441–2
Blair’s plans not to quit 268, 269–71, 390
Blair’s plans to quit 263–4, 277–8, 280–1, 324–5, 325, 346, 368
Blair’s Wobble 263
Blairs are ‘so cruel to me’ 72
Brown’s first conference speech as leader 501
Budgets 439
Cameron 344, 345, 346
Campbell and Gould as peacemakers 362–3
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 361, 363–4, 374
coup against Blair 368–9, 391–2, 393, 394, 397–404, 407–8
defence expenditure 378
Europe 188–9, 190, 191–7, 361, 362; European Council presidency 675–6
G8 summit 335
general election (2005) 300–5, 307, 312, 320
general election (2010) 735–6, 743, 752
Granita agreement 59–62
handover 453–4, 455
Milburn’s article 391
Milburn’s return 272–4, 276
NEC 227
party conference (2002) 80, 121–2
party conference (2003) 223–7
party conference (2004) 275, 276
party conference (2005) 347–8
party conference (2006) 404, 405–6
pensions 363
Peston’s biography 298–9
policy review 436–7, 438
Prescott 227–9, 388
‘psychological flaws’ accusation 12–14
public service reform 75–81, 296, 349
reshuffles 321–3, 370
Severn Barrage 438
shared car journey 364
tsunami 297–8
tuition fees 230–6
Bland, Sir Christopher 239
Blank, Sir Victor 577–8, 595
Blears, Hazel 440
attack on Brown 645
bank bonuses 608
Brown premiership 466, 474
deputy leadership contest 454
expenses 646, 649, 652
general election speculation 507
Mr Bean joke 527
NEC 227
planned coup against Brown 568
resignation 652–3
Blix, Hans 150, 152
Blofeld, Ernst Stavro 706
Bloomberg, Michael 652
Bloomberg news agency 309, 405
Blunkett, David 118, 282, 283, 463
9/11 20
Blair’s departure date 279
Blair’s Wobble 262, 265, 266
and Brown 69
and Brown’s Cabinet 463–4
civil service 291
as Education Secretary 350
euro 196
general election (2005) 311
as Home Secretary 11, 282–3
Iraq 82, 155, 161, 166, 169
judiciary 199
Nannygate 283–7
New Labour’s first term 9
Olympic Games 326
opposition to Lab–Lib coalition 757
reshuffles 201
second resignation 350
terrorism 90
tuition fees 232
as Work and Pensions Secretary 321, 350
BNP see British National Party
BNP Paribas 487
Boateng, Paul 56
Bond, James 706
Bono 126
Booth, Cherie see Blair, Cherie
Booth, Gale 94
Booth, Tony 123
Boulton, Adam 18, 279, 510
Bowen, Desmond 113
Bowler, James 280
Boyce, Admiral Sir Michael
9/11 20, 34
Afghanistan 42, 47, 50, 51, 52, 54, 98, 665
Iraq: aftermath of war 178–9; Bush’s offer to Blair 155–6; Chilcot inquiry 699; Goldsmith’s legal opinion 163; letters of condolence 174–5; parliamentary vote 171; US policy 84, 100; war 175, 176; war planning 103, 141, 143; WMD 121, 176, 179
Boyle, Susan 653
Bradford & Bingley 578, 580, 585
Bradshaw, David 405
Brady, Archbishop Sean 427
Branson, Sir Richard 529, 530
Brazil 621, 624, 634
Bremer, Paul 182–3, 186, 242, 248, 444, 788n32
Brent East by-election 224
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (Wilder) 36
Briel, Ruth 56, 201, 273
Bright, Martin 584
British Airways 709
British National Party (BNP) 502, 658
Brodnitz, Peter 640
Brooks (formerly Wade), Rebekah 307, 571, 673
Brown, Andrew 61, 645
Brown, Dave 459
Brown, Fraser 393, 401, 472, 564, 613, 761
Brown, Gordon
9/11 24
10p income tax band 439–40, 532–5, 537–41, 570–1
Abrahams donation 517, 518–19
adv
isers 72–4
Afghanistan 51, 660, 664, 665, 668, 699
Africa 368
al-Megrahi case 660–1, 662–3
and Alexander 469, 551, 685, 689
and armed forces 517
austerity 482
and Balls 551, 680–1, 682
bank bail-outs 579–80, 583–93, 595–7, 598–9, 600, 605, 606
bank bonuses 608, 609
banks 578–9
Blair’s bid for European Council presidency 675–6
Blears attack 645
British Airways negotiations 709
Brown–Blair relationship see Blair–Brown relationship
Budget 70–1
Budget (2002) 75–6, 77, 94
Budget (2003) 195
Budget (2004) 263
Budget (2005) 301
Budget (2007) 439–40, 532–3
Budget (2008) 532
Budget (2009) 640–1
Budget (2010) 710–11
and Bush 460, 463, 465, 580
Cabinet 64–6, 69, 455, 460–4, 555, 564, 568–9, 674, 685–6, 692–3, 714, 755
and Cameron 343–6, 404–5, 521–2, 551, 589, 643, 688, 702–3, 735
Cameron elected leader 344, 345, 346
and Ivan Cameron’s death 613
car bombs 466–7
cartoons 459
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 361, 363–4
character 56–8, 74, 434, 534, 543–4, 644; in light of Observer’s serialisation of The End of the Party extracts 700–3; in light of the Gillian Duffy affair 730–3; temper 438, 463, 473, 503, 520–1, 551–2, 611, 700, 701, 704
and City 476–8, 480, 482
and Clegg 726–7, 731, 735, 747; post-election negotiations 747–8, 750–2, 758–9
and Clooney 544
Comprehensive Spending Review 268
Congress address 617–18, 620
control freak 473–4
coups planned against 556, 557–8, 566–70, 654, 655–7, 658, 674–5, 685, 687–92
credit crunch 488–9, 605
Crewe and Nantwich by-election 541–2
and Dacre 72, 130, 189, 529, 556
and Darling 67, 461–2, 491, 494, 516–17, 523, 529–30, 532, 537–9, 561–4, 586–8, 595–6, 601–2, 612, 640–1, 653, 657, 678–9, 680–3, 686, 689, 702, 711
daughter’s death 72, 275, 613, 673
defence expenditure 63, 378, 664–5, 699
deficit 479, 602–3, 679–80, 683, 710, 711
departure from No. 10 761
education reforms 353
euro 190, 191–7
Europe 188–9, 675–6
European constitution referendum 258
eyesight 473, 515, 570, 669, 671, 673, 719, 720
financial sector regulation 482–6
first day as PM 458–60
fiscal stimulus 601–4
fitness regime 709
flooding 470–2
foot and mouth disease 474, 498
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 536
G8 summit 335, 537
G20 summit 621–6, 627, 628–36
general election (1997) 8
general election (2005) 300–5, 309, 311–12, 320
general election (2010): announcement 714; being in denial 746–7; campaign 699–700, 712, 713, 715–24, 726, 729–33, 736; and Gillian Duffy 731–3; and party problems and sleaze 708; and post-election negotiations 743–5, 746–59; question of his premiership 687–92; television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5; voting day 737, 738, 739
general election speculation 496–514
Gilligan affair 210
Glasgow East by-election 556–7
Gleneagles summit 335
Glenrothes by-election 599
and Goodwin 582
Goodwin pension 609–11
Government of All the Talents 464–5
government strategy 465–6
and Greenspan 478–9
Gurkhas 643, 644
handover 453–4, 455, 456, 457
and Harman 53, 569, 685, 686–7
HBOS 577–8
High Representative 676, 677, 678
holidays 559–61, 661
Hotmail Plot 653
inheritance tax 392, 506, 684
Iraq 161–3, 309; Cabinet meetings 117, 161; Chilcot inquiry 695–6, 698–9; parliamentary vote 168; Short 166; visit 506; War Cabinet 175
Janes letter 673–4
and Jowell 56, 687
Joyce resignation 663
and King 491, 561, 623
lack of communication skills 535–7, 727, 741–2
lack of leadership contest 435–6, 440–2
leadership candidacy 443
Lehman Brothers 575
and Lewis 564–5
Lisbon treaty 525
local and Euro-elections (2004) 268
lost data discs 515, 516, 517
and Mandelson 4, 59–60, 79, 224, 301, 440, 601, 670, 674–5, 684–5, 689, 692–3, 701, 749, 760
Mandelson rapprochement 552–5, 561, 598, 613, 615
Mandelson as right-hand man 658–9
Mandelson’s return to Cabinet 571–4
and McBride 564, 637–8, 639
and media 509, 544, 669, 670–1, 673, 731–2; leaders’ television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5
and Milburn 70, 77–81, 201, 273–4, 276, 300–3, 462
Miliband attack 558–9
as Mr Bean 527
as Mrs Rochester 399
NEC 227
New Labour’s first term 3, 7, 10, 11–12
NHS 77–81
ninety-day detention 340–1
Northern Ireland 429, 431, 693–5
Northern Rock 492, 493, 494, 495, 528, 529, 530
and Obama 557, 617–21, 625–6, 631–2, 669
and the Observer’s serialisation of The End of the Party extracts 700–3
Olympic Games 326–7
Olympic torch 526
parliamentary expenses 639–40, 642, 644, 645, 647, 649, 651–2
party conference (2002) 80, 121
party conference (2003) 223–7
party conference (2004) 275
party conference (2005) 347–8
party conference (2006) 405
party conference (2007) 501–4, 512
party conference (2008) 570–1
party conference (2009) 670–2
party discipline 342
pensions 363
personal ratings 15, 301, 475, 674
potential challengers 434–5