Milburn’s return 273
Olympic Games 326, 328, 329, 330, 462
post-election negotiations (2010) 749, 755
Purnell’s resignation 655, 656
removed from Cabinet 462
restored to Cabinet 656
smoking ban 349
Joyce, Eric 663
Kampfner, John 501, 525
Karzai, Hamid 53–4, 377, 665–6, 668
Katwala, Sunder 223, 500
Kavanagh, Trevor 268, 307
Kay, David 241
Keeble, Sally 477
Kelly, Sir Christopher 640
Kelly, Dr David 209, 213
death 214–18, 219, 224, 237, 450
and Hoon 369
Hutton Inquiry report 238, 240
Iraq dossier 117, 450
outing 209–13, 218, 221, 222
Kelly, Gavin 469, 515, 520, 747
Kelly, Gerry 693–4
Kelly, Janice 213, 216
Kelly, Rachel 216
Kelly, Ruth
and Brown 69
and City 483
education 352–3, 354
general election (2005) 313
and McBride 564
reshuffle 321
Kelly, Tom
7/7 331
9/11 18
Blair’s departure date 279
and Blunkett 286
Cheriegate 134, 135
Crawford summit 95
G8 summit 267
Gilligan affair 211, 212
Hutton Inquiry 219, 237
Iraq dossier 108, 113
Northern Ireland: end of IRA armed struggle 424; IRA decommissioning 415; Northern Bank robbery 422; Paisley 420, 421, 425; power-sharing 429–30; St Andrews Agreement 428; Sinn Féin speech 418
Pakistan visit 46
public service reform 77
Syrian visit 49
Turkish visit 266
Kennedy, Charles
abstention on Lab–Lib coalition 756
on Blair 5
general election (2005) 308, 310
Guantanamo 246
Iraq 310
Iraq demonstrations 148
resignation as leader 362
tuition fees 234
Kennedy, Edward 424
Kennedy, John F. 49, 429
Kerry, John 271–2
Kettle, Martin 405
Keys, Reg 318
Kilfoyle, Peter 567
Kill Bill 300
Kilroy-Silk, Robert 268
King, Mervyn
bank recapitalisation plan 583, 586, 589, 591
banks 487–8, 579
bonus culture 481
and Brown 491, 561
car industry 613
and Darling 491–2
G7 Washington summit 592
monetary policy 484
Northern Rock 491–2, 494
opposition to fiscal expansion 623, 624
public borrowing 480
quantitative easing 616
recession 615–16
special liquidity scheme 542
King, Oona 318
King, Pete 424
Kingman, John
bank bail-out 587, 588, 592, 594, 596
bank bonuses 608
Northern Rock 490, 528, 529
Kinnock, Neil
1992 election defeat 319
on Blair 198
Blair and Brown 60, 61, 75, 347
Blair and Bush 103
Blair’s departure date 279, 324, 364
and Charles Clarke 231
education reforms 354
general election (2010) leaders’ debate 720
Iraq 184–5
and Mandelson 659
Kirkbride, Julie 650
Kissinger, Henry 106
Koran 36, 44
Kosovo 42, 92, 97, 157, 174
Blair’s interventionism 43, 44, 102–3, 379
Blair’s messianic tendency 8, 45
Bush 27
Campbell 205
Germany 151
intelligence 108
war crimes 164
Krugman, Paul 593
Kuwait 84
Lagarde, Christine 493, 585–6, 592, 603
Lagos, Ricardo 152
Lamont, Norman 132
Lander, Sir Stephen
9/11 20, 23, 24, 33
Blair security risk 188
fuel protests 4
Iraq 155
Iraq dossier 110
terrorism 89, 90
Large, Sir Andrew 485
Laurie, Hugh 481
Laws, David 748, 752
Le Touquet 139–40
Leahy, Sir Terry 478
Lebanon 380, 381–5, 407
Leeds Castle 421
Legg, Sir Thomas 651–2, 707
Lehman Brothers 478, 569, 575–7
Leicester South by-election 269
Lette, Kathy 536, 543
Letwin, Oliver 498
Levy, Michael (Lord) 8
on Blair 42, 199
Blair and Brown 68
Blair on Bush 95
Blair’s ambivalent endorsement of Brown 441
Blair’s Wobble 265–6
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 357–9, 371, 372, 387
coup against Blair 404
Iraq 184
Kelly’s death 216
Lebanon crisis 382
Lewis, Ivan 564–5
Lewis, Simon 677, 749
Liberal Democrats
10p income tax band 440
Afghanistan 664
Brent East by-election 224
Dunfermline and West Fife by-election 362
electoral reform 746, 747, 754–5
European constitution referendum 258
general election (2005) 308
general election (2010) 715, 716; Cleggmania 723–4, 726, 727; post-election negotiations 743–59; television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5
general election speculation 505
Iraq 151
Leicester South by-election 269
local elections (2006) 368
local elections (2008) 540
Northern Rock 529
Olympic Games 327
tuition fees 234
Libya 250–2, 660–3
Lisbon treaty 525, 676, 704
Livermore, Spencer
10p income tax band 439
Blair and Brown 195, 228–9, 235, 263, 264
Brown’s first speech as PM 458
coup against Blair 397, 398
as Director of Political Strategy 467
general election (2005) 300, 302, 304
general election speculation 496, 497, 499, 500, 505–6, 508, 510
reshuffle 322
Liverpool, Lord 324, 810n105
Livingstone, Ken
7/7 333
contingency planning 90
defeated as Mayor 540
Lebanon crisis 384
as Mayor of London 4, 267, 268
Olympic Games 327, 328, 329
re-elected as Mayor 267
Llewellyn, Ed 745
Lloyd, Liz 384
Lloyd George, David 91, 356, 372, 433
Lloyds TSB 590
bail-outs 586, 594, 596
bonuses 607
and HBOS 577–8, 595
and Northern Rock 490–1
local elections
2004 267–8
2006 367–8
2007 442, 500
2008 539–40
2009 652, 653, 656
Lockerbie 251, 660
Lomax, Rachel 483
London
7/7 331–4, 335–6
21/7 336
car bombs 466–7
education 351
as financial centre 480, 484
Mayor 4, 267, 540
Olympic Games 326–30
Lord Chancellorship 199–202
Lula da Silva, Luiz 624
Lumley, Joanna 643, 644
L
yne, Sir Roderic 696, 697
Macaulay, Sarah see Brown, Sarah
Macdonald, Sir Ken 549
Mackay, Major-General Andrew 666
MacKay, Andrew (MP) 650
Mackenzie, Suzie 703
MacKinlay, Andrew 212
Macleod, Catherine 562, 681, 702
MacNeil, Angus 360
Macpherson, Elle 580
Macpherson, Nick 587, 592
Mactaggart, Fiona 567
Madrid bombings 249–50
Maguire, Kevin 396
Mail on Sunday
Cheriegate 133–4
Gilligan article 204
Iraq 309
Lewis 565
Prescott’s affair 367
Queen Mother mourning 131
recording of Wood and Mackenzie 703
Major, Sir John 70, 191, 192, 220, 306, 343, 502, 517, 539, 540
Brown’s Iraq visit 506
Libya 252
Northern Ireland 411, 413, 431, 432
Prime Ministerial style 520, 524
Make Poverty History 334
Malloch-Brown, Mark 465, 598, 617, 619
G20 summit 622, 631, 635, 636
Mandela, Nelson 48
Mandelson, Peter
50p income tax rate 641
al-Megrahi case 661
bank bail-out 579, 583, 597, 598–9, 604
bank bonuses 607, 608
and Blair 4–5, 59, 60, 81, 95, 198, 415, 670, 674–5, 701, 743
Blair and Brown 81, 674–5, 701
Blair’s departure date 279
Blair’s reverse gear 226
Blair’s Wobble 262, 265
and Brown 14, 59–60, 273, 462, 678, 684–5, 692–3, 701, 749; Brown premiership 440, 557, 670; Brown’s paranoia 79; Brown’s party conference speech 405; euro 196; general election (2005) 301; Geoffrey Robinson home loan 4; and the Observer’s serialisation of The End of the Party extracts 701; planned coups 654, 655–6, 674–5, 689; ‘psychological flaws’ accusation 13, 684–5; rapprochement 552–5, 561, 598, 613, 615; rift 678–9, 683, 684–5, 689; resignation 760; as right-hand man 658–9
and Campbell 206, 674–5
car industry 611–12
Cheriegate 123, 135, 136–7
and City 480
civil service 290, 292
communications strategy presentation 674
coup against Blair 395
and Darling 678–9, 682; Pre-Budget Report 684
euro 189, 190, 196
as European Commissioner 273
European constitution referendum 259
fiscal stimulus 602
furtive memoir 701
G20 summit 622, 631
general election (2010) 686, 709, 711–12, 716–17, 726, 727, 729, 731; leaders’ television debate 719, 722, 723, 734–5; post-election negotiations 743, 747, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 758
Gilligan affair 210
Goodwin pension 610
High Representative job bid 676–7, 678
and the Hoon–Hewitt plot 689, 692
Iraq 156–7, 184
in kitchen Cabinet 224
Lab–Lib alliance negotiations 743, 747, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 758
and McBride 468, 625, 639
Northern Ireland 426
and Osborne 561, 601
parliamentary expenses 646–7
party conference (2008) 571
party conference (2009) 670, 672–3
on Pre-Budget Report 684
Purnell’s resignation 655
recession 611
return to Cabinet 571–4
and the rich 477
role in rise and fall of New Labour 741, 742
sackings 5, 123, 198, 199
and Sinn Féin 414, 415, 419
spin 9
and Sun 672–3
triangulation 526
war room 652
Manning, Sir David
9/11 20, 32
Afghanistan 52, 53, 54
on Blair 48, 95
Blair and Bush 99–100, 243
Blair’s post-9/11 US visit 38
Blair’s powers of persuasion 150
Iraq: aftermath of war 178–9; Bush and Cheney 141; Bush’s offer to Blair 154, 155, 157; Crawford summit 93, 94, 96; parliamentary vote 168; post-war planning 145, 184; Rice meeting 87; Rumsfeld’s intervention 159, 160; Saddam 88; UN 103, 106; UN second resolution 144, 150, 152; war 144, 172, 175, 179; White House meeting 144, 145; WMD 113, 187
Kelly outing 210, 211
Kelly’s death 215
Lebanon crisis 384–5
Manningham-Buller, Eliza 155, 332, 340, 549
Marie Claire 138
Marr, Andrew 279, 509
Marsh, Kevin 207
Marshall, Colin 191
Marshall, David 555
Marshall-Andrews, Bob 317, 644
Martin, Michael 650–1, 674
Martlew, Eric 533
Marx, Karl 529
Mattinson, Deborah 461, 470, 496, 500, 506, 568
Maudling, Reggie 287
Maxwell, Clive 490
McBride, Damian 73, 467–8, 469, 564, 638–9
and Blair 348
and Sarah Brown 560
Brown and media 536–7
Brown’s Southwold holiday 561
and Carter 546
and Darling 563
Draper e-mails 637–8, 639, 644
general election speculation 500, 508, 509, 510
and Mandelson 196, 625
Miliband attack on Brown 559
reshuffled 573
McCarthy, Sir Callum 491
McCartney, Ian 227, 360
McCartney, Robert 423–4
McChrystal, General Stanley 667
McDonagh, Siobhain 567
McDonnell, John 510
McFadden, Pat 168, 200, 266, 298, 437, 729
McFall, John 529, 532, 534, 601
McGuinness, Martin 414, 418, 419, 422, 423, 693–4
and Blair 411, 430–1
decommissioning 415, 416
as Deputy First Minister 431, 432, 433
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