The End of the Party

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by Andrew Rawnsley


  Good Friday Agreement 412

  Leeds Castle talks 421

  Number 10

  visit 413–14

  McKillop, Sir Tom 586, 587, 595

  McNeill, Kirsty 671, 759

  McNulty, Tony 639

  media 129–30, 131–2, 449–50, 457, 672–3

  Blair’s departure date 279–80

  Brown 509, 544, 670–1, 673

  Brown, Gordon 731–2

  Brown premiership 470–1, 472, 669

  Campbell 205, 206

  Cheriegate 133–8

  Clegg 715; attack 727

  and Gillian Duffy 731–2

  Euroscepticism 189, 197

  general election (2005) 311

  general election (2010) 715; leaders’ television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5

  general election speculation 501, 512–13

  Hutton Inquiry 220

  Nannygate 283–4 see also BBC; individual newspapers

  Medvedev, Dmitry 630, 633

  Meet the Parents 30

  Mehdi army 376, 445

  Mendelsohn, Jon 519

  Merkel, Angela 617, 675, 676

  banks 579, 581, 590, 593

  G20 summit 626–7, 629, 633

  Merrill Lynch 575

  Mexico 152

  Meyer, Sir Christopher

  9/11 32, 34

  Blair and Bush 96, 99–100

  Blair’s Camp David visit 29, 30, 106

  Blair’s family 257

  Blair’s party conference speech 46

  Blair’s post-9/11 US visit 36, 38, 41

  and Bush 26, 27

  Crawford summit 93, 94, 95, 96

  intelligence 146

  Iraq 85, 87, 90–1, 93, 141, 143

  Kosovo 92

  Powell briefing 29

  UN resolution 140

  MI5 89, 117, 155

  fuel protests 4

  Islamic terrorism 337

  Northern Ireland 89, 414

  torture 261

  MI6 89

  Afghanistan 43

  Iraq dossier 110, 117, 149, 207

  Libya 250

  Middle East peace process 444

  and 9/11 34, 49

  Blair as envoy 454

  Camp David meeting 176

  Hillsborough meeting 177

  and Iraq 87, 88, 96–7, 98

  road map 253

  US policy 85–6

  Milburn, Alan

  and Blair 6, 288, 371

  Blair and Brown 68, 296, 298

  Blair’s departure date 279, 391

  Blair’s Wobble 262, 265

  and Brown 70, 300, 303, 304, 403, 443, 462, 464

  Brown demands gag 397, 402

  and Brown’s Cabinet 463–4

  the dynamic of demise 324

  euro 196

  European constitution referendum 259

  foundation hospitals 77–8, 79, 80–1, 232

  general election (2005) 300, 301, 303, 305–6, 310, 318

  Goldsmith’s legal opinion 165

  as Health Secretary 11, 294, 365

  Hutton Inquiry report 238

  not willing to serve again 318, 320

  resignation 201, 224, 287

  return 273–4, 276

  Miliband, David

  attack on Brown 557, 558–9

  Brown on 398

  and Brown succession 347

  Brown’s Freudian slip 604

  as challenger to Brown 434–5, 441, 442, 687

  coup against Blair 395

  European treaty 525

  expenses 646

  as Foreign Secretary 460

  G20 summit 622

  general election (2010) 735; leaders’ debate 720; post-election negotiations 755

  Heathrow 615

  High Representative proposal 676, 677

  and the Hoon–Hewitt plot 689, 690, 691, 692, 693

  Lebanon crisis 383

  Mandelson on 693

  party conference (2008) 571

  planned coup against Brown 566

  Purnell’s resignation 655, 657

  reshuffle 370

  Simpson attack on 565

  support for Blair’s European Council presidential candidacy 675

  threat to remove from Foreign Office 653, 658

  Miliband, Ed

  2010 manifesto 717

  and Balls 73

  and Blair 362

  Blair and Brown 368

  Blair’s departure date 228–9, 263, 264, 270

  and Brown 469, 524, 551, 690, 759

  Brown’s mobile 472

  Brown’s party conference speech 502

  in Cabinet Office 463

  coup against Blair 397, 398

  Democratic convention 570

  general election (2005) 304

  general election speculation 496, 497, 500, 504, 508, 510

  Heathrow 615

  and McBride 564, 639

  PMQs prep 521

  policy review 437

  post-election negotiations (2010) 749, 755

  reshuffle 322

  tuition fees 235

  Millar, Fiona

  and Campbell 206

  and Cherie Blair 125

  Cheriegate 134, 135, 137, 222

  education reforms 354

  Gilligan affair 208

  Iraq 157

  resignation 138

  Millennium Dome 4, 326

  Mills, David 362

  Milosevic, Slobodan 8, 42, 92, 97, 164

  Minghella, Anthony 305

  Ministerial Code 350

  Ministry of Defence (MoD)

  Afghanistan 378

  Gurkhas 643

  Hutton Inquiry report 238

  Iraq dossier 115

  Kelly outing 211–12

  Mirror see Daily Mirror

  Mitchell, George 94, 122, 411, 412, 444

  Mittal, Lakshmi 128

  Mitterrand, François 199

  MMR vaccine 130

  Monde, Le 635

  Monroe, Marilyn 429

  Moore, Jo 130–1

  Moore, Michael 22

  Moran, Margaret 646, 650

  Morgan, Piers 129, 260, 700

  Morgan, Sally 126, 468

  on Blair 95, 133

  Blair and Brown 14, 296, 297–8, 363

  Blair and Bush 243

  Blair and intelligence services 112

  Blair’s departure date 270, 276–7, 278, 324, 389–90

  Blair’s emotional leadership 297

  Blair’s holidays 127

  Blair’s Wobble 254, 262, 263, 265

  and Blunkett 286

  and Brown 272, 274, 300

  Bush’s British visit 244

  and Campbell 205, 206, 207–8

  and Cherie Blair 126

  Cheriegate 136

  and civil service 289

  coup against Blair 396

  general election (2005) 302, 310, 311, 312, 313, 320

  Hutton Inquiry report 237

  and intelligence services 207

  Iraq: aftermath of war 185; Brown 161, 163; Bush’s offer to Blair 156;

  Cook’s resignation 165; Goldsmith’s legal opinion 164; parliamentary vote 162, 167, 168; Prescott 166; Saddam 91; UN second resolution 144; war 173, 175; warnings to Blair 144, 153, 160; WMD 142

  Irvine sacking 200

  Kelly’s death 215, 217

  Lebanon crisis 382, 383, 385

  Olympic Games 330

  party conference (2003) 226

  public service reform 76

  reshuffles 198

  spring conference (2003) 147

  tuition fees 234

  Morley, Elliot 650, 708

  Morris, Estelle 317

  on Blair 290

  Blair’s departure date 390

  Cabinet meetings 65

  education reforms 353

  as Education Secretary 11

  resignation 231, 287

  and Treasury 70

  tuition fees 231

 
Morris, Steve 68, 189–90, 192, 446

  Morrison, Herbert 228

  Mottram, Sir Richard 131

  Mowlam, Mo 411, 419, 426

  MPs’ expenses 639–40, 642, 644, 645–52, 707–8

  Mudie, George 233, 235, 393, 399, 595, 609

  Mugabe, Robert 605

  Muir, David 640, 671, 682, 712, 717, 718–19, 720, 733, 751

  Mulgan, Geoff 8

  Blair’s religion 449

  civil service 289, 290

  euro 190

  public service reform 76, 295

  Mullin, Chris 383

  Mulvihill, Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne 376

  Murdoch, Rupert 49, 130, 160, 189, 235, 258, 391, 438, 502, 672–3

  Murphy, Jim 525

  Murphy, Paul 426

  Musharraf, Pervez 47

  Myers, General Dick 34, 51

  Myners, Paul 587, 588, 590, 591, 597, 605, 678, 680

  bank bail-outs 583, 587, 588, 594, 595, 596, 605

  Goodwin pension 594–5, 610

  Najaf 253

  Nannygate 283–7

  National Bullying Helpline 701

  National Economic Council 598, 611, 622

  National Executive Committee (NEC) 227, 273, 538, 569

  National Insurance 76, 682, 684, 716

  Nationwide 489, 583

  Neil, Andrew 220

  Netanyahu, Benjamin 647

  Netherlands 325, 352, 664

  New Labour 450–1

  10p income tax band 533–4, 537–40

  appetite for power 692

  Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election 269

  Blair’s departure date 371, 389–90

  Brent East by-election 224

  Britain under 739–40

  Cameron’s tribute to 740

  ‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 357–61, 371–4

  and City 477, 480, 608–9

  coup against Blair 394–404

  Crewe and Nantwich by-election 541

  deputy leadership contest 454

  donations 4, 127–9, 517–20

  Dunfermline and West Fife by-election 362

  education reforms 352–3, 354, 355–6

  Euro-elections (2004) 267

  Euro-elections (2009) 658

  financial sector 481–2

  five pillars of success 739

  forty-two day detention 549

  general election (2005) 299, 317–21

  general election (2010): campaign 686, 699–700, 715–37; defeat 738–9, 741–2, 744; ‘A Future Fair for All’ slogan 699; manifesto 717; and party problems 708, 709–13; post-election negotiations 743–5, 746–59; question of Brown’s premiership 687–92, 692; television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5

  Glasgow East by-election 556–7, 674

  Glenrothes by-election 599

  Gurkhas 644

  Hartlepool by-election 274, 791n43

  Henley by-election 549–50

  income tax 641–2

  Iraq 151

  lack of leadership contest 435–6, 440–2, 443

  last days in power 743–61

  Lebanon crisis 383–4, 385

  Leicester South by-election 269

  local elections (2004) 267

  local elections (2006) 368

  local elections (2007) 442

  local elections (2008) 540

  local elections (2009) 656

  and media 450, 673; leaders’ television debate 717–24, 727–8, 733–5

  and Middle England 684

  NEC 227, 273

  ninety-day detention 341, 342

  opinion polls and Brown’s premiership 674, 685–6

  pro-business 477

  rebels 257

  struggle for control 12–15

  Trident 438

  tuition fees 232–3, 234, 235–6

  US presidential election (2004) 271–2 see also party conferences

  New Orleans 378

  Newsnight 149, 357, 692, 702

  New York Post 49

  New York Times 593

  New Yorker 39, 307

  News of the World 135, 565

  NHS 229–30, 365

  Blair and Brown 77–81

  first term 9, 10

  public spending 14, 75–6, 294

  Niger 115

  Nixon, Richard 278

  Noon, Sir Gulam 359, 360, 372

  Norman, Matthew 702

  Norris, Geoff 467

  North, Lord 810n105

  North Korea 47, 83, 90

  Northern Alliance 51, 52

  Northern Bank robbery 422–3

  Northern Ireland 410–12, 415–21, 425–7

  Blair and Trimble 415

  Brown 429, 431, 693–5

  Campbell 205

  devolution dispute 693–4

  end of IRA armed struggle 424–5

  Good Friday Agreement 7, 412–13

  Leeds Castle talks 421–2

  McCartney murder 423–4

  Northern Bank robbery 422–3

  peace process 177, 257

  power-sharing 429–33

  Robinson scandal 694–5

  St Andrews Agreement 427–8, 693–4

  Sinn Féin see Sinn Féin

  Northern Rock 489–95, 608

  nationalisation 528–31

  Norton-Taylor, Richard 211

  Norwich North by-election 652

  nuclear power stations 437

  nuclear weapons

  Blair briefed 174

  dirty bombs 90

  Iraq 88, 113, 114, 115, 119

  Trident 438

  Nye, Sue 210, 468, 687, 688, 749, 758, 759

  10p income tax band 538

  Blair and Brown 195, 228–9, 235, 264, 368

  Brown’s departure 758

  Brown’s first conference speech as leader 503

  Brown’s Southwold holiday 561

  Brown’s US visit 618

  coup against Blair 397, 398, 401

  and Gillian Duffy 732

  general election (2010) 714, 743; leaders’ television debate 718–19

  general election speculation 496, 500, 507, 508, 510

  and the Hoon–Hewitt plot 688, 690

 

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