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Page 135
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