Purnell’s resignation 654
reshuffle 322
Obama, Barack 557, 570, 608
Afghanistan 663, 668
al-Megrahi case 661
and Brown 669
Brown’s visit 617–21
G20 summit 619, 621, 625–6, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631–2, 633, 635
Iraq 143
on-line communication 640
Obama, Michelle 570, 627, 671
Oborne, Peter 439
Observer
Blair and Brown 13, 270, 390
Blair and Bush 28–9
Blair interviews 274–5, 309
Blair staying put 270
Blair’s 2001 conference speech 45–6
Blears attacks Brown 645
Brown and Mandelson 670
Brown’s hit squad 563
Byers doomed 131
Cameron drugs question 344
Conference interviews 344, 670
The End of the Party extract serialisation 700–3
general election (2010) 735
general election speculation 505
Iraq 309
Mandelson and Goodwin 610
Miliband withdraws 442
‘psychological flaws’ 13
reshuffle 323
TB-GBs 769n125
Ocean 725
O’Donnell, Sir Gus
Ashcroft peerage question 706
Blair and Brown 363
and Brown 71, 703; and Blair 363; briefings 460; resignation 758, 760; treatment of Darling 678; treatment of staff 520, 552
as Cabinet Secretary 292
Cabinet whip-round 453
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 373
on The End of the Party revelations 703
euro 192, 193, 194
and Heywood 544–5
hung parliament planning 746
Iraq inquiry 696
Lab–Lib alliance negotiations 748, 760
and McBride 468, 564, 638
Northern Rock 529
and Scholar 469
Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Aid (ORHA) 181, 182
Oliver, Jamie 628
Oliver, Jonathan 217
Olmert, Ehud 380, 381
Olympic Games 326–30, 335, 462
Olympic torch 526
Omagh bombing 413
Omand, Sir David 209, 210, 238
Omar, Mullah 667
Operation ‘Charge of the Knights’ 445
Operation ‘Panther’s Claw’ 667
Operation ‘Sinbad’ 376
Osborne, George
bank recapitalisation plan 583
Blair’s final conference speech 408
and Deripaska donation 601
economic policy 479, 602, 603, 683, 704–5
expenses 648
financial sector 481
general election (2010) 728; leaders’ television debate 722–3; manifesto thinking 704; post-election negotiations 745, 748
general election speculation 513–14
inheritance tax 505–6
King’s opposition to fiscal expansion 623
and Mandelson 561, 601
ninety-day detention 340–1
RBS 582
Owen, David 553
Owen, Ed 104, 168, 180
Paisley, Ian 420
and Blair 425, 455–6
as First Minister 429, 431, 432, 433
general election (2001) 416
general election (2005) 424
and IRA 422
Leeds Castle 421
power-sharing 425, 430
St Andrews Agreement 427–8
Pakistan 46–7, 152, 667, 668
Palestinians 97, 98, 253, 380
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount 49
Paris 327, 328, 329–30
Parker, Alan 545
Parker, Lucy 546–7
parliamentary expenses 639–40, 642, 644, 645–52, 707
Parris, Matthew 451
party conferences
2001 43–5
2002 80, 121–2
2003 223–7
2004 274–6
2005 338, 347–9, 352
2006 404–8, 434–5
2007 500–2, 512
2008 570–1
2009 670–2
Patel, Chai 360
Patten, Chris 84, 187
Paulson, Hank 486, 569, 575–6, 577, 597
TARP scheme 580–1, 592, 597
Paxman, Jeremy 447, 692
Pearce, Nick 747
Pelham, Sir Henry 810n105
Perle, Richard 152
Peston, Robert 298, 492, 585, 610
Petraeus, General David 445
Phillips, Jonathan 422
Pickles, Eric 705
Pindar (secret tunnels) 751
Pinter, Harold 148
Pitt, William 810n105
Poland 272
police 294
7/7 334
Abrahams donation 519
anti-terrorism 338, 340
de Menezes shooting 336
Northern Ireland 416, 427–8, 429
Pollard, Stephen 285
Pope, Greg 539
Portillo, Michael 66, 501
Powell, Charles 414
Powell, Colin
9/11 23, 24, 39
Afghanistan 51
and Britain 27
Iraq 93, 103, 104, 142–3, 144; aftermath of war 185; Crawford summit 97; post-war reconstruction 181; UN presentation 146
Middle East peace process 98
Powell, Jonathan 114
7/7 331
9/11 19, 23, 24, 33, 35
Afghanistan 377
and Balls 73, 74
on Blair 288, 289, 333
Blair and Brown 12, 14, 296, 362, 436
Blair and Bush 29, 243
Blair’s bid for EU presidency 675–6
Blair’s departure date 276–7, 278, 280, 324, 387, 389
Blair’s final weeks 454, 455
Blair’s handling of succession 442
Blair’s post-9/11 US visit 38, 39, 40
Blair’s religion 449
Blair’s Wobble 262, 265
Blairs and Campbell/Millar 125, 134, 222
and Blunkett 286
and Brown 64, 272, 274, 675–6, 696
Brown premiership 454
Cabinet coalitions 196, 197
and Campbell 205
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 372
Cheriegate 135
civil service 292
Congressional Medal 378–9
coup against Blair 392, 395, 396
Crawford summit 95, 96
euro 191, 194, 195
general election (2005) 301, 302, 312, 313, 320
Germany 151
Gilligan affair 208
Hutton Inquiry report 237–8, 239
Iraq 106, 153, 157, 175, 247; Chilcot inquiry 696; dossier 109, 114, 116, 117, 119
Kelly outing 211, 212
Kelly’s death 215
on Mandelson 677
and David Miliband 370
Northern Ireland 147, 409, 412, 417–18, 419, 420, 431; end of IRA armed struggle 424; Leeds Castle talks 421; power-sharing 432, 433; St Andrews Agreement 427; Sinn Féin 413–14, 415, 416–17, 419, 422
Olympic Games 329
Pakistan visit 46
on Colin Powell 104
reshuffles 198, 321, 322
tuition fees 234
and Wilson 291
Prashar, Usha 696
Pratt, Christine 701
Pre-Budget Report (PBR) 190, 439, 504, 513–14, 680–4
Prentice, Gordon 556, 640
Prescott, John
7/7 332
affair 366–7
as apologist for Brown 702
and Blair 57
Blair and Brown 62, 71, 80–1, 227–9, 270
Blair’s departure date 263, 264, 347, 388
and Blunkett 285
and Cabinet 349, 463–4
Cabinet farewell gift 453
at Cabinet Office 11
and Caplin 133
and Cheney 185
control over interest rates 65
coup against Blair 400, 402
education reforms 353–4, 355
elbowed aside by Reid 386
euro 196
European constitution referendum 258
expenses 646
Iraq 118, 166
and Mandelson 224, 273
and McCartney 227
and Rawnsley 702
reshuffle 321
thumps discontented voter 10
tuition fees 232
ultimatum to Blair 388
VE Day commemorations 323
Prescott, Pauline 133, 367
press see media
Preston, Ben 503
Primarolo, Dawn 322
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) 343–4, 455, 521–2, 527, 614, 688
Private Eye 447, 716
Private Finance Initiative 78
Public Service Agreements 68
public service reform 10, 75–81, 224, 226, 229–36, 257, 294–6, 320, 350–6, 438–9, 453, 550
Blair and Brown 224, 226, 229
Brown 229, 438, 550, 717
party conference (2005) 348 see also education; NHS; transport
public spending 75–76, 268, 479–80, 679–80, 739, 741, 753, 756
Blair and Brown 14
Comprehensive Spending Review 268
first term 10
on NHS 75–6
spending announcements 9, 70, 71
Purnell, James
bank recapitalisation plan 597
as Culture Secretary 461–2
fiscal stimulus 602
planned coup against Brown 557, 559, 566
pro-business 477
resignation 654–5, 656, 657
super-casino 470
untrue rumours 638
Putin, Vladimir
9/11 31, 37
Crawford visit 94
at G8, Gleneagles 335
Iraq 187
quantitative easing 605, 616
Question Time 308–9
Quinn, Kimberly (aka Fortier) 283–4, 792n5
railways 45, 293
Ramsden, David 194
Rattle, Sir Simon 429
RBS 577, 583–4, 585, 586, 587, 589, 591, 594, 607
bail-outs 593, 594, 596, 606
bonuses 607
G20 protestors 627–8
Goodwin 581–2
Goodwin pension 594–5, 609–11
non-executive directors 608
and Northern Rock 490
Reagan, Ronald 49, 83, 251, 267, 634
Real IRA 413
Reid, John 386
Afghanistan 377–8
airline terror plot 386
Blair’s Wobble 265
and Brown 304, 347, 398
and Brown’s Cabinet 463–4
as challenger to Brown 435, 441, 442
civil service 291
Desmond donation 129
European constitution referendum 258
expenses 646
as Health Secretary 201–2, 294, 365
as Home Secretary 370
and intelligence services 207
Iraq 118, 166
Milburn’s return 273
Northern Ireland 414, 426
Olympic Games 326
reshuffles 287
resignation 460
smoking ban 349
Remembrance Sunday 599, 673
rendition 260, 261
Respect party 318
Reynolds, Albert 432
Rice, Condoleezza
Afghanistan 54
Blair and Bush 243
Blair’s support after 9/11 48, 93
Colgate summit 31
Iraq 86, 87, 141, 144; aftermath of war 179, 183; Blair’s Camp David visit 105; Bush’s offer to Blair 154; handover to civilian power 269; post-war planning 145; UN 103, 106; war 172
Lebanon crisis 381, 384
Richard, Sir Cliff 127, 221, 272, 337
Richards, General Sir David 378, 668
Richards, Paul 645
Richards, Steve 449–50, 638–9
Riddell, Peter 389
Ridley, Matt 489
Robinson, Geoffrey 4, 66, 71, 298, 390, 555
Robinson, Iris 694
Robinson, Nick 149, 279, 403, 539
Robinson, Peter 420–1, 694–5
Robson, Sir Steve 70, 483, 484, 488, 491–2
Rochdale, Gillian Duffy affair 730–3
Rogers, Ivan 280
Rogge, Jacques 329
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 28, 41, 378, 626
Rosenfeld, Andrew 360
Rothschild, Sir Evelyn de 478
Rothschild, Nat 601
Routledge, Paul 298
Rove, Karl 22, 27, 244, 247
Rowling, J. K. 628
Rowson, Martin 459
Royal Bank of Scotland see RBS
Royal College of Nurses 365
Royal Mail 613
Rudd, Roland 553
Rumsfeld, Donald
9/11 32
Afghanistan 51, 52, 54
Blair’s address to Congress 214
Congressional Medal 444
and Hoon 185–6
Iraq 39, 93, 144; aftermath of war 177, 180–1, 182, 185; British withdrawal 159–60; WMD 204
old and new Europe 151
Russia
G20 summit 622
Iraq 142, 150, 151, 152, 160, 161
VE Day commemorations 323
Rwanda 44
Ryan, Joan 567
Rycroft, Matthew 101
Ryden, Nick 59, 61, 147, 403
Saddam Hussein
Ba’ath party 183
Blair’s policy 88–9, 90–1, 94, 98, 99, 102–3, 107–9, 120, 144, 145, 148, 155, 165, 169, 177, 183, 184
Brown’s view 162
capture 247–8
Cook on 82
defence strategy 175, 176, 178
intelligence assessment 100, 109–15, 117, 118, 119, 121, 178
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