and the Iraq inquiry 697
Operation Desert Fox 42
UN resolution 142
UN weapons inspectors 115–16, 150
US attempt at assassination 172
US policy 39, 84–5, 86–8, 90, 97, 100, 105, 141, 142, 145, 146, 167, 252
WMD 116, 119, 120, 141, 150, 187, 204, 241
Sadr, Moqtada 376
Sainsbury, David 359–60, 735
St Andrews Agreement 409, 427–8, 693–4
Salisbury, Lord 810n105
Salmond, Alex 442, 512, 745
Samara 375
Sambrook, Richard 208
Sands, Peter 583
Santander 490, 578
Sants, Hector 484, 490–1
Sarkozy, Nicolas
bank bonuses 608
bank recapitalisation plan 579, 590, 593
big tent politics 464
European Council presidency 675, 676, 678
Fletcher’s anecdote 759
G20 summit 626–7, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634
High Representative 678
and Obama 617
state banquet 543
VAT cut 603
world trade negotiations 554
Sassoon, Sir James 477
Saturday Night Takeaway 307
Saudi Arabia 49, 141, 143
Sawers, John 182
Sawyer, Diane 535
Scardino, Dame Marjorie 478
Scarlett, John
7/7 332
9/11 23
and Blair 42, 111–12
Hutton Inquiry 219, 238
Iraq 100, 175
Iraq dossier 109, 110–11, 113, 115, 116, 117, 120
and Kelly 210
Pakistan visit 46
threat from al-Qaeda 155
Schofield, Alan 366
Scholar, Tom
bank recapitalisation plan 582–3, 588, 595
as Chief of Staff 468–9, 545
G7 Washington summit 592
Schröder, Gerhard 31, 41, 151, 268–9, 334–5
Schultz, Martin 675
Schwarzenegger, Arnold 384
Scotland, Patricia 669
Scotland 7, 442
Scott, Derek 62–3, 482
Scottish National Party (SNP) 442, 556
Scowcroft, Brent 106
SDLP 416, 420, 424
Sedgefield 132, 246–7, 317–18, 454
Blair speech 736
by-election 497
Seed, Father Michael 448
Sentance, Andrew 616
Sentencing Guidance Council 339
Severn Barrage 438
Sharon, Ariel 49, 97, 98, 253, 380
Shaw, George Bernard 495
Sheehan, Michael 719
Sheerman, Barry 299, 657
Sheinwald, Sir Nigel 267, 334, 382, 617
Sheriff, R. C. 174
Shirreff, Major General Richard 376
Short, Clare
Afghanistan 38
and Blair 50, 56, 66
Blair and Brown 74–5
and Brown 68, 161
Cabinet meetings 65
Iraq 118; Cabinet meetings 161; Chirac 163; Cook’s resignation 165; dossier 119; Goldsmith’s legal opinion 165–6; parliamentary vote 169; ‘reckless’ interview 157–9, 161, 166
Shrum, Bob 225, 499–500, 503, 507, 508
Sierra Leone 42, 44, 97, 446
Silva, Reinaldo Avila da 554
Simon, Siôn 392–3, 396, 397, 406
Simpson, Derek 565, 709
Simpsons, The 306
single currency 7, 74, 189–97, 224, 446
Sinn Féin
Adams and McGuinness 413–15
Assembly elections 429
devolution dispute 693–4
Euro-elections (2004) 421
general election (2001) 416
general election (2005) 424
and IRA 412, 417, 418, 419, 424
Leeds Castle 421
and McCartney murder 423–4
and Northern Bank robbery 422
power-sharing 420, 426, 430, 433
Robinson scandal 694–5
St Andrews Agreement 427–8, 693–4
sleaze 128, 708
Abrahams donation 517–20
‘cash-for-coronets’ affair 357–61, 371–4
Desmond donation 128–9
Ecclestone affair 4, 127, 128
Mittal donation 127–8
Smith, Adam 529
Smith, Andrew 369, 390
Smith, Angela 535
Smith, Des 360
Smith, Geraldine 659
Smith, Godric
Cheriegate 134, 135
Gilligan affair 211
Hutton Inquiry report 237
Iraq dossier 113
Kelly’s death 214–15, 216
sleaze 128
Smith, Jacqui 317, 399
and Brown 474, 522, 566
car bombs 466–7
expenses 639, 652
general election (2010) 738
general election speculation 498–9
Gurkhas 643
as Home Secretary 460
and McBride 564
standing down as Home Secretary 652
Smith, John 59, 61, 553, 613
smoking ban 349
Snow, Jon 208
Snowden, Philip 641, 831n25
Sopranos, The 572
Soros, George 625, 633
South Korea 217
Spain 106, 151, 272, 597, 664
Madrid bombings 249–50
Spectator 131
Spence, Laura 230
spending see public spending
Spicer, Sir Michael 647
spin 4, 9–10, 14, 225
Afghanistan 50
Brown 461
Moore e-mail 130–1
Staines, Paul 637
Steinbrück, Peer 603
Stelzer, Irwin 488, 493, 514, 523, 543
Stevenson, Adlai 146
Stevenson, Dennis 609
Stewart, Alastair 720
Stiglitz, Joseph 672
Stirrup, Sir Jock 664–5, 666, 668–9
Storer, Sharon 10
Stothard, Peter 449
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique 590
Straw, Jack
9/11 20, 24
Abrahams donation 519
al-Megrahi case 662
and Blair 6, 56, 60, 198, 342, 523
Blair and US 29
Blair’s youthful liberalism 337
and Blunkett 282, 285
and Brown 264, 370, 685
Brown premiership 517, 522, 523
Cabinet meetings 65, 463
constitutional reform 548
coup against Blair 393–4
and Darling 653
deficit 679
euro 196
European constitution referendum 258, 259
expenses 645
as Foreign Secretary 11
G8 summit 333
general election (2010) 738
general election speculation 499, 501, 512
and Hoon–Hewitt plot 689, 690, 691–2
Iraq 100, 103–4, 142, 145, 160, 166; and 9/11 108; aftermath of war 180, 241; Bush’s offer 154, 155, 157; Cabinet meeting 780n99; Crawford summit 93; despair 249; dodgy dossier 146; dossier 117, 119; insurgency 253; parliamentary vote 159, 167, 170; post-war planning 181, 185; UN second resolution 153; war 175
and Kelly 210
as Leader of the House 369
Lebanon crisis 383–4
Libya 251, 662
and Mandelson 224, 273
Mr Bean joke 527
North Korea and Iran 90
opposition to deal with Lib Dems 755
planned coup against Brown 557–8, 566–7, 569, 689, 690, 691–2
and Colin Powell 185
reshuffle 321
smoking ban 349
super-casino 470
Wolfgang apology 338
Stuart, Gisela 567, 738<
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Sumption, Jonathan 238
Sun 129, 130, 391
Afghanistan 664, 673–4
Blair and Brown 268
Blair’s final conference speech 408
Brown 544; and Gillian Duffy 733
Chirac 160
Clegg attack 727
Crawford summit 93
Darling’s Pre-Budget Report 684
European constitution referendum 258
European treaty referendum 525
general election (2005) 307, 311
general election speculation 501, 502
Hutton Inquiry 220, 238
Iraq 170
Iraq dossier 119
Olympic Games 330
Purnell’s resignation 655
switching support to Conservative Party 672–3
Sunday Telegraph 284, 298
Sunday Times 311, 360, 726
super-casino 470
Sweden 352
Synnott, Sir Hilary 186
Syria 49, 140, 151
Taliban
Afghanistan 47, 54, 97, 377–8, 665–7
al-Qaeda 24
Bush 32, 34, 39, 40
dirty bombs 90
intelligence dossier 107
and Iran 37
Pakistan 47, 668
regime fall 52–3
torture 260
Tarantino, Quentin 300
tax
10p income tax band 439–40, 497, 532–5, 537–41, 570
50p income tax rate 641–2
financial sector 481–2
inheritance tax 505–6, 513, 684
National Insurance contributions 76, 682, 684, 716
VAT 602, 603, 681–2, 711
tax credits 69, 71, 325
tax havens 623–4, 626–7, 628, 631
Taylor, John 410
Taylor, Matthew
big conversation 224
and Blair 6, 308
Blair and Brown 75, 436
Blair’s authoritarianism 337, 339
Blair’s departure date 324, 387
Blair’s holidays 127
Blair’s unpopularity 384
and Brown 273, 274, 296, 536
Brown premiership 470
coup against Blair 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 400
general election (2005) 300, 310, 319
Lebanon crisis 383
TB-GBs see Blair–Brown relationship
Tebbit, Sir Kevin 210, 211, 212, 219, 222, 699
Tebbit, Norman 502
Temple, Tracy 366–7
Tenet, George 146
Tennant, David 556
terrorism 89–90, 335–42, 382
airline plot 385–6
Axis of Evil 83–4
Bank of England 485
car bombs 466–7, 475
forty-two day detention 548–9
Madrid bombings 249–50
Omagh bombing 413 see also 7/7; 9/11; al-Qaeda
Thatcher, Margaret 4, 70, 306, 414, 463, 496, 541, 559, 603, 645, 658, 810n105
Blair compared to 7, 11, 49, 95, 170, 188, 213, 275, 278, 280
and Brown 498
ejected by own party 369, 387, 400
Gulf War 39
invoked to get Blair’s attention 288
leadership 11
Libya 251
Northern Ireland 411, 433
spending squeeze 711
time as prime minister 262, 275, 280, 319, 324, 451
US admiration for 49, 213
Thick of It, The 638
Third Way 7, 27, 251
Thomson, Robert 503
Times, The 130, 391, 701
10p income tax band 539
Blair defies the Labour Party 389, 390
Blair’s final conference speech 408
Brown’s first conference speech as leader 502–3
Darling 563, 683
on The End of the Party revelations 701
European constitution referendum 258
fiscal stimulus 602
G20 summit 635
general election (2005) 319
general election (2010): leaders’ debate 723; post-election negotiations 753
general election speculation 501, 502
Iraq dossier 119
Kelly outing 211–12
parliamentary expenses 649
recession 607
Short’s resignation 158
tuition fees 235
Timpson, Edward 541
Today 203, 207, 757
Topolánek, Mirek 630
torture 260–1
Touhig, Don 390
Townsley, Barry 360
Toynbee, Polly 535
trades unions 358, 359, 374
transport 62, 228, 293
Treasury 68–9, 72
bank recapitalisation plan 580, 583–4, 585, 586, 587, 591, 593–5
banks 578–9
Bradford & Bingley 578
education reforms 353
euro 192, 193, 194
financial sector regulation 483–5
fiscal stimulus 601–2
and Five Year Plans 296
foundation hospitals 78
Gurkhas 643
Milburn’s resignation 201
Northern Rock 490, 491, 492, 493–4, 528, 529, 530
Olympic Games 327, 330
quantitative easing 605
reshuffle 322
tuition fees 231
Trevor, Sir John 651
Trichet, Jean-Claude 487, 592
Trident 437–8
Trimble, David 409, 416, 417, 420, 424
and Blair 411, 415, 430
Good Friday Agreement 412
and Sinn Féin 415, 418
Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP) 580–1, 592
trust schools 352
tsunami 297
TUC 17, 20, 679
tuition fees 229, 230–4, 313
Turnbull, Sir Andrew
Birt plan 303
and Blair 11, 288
Blair and Brown 57, 62, 274, 305, 312
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