Blair’s authoritarianism 337
Blair’s departure date 278–9
Blair’s Wobble 255, 263
and Blunkett 284, 285, 286
and Brown 64–5, 67, 69, 71
as Cabinet Secretary 125, 291–2
and Cherie Blair 125
euro 193, 196, 197
Gilligan affair 210
Hutton Inquiry 238
Iraq 84, 102, 153; Bush’s offer to Blair 156; Goldsmith’s legal opinion 164, 165; parliamentary vote 168
Iraq dossier 114, 115
Kelly’s death 215–16
Lord Chancellorship 200
NHS 77, 78, 80, 81
reshuffles 201
Treasury 322
tuition fees 230, 232
Turner, Adair 363, 484, 583, 586
Turner, Ruth 369, 373, 387, 390
Twitter 671
UK Financial Investments 608
UK Independence Party 268
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 416, 420, 424, 429
unions, and Blair 17, 225, 358, 359
UNISON 365
Unite union 563, 565, 709
United Nations (UN)
Crawford summit 96
Iraq 98, 100, 103–7, 269
Iraq headquarters bombings 241
Lebanon crisis 380, 385
post-war reconstruction 176, 177, 186
Powell’s presentation 146
and US 85, 91
weapons inspectors 116, 143, 150
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 87
Resolution 1441 140, 142, 165
second resolution 144, 145, 149–50, 151–3, 159, 161
United States
9/11 17–26, 31–5
Blair’s reputation 49, 202, 213, 378–9
Blair’s unconditional support for 36–8, 44
and Britain 28, 91, 92
Brown visit 535
charter schools 352
credit crunch 486, 487
G8 summit 334
Lebanon crisis 385
presidential election (2000) 26, 453
presidential election (2004) 271–2
universities 229, 230–4, 313, 351
Ussher, Kitty 483
Vadera, Shriti 468
bank recapitalisation plan 582–3, 586, 587, 589, 595, 596
banks 531, 579, 580
Brown’s Southwold holiday 560–1
G20 summit 631
Lehman Brothers 575
and Mandelson 554
Northern Rock 493
Van Rompuy, Herman 676, 678
VAT 602, 603, 681–2, 711
Vaz, Keith 198
VE Day commemorations 323, 749
Verhofstadt, Guy 269
Viggers, Sir Peter 647–8
Villepin, Dominique de 143
Vine, Jeremy 731
volcanic ash air disruption 724–6
Wade (later Brooks), Rebekah 307, 571, 673
Wales 7
Walker, General Mike 699
Wall, Sir Stephen
Anglo-French summit 140
Berlusconi 271
on Blair 6, 289
Blair and Brown 67, 70, 72, 75
Blair and Bush 246
Blair seduced by US 41
on Brown 56
Chirac 160
euro 194, 197
Europe: Brown 189, 192
Iraq 102, 157
Iraq dossier 115
resignation 197
tuition fees 234, 235
Wall Street Journal 49
Wallace, Richard 367
Walpole, Sir Robert 255, 810n105
Walsh, Seana 424
Wanless, Sir Derek 75, 769n113
Washington Post 37, 635
Watson, Tom 392
coup against Blair 392–3, 394, 395, 398, 399, 402, 403
Miliband attack on Brown 559
resignation 652
Watt, Peter 519
Watts, Susan 212
weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
Blair’s response to 9/11 37
Cook 169
Iraq 141–2; absence 150, 176, 178, 179, 187, 204, 209, 240–1; Blair 86–7, 88, 108, 224, 697; Bush 108; Chilcot inquiry 697; dossier 112, 113–14, 115–17, 118–21; intelligence 109; Operation Desert Fox 85
Libya 250, 252 see also Butler Inquiry; nuclear weapons
Webster, Phil 389, 563
Wegg-Prosser, Ben
Blair’s departure date 387, 390, 437
Conservative campaign (2010) 716
coup against Blair 392, 393, 395, 396, 399, 400, 404
Labour campaign (2010) 711, 712, 716; leaders’ television debate 734
trust schools 352, 355
Wembley Stadium 326
West, Sir Alan 465, 466, 467, 543, 549, 666, 725
Westminster Hour, The 38, 157–8, 256, 294
Whelan, Charlie 73, 560, 563, 565, 615
Whitelaw, Willie 228
Widdecombe, Ann 299
Wilder, Thornton 36
Willetts, David 356
Williams, Gareth 225
Williams, John 110
Williams, Dr Michael 185
Williams, Rowan 448
Wills, Michael 60, 73–4, 534, 547
Wilmshurst, Elizabeth 164
Wilson, Harold 3, 66, 433, 463
Wilson, Sir Richard
9/11 19, 21, 23, 25, 33–4
and Blair 288–9, 290–1, 292
Blair and Brown 61, 70, 72
Blair and Northern Ireland 411
Blair on world stage 91
Blair’s Cabinet-making 11
on Brown 58
Cabinet marginalisation 65
Cherie Blair’s expenses 124–5
general election (2001) 3
‘psychological flaws’ remark 13
Queen Mother mourning 131
terrorism 90
Wilson, Woodrow 245
Winner, Michael 337
Winterton, Nicholas 456, 707–8
Wintour, Patrick 396
WMDs see weapons of mass destruction
Wolfgang, Walter 338
Wolfowitz, Paul 39, 85, 87, 108
Wood, Camilla 704
Wood, Stewart 552, 554, 618, 632, 677, 694, 703, 704, 738, 747, 758
Woodley, Tony 673, 709
Woods, Tiger 684
Woodward, Shaun 615, 646, 689, 695
Woolas, Phil 644
Woolworths 601
Worcester 500
Wright, Tony 397, 644
Wyatt, Derek 540
Wyatt, Petronella 283
Yates, John 361, 372, 373
Young, Hugo 218
Younger-Ross, Richard 456
YouTube 640, 645
Zapatero, José Luis 250
The End of the Party Page 138