The End of the Party

by Andrew Rawnsley

  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