Malaysian airliner, shooting down of, 369
Malthouse, Kit, 140
Manchester, and Northern Powerhouse, 377–9
Mandela, Nelson, 352
Mandelson, Peter, 25, 37
Mann, Laurence, 3, 7, 27, 278, 342
‘mansion tax’, 205–6, 446
Marr, Andrew, 18, 129, 176, 277–8, 292, 329, 355, 389–90, 453, 460
Martin, Chris, 36, 130, 246, 317, 498, 530–1
Maude, Francis, 83, 150–1, 159–60, 187, 211, 302
and Thatcher’s funeral, 320–1
May, Theresa, 29, 37, 43, 62, 220, 223, 228, 265, 279, 388, 474
and immigration, 385, 454, 456, 458, 540
leadership ambitions, 520–1
and riots, 138–9, 142
spat with Gove, 404
Mayall, Rik, 119
mayors, elected, 155, 160, 540
Médecins Sans Frontières, 325
Mediterranean refugee crisis, 460–1, 488
Medvedev, Dmitry, 363
Meese, Ed, 321
al-Megrahi, Abdelbaset, 68, 99
Menin Gate, 436
mental health services, 495, 502
Mercer, Patrick, 387
Merkel, Angela, 5, 67, 196, 331, 344, 457, 475, 542
addresses Parliament, 429–30
and EU negotiations, 165, 169–78
and EU referendum, 261–5, 267–9
and Juncker vote, 425, 427–34, 436, 438
and Libyan intervention, 103–5, 113
relationship with Cameron, 105, 170–2, 265, 490–1
and Ukraine crisis, 368–70
Messina, Jim, 508, 511
Metropolitan Police Authority, 140
Meyer-Landrut, Nikolaus, 173, 268
Middle East Peace Process, 62, 112
Milburn, Alan, 183
Miliband, David, 10, 81, 383, 535
Miliband, Ed, 25, 218, 235, 247, 442, 448
attacks Cameron on foreign policy, 370
and Budget (2012), 210
and Budget (2014), 376
and economy, 249, 310, 315, 322, 347–8
and ‘Ed stone’, 513
elected party leader, 72, 81, 535
and election (2015), 285, 290, 445, 488, 495–6, 505, 507–8, 511–19, 523, 527, 529–30, 532–5, 537
and EU referendum, 266–7
and fight against ISIS, 469
and health reforms, 193
omits to mention deficit, 443
perceived weakness, 495, 514, 535
and phone-hacking scandal, 88–90, 93
and ‘Plebgate’ affair, 251
relations with Obama, 463–4
and riots, 139, 142–3
and Scottish referendum, 133, 415–16, 418
and Syria, 334–9, 341, 344, 463
tribute to Thatcher, 320
and welfare cap, 299
Miliband, Justine, 523
Millar, Fiona, 394
Millennium Development Goals, 481
Millennium Dome, 223
Miller, Maria, 228, 279
Mitchell, Andrew, 109, 227–8, 353, 393, 479–82
‘Plebgate’ affair, 245–7, 250–2
Mitting, Mr Justice, 245
Mondale, Walter, 291
Montgomerie, Tim, 297, 403
Monti, Mario, 175, 265, 321
Moore, Charles, 319
Moore, Michael, 128–9, 131–3, 410, 420, 482
Morgan, Nicky, 406, 539
Morgan, Sally, 402
Morris, Colonel Jim, 60
Moss, Kate, 411
Moussa, Amr, 104
Mubarak, Hosni, 97–8
Mumbai terror attack, 471–2
Mumford & Sons, 195
Munich Security Conference, 472
Murdoch, James, 88–9
Murdoch, Rupert, 82–3, 86, 88–91, 93, 227, 385, 415
Murray, Andy, 224
Muslim Brotherhood, 98, 474
National Association of Head Teachers, 401
National Audit Office (NAO), 295, 300, 302, 304
National Citizen Service (NCS), 154, 162, 443
National Housing Federation, 301
National Insurance, 310
National Security Council (NSC), 42–3, 61–2, 487–8, 541
and defence spending, 484
and energy co-operation, 364
and Libyan intervention, 101–2, 106, 109–10
and Syria, 327–8, 335, 337, 340, 345
and Ukraine crisis, 368–9
National Union of Teachers, 400
Nawaz, Maajid, 472
Nelson, Fraser, 286, 298, 445
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 196, 198, 466
Neville-Jones, Pauline, 56, 58, 61
New Labour, 11, 29, 34, 221, 402
Newark by-election, 386–7, 502
News International, 85–6, 88–92
NHS, 14, 41, 43, 78, 291, 300, 348, 540
and Budget (2015), 496–7
and Cameron conference speech, 443–5
and election (2015), 516–17
and ‘health tourism’, 455, 460
Lansley reforms, 24, 92, 181–93, 213, 221, 296–7, 304, 399, 540
and Olympic opening ceremony, 223–4
and Scottish referendum, 413
winter crisis, 494
NHS England, 182, 185, 187, 192–3
Nicholson, David, 193
1922 Committee, 26, 117, 219, 236, 251, 280, 290, 293, 502
election (2015) and party leadership, 518–19, 521–2, 533
and rise of UKIP, 382, 386
threatens to end coalition, 386, 502
Nixon, Tom, 377
No Turning Back group, 457
Nord Stream gas pipeline, 364
Norgrove, Linda, 470
Norman, Jesse, 233, 236, 239, 341
Norris, Steven, 217
North, Lord, 409
Northern Futures Plan, 378
Northern Ireland, 47–53, 126, 139, 321, 540
Northern Line, 220
Northern Powerhouse, 377–9, 493, 500, 538
nuclear power, 24
Oates, Jonny, 84, 176, 200, 235, 238
Obama, Barack, 149, 203, 234, 321, 359
and Afghanistan, 58–9
congratulates Cameron, 4–6
and defence spending, 479, 485
and Ebola outbreak, 482
and fight against ISIS, 468–9
and killing of bin Laden, 471
and Libyan intervention, 101, 103–4, 106, 108, 112–13
and personal friendships, 196
relations with Conservatives, 463–8
relations with Putin, 366–8
relationship with Cameron, 64–8, 76, 195–200, 489–90, 542
and Scottish referendum, 413, 422
‘selfie’ with Cameron, 352
and Syria, 327–8, 330–2, 334, 337, 342–4
visits Britain, 196–7
Obama, Michelle, 196–7
Oborne, Peter, 298, 303, 343
O’Brien, Neil, 377
Odierno, General Raymond, 486
O’Donnell, Gus, 3, 34, 38, 99, 129, 137, 151
and AV referendum, 115, 122
and formation of coalition, 23–6, 29
and health reforms, 184, 187
and phone-hacking scandal, 85, 90
and ‘Plan B’, 208–9
and welfare reforms, 297
Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), 36, 253, 311, 379, 447, 494, 500
Office for National Statistics (ONS), 314–15, 495
Office of Fair Trading, 156
Ofsted, 401–2
oil prices, falling, 494
Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, 122
Oliver, Craig, 130, 213, 226, 248, 286, 317
and Budget (2012), 211–13
conference planning, 441–2, 445
and Crosby’s arrival, 289, 292
and election (2015), 505–6, 508–11, 516, 518, 528–9
and health reforms, 188–9
and immigration, 452, 458
loyalty, 542
and Olympics, 223
and phone-hacking scandal, 87, 89, 92
relations with Hilton, 155, 158, 161–2
and riots, 137–8, 140, 142
and rise of UKIP, 388–9
and Scottish referendum, 415–16, 419
supports gay marriage, 276
and Syria, 334, 344
and US visit, 198, 200, 207
onshore wind industry, 234
Open Data Institute, 151
Open Europe, 457
Opium Wars, 358
Orbán, Viktor, 425, 436
Orde, Sir Hugh, 141
Osborne, George
and Afghanistan, 59
assessment as chancellor, 499–501, 538
and AV referendum, 117–21
and Bank of England appointment, 312–14
booed at Olympics, 225
and Boris Johnson, 217–20, 247, 520
and Cabinet reshuffle, 226–9
and China, 357, 359–60, 489
and coalition crisis, 240
compared with Cameron, 487
conference planning, 441–2
and Crosby’s arrival, 287–8, 290–1, 312
daily routine, 498
and defence spending, 484–5, 490
and development spending, 480–2
and economic recovery, 307–15
and election (2010), 4, 7
and election (2015), 507, 509–10, 515–18, 522, 527, 529, 533
and EU, 166–7, 169, 172, 257–8, 260, 438
and formation of coalition, 21–3, 25, 29
and gay marriage, 276–9, 282
and Gove reshuffle, 393–5
and health reforms, 181–6, 189–90
and immigration, 452, 457–8
and implementation of Plan A, 9–19, 33–45, 149, 252–4, 379, 499–500, 538
inexperience, 10–11
and infrastructure projects, 349–52
and Libyan intervention, 101
and Northern Powerhouse, 377–9
and phone-hacking scandal, 81–5, 87, 89
and ‘Plebgate’ affair, 247
and the Quad, 38, 240
relationship with Cameron, 10–12, 35, 79, 211, 257–8, 286, 498–9, 538–9
relationship with Hilton, 153–5, 158, 161–2
relationship with IDS, 296, 299–301, 303–4
and Scottish referendum, 126–8, 130, 132, 410, 412, 415, 418, 422
and Syria, 333, 337, 339–41, 343
and train ticket embarrassment, 252
US visit, 195, 199–200, 203, 206
O’Shaughnessy, James, 151, 274
Owen, David, 191
Oxfam, 300
Pakistan, 58, 75, 195
Parker, Andrew, 473, 475
Parker, General Nick, 63, 223
Parris, Matthew, 390
Paterson, Owen, 48–50, 52–3, 228, 269, 300, 340, 382, 421
and Cabinet reshuffle, 405–6, 441
and floods, 353, 355
and gay marriage, 279–80
Patey, William, 59
Patten, Chris, 56, 322
Paxman, Jeremy, 121, 512–13
Pearson, Lord, 382
Peasemore, Berkshire, 74–5
Pedelty, Tristan, 91
Pelham, Henry, 496
pension reforms, 373–5, 379, 495–6
pensioners, 39, 207, 241
personal allowances, see income tax
Personal Independence Payments (PIPs), 295, 297
Petraeus, David, 64
petroleum revenue tax, 495
phone-hacking scandal, 72, 81–94, 100
Pickles, Eric, 44, 155, 355, 405
Pietsch, Lena, 44, 84, 238
Pink News, 276
Pitchford, David, 302
Plaid Cymru, 239, 511
‘Plan A’, 22, 25, 68, 82, 115, 205, 214, 240, 286, 348, 521
explained to Merkel, 268
implementation of, 9–19, 33–45, 149, 252–4, 379, 499–500, 537–8
survives triple dip threat, 307–8, 314
‘Plan B’, 209, 252, 499
Police and Crime Commissioners, 160
Policy Exchange, 377
Policy Unit, size of, 29–30, 151
Populus, 133, 291
Portes, Jonathan, 208–9
Portillo, Michael, 531
Powell, Charles, 109
Powell, Hugh, 109–10, 327, 365
Powell, Jonathan, 29, 109
Press Complaints Commission, 89
press regulation, 92–4
‘Prevent’ strategy, 404
prisoner rights, 228
private education, Gove’s attack on, 403
privatisations, 43
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), 426–8, 431
Project Umubano, 353
Prudential Regulation Authority, 17
Public Accounts Committee, 295, 302
‘pupil premium’, 24, 400
Putin, Vladimir, 224, 329–31, 343, 362–70, 463, 482, 485, 488–9, 542
al-Qaeda, 60
Qatar, 98–9, 111–12
Quad, the, 38–9
and Budget (2012), 205–6, 214
and Budget (2013), 309–10
and Budget (2015), 494
and coalition crisis, 240–1
and development spending, 480–1
exclusion of Hilton, 153–4
final meeting, 502
and health reforms, 190–1
and ‘Plan A’ crisis, 252
and Scottish referendum, 127–9, 132
and welfare cuts, 501
and welfare reforms, 304
quantitative easing, 313
Queen Mother, 321
Quilliam Foundation, 472
Rajoy, Mariano, 317, 422
Randall, John, 251
Rawnsley, Andrew, 425
RBS, 9, 314, 415
Reagan, Ronald, 11, 196, 291, 321, 489
Reckless, Mark, 23, 168, 260, 389–91, 443–4, 451
red boxes, 71, 517
Redwood, John, 457
Rees-Mogg, Jacob, 482
Reeves, Richard, 143, 156
Reeves’ furniture store, 140
Reid, John, 119–20, 132
Reinfeldt, Frederik, 170, 265, 427–8, 431, 433–4, 436
Renzi, Matteo, 368, 460
retirement age, rise in, 44
Rice, Susan, 104
Richards, David, 43, 49–50, 55, 60, 62, 64, 223
criticisms of foreign policy, 487–8
and Lee Rigby killing, 473
and Libyan intervention, 101, 108, 110–11, 113
and Syria, 327–8, 332–3
and Ukraine crisis, 369
Ricketts, Peter, 61, 67, 104, 107, 109, 170
Rigby, Fusilier Lee, 473, 540
riots, 137–44, 158, 331
road pricing, 214
Roberts, Andrew, 60
Robertson, George, 483
Robinson, James A., 481
Robinson, Nick, 16, 87, 198, 229, 341, 420, 445, 519, 527
Rochester and Strood by-election, 391, 451, 456
Rogers, Ivan, 268, 426, 498
Rogers, Thea, 377
Rogoff, Professor Kenneth, 36
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 60
Rowling, J. K., 413
Roxburgh, Charles, 312
Royal College of General Practitioners, 187
Royal College of Nursing, 181
Royal College of Pathologists, 181
Royal United Services Institute, 486
Rudd, Kevin, 481
Russell, Beth, 313
Russia, 58, 62, 105, 221, 362–70
and Syria, 326, 329–32, 335–6, 338, 344
and Ukraine, 196, 362, 366–70, 431, 436–7, 463, 465, 483, 489, 542
Rutte, Mark, 170, 261, 265, 428, 431, 433–4, 436
Rwanda, 353, 479–80
Saatchi & Saatchi, 148, 509
Sadat, Anwar, 97
St Paul’s Cathedral, 320–2, 358
St Stephen’s Club speech, 166–6
Saleem, Mohammed, 474
Salmond, Alex, 123, 125–31, 133–4, 409–13, 417
and election (2015), 514–15, 517
Salter, Michael, 275–6
Sants, Hector, 11
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 5–6, 72–5, 169–76, 178, 267, 369
and Libyan intervention, 101, 103–4, 107, 111–13, 173
Sassoon, James, 312–13
Saudi Arabia, 326
Sauer, Professor Joachim, 171
Saville Report, see Bloody Sunday inquiry
Sawers, John, 62, 97, 101, 103, 108
Schmidt, Helmut, 171
Scholar, Tom, 312, 457, 498
school sport initiative, 226
Schulz, Martin, 427–9, 431–2
science budget, 44, 500
Scotland, Conservative representation in, 126, 132
Scott, Derek, 498
Scottish National Party (SNP), 123, 125, 128–9, 131–2, 239, 409, 543
and election (2015), 507, 511, 513–19, 522, 529, 537
and ‘English Question’, 420–2
Scottish referendum, 125–34, 409–23, 441–2, 458, 467–8, 497, 513, 543
Scottish Widows, 415–16
Seddon, Nick, 192
Sevastopol, 367–8
sex trafficking, 157
Seymour, Julian, 317
Shadbolt, Nigel, 151
Shafik, Ahmed, 98
Shapps, Grant, 227, 390, 508
Shawcross, Eleanor, 13
Shawcross, William, 402
Sheffield Forgemasters, 36
Sheinwald, Nigel, 59, 67, 104, 109
Shiplee, Howard, 303
Shirreff, Richard, 487
Short, Clare, 105
Sierra Leone, 482
Silva, Rohan, 13, 29, 150–1, 157, 159–60, 208
Silver Jubilee, 414
Simmonds, Ellie, 225
Singh, Manmohan, 6
Skelton, David, 378
slavery, modern, 289
Smith, Chris, 355
Smith, Godric, 226
Smith, Simon, 367
Snow, Dan, 415
Snowden, Edward, 345
Soames, Nicholas, 441
Sochi Winter Olympics, 363, 365
social care, 241
social mobility, 397, 539
Somalia, 199, 481
Somerset Levels, 354
Sotloff, Steven, 471
South Sea Bubble, 496
South Shields by-election, 383
Spacey, Kevin, 196
Spectator, 93, 286, 298, 343, 369, 378, 445
Spelman, Caroline, 44
spending cuts, 14–16, 33–45, 442, 446–8, 496–7
Spending Review, 40–4, 55, 299, 350, 480, 484, 500
Spicer, Michael, 219
Springer, Axel, 432
Srebrenica massacre, 101
stamp duty reform, 446
Standard Life, 415
Stanhope, Mark, 55
Star Trek, 196
Stehling, Thomas Bernd, 165
Stevens, Simon, 187, 192–3
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