docks 675–6
Doctor Who xxiv, 66, 475, 618
Dodd, Ken 662
Doherty, Kieran 569
Dolce, Joe 291
Donaldson, William 33
donkey jackets 550–51
Donoughue, Bernard 231
Double Fantasy (Lennon) 329, 330
double glazing 24
Dougan, Derek 225
Douglas-Home, Charles 654–5, 756
Downing, Beryl 124
Drabble, Margaret 22, 677, 771
Dragon 32 computer 725, 728
Drake, Sir Francis 200
Drax, Hugo 66
Driver, Christopher 123, 128–9, 132
du Cann, Edward 190, 460, 754
‘dual key’ system 390–91
Dudley 482, 674
Duffy, Terry 157, 317, 318, 354, 381
Dunbar-Dunelm estate, West Norwood 250
Dungeons & Dragons 392
Dunkley, James 60
Dunlop, Yvonne 589, 590–91
Dunn, James 418
Dunwoody, Gwyneth 77
Duran Duran 283, 291, 295–6, 297, 612, 694
Dykes, Hugh 660
‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ (UB40) 398
East Germany 405
eating out 128–9
Eatwell, John 12
The Economist 14, 55, 142, 377, 444, 456, 457, 763, 788, 835
economists 451–4
know 365 ways of making love 454
unfortunately don’t know any women 454
economy of UK
decline 7–20, 10, 48–9, 91–2
recession 200–201, 255–67, 270–76, 293, 650, 693–4, 695–6, 698
recovery 98, 194, 270, 454, 455–6
wealth 18–19
Edgbaston test match 1981 640, 654
education 61, 68, 216, 471, 520, 622, 717–18
Edwardes, Michael 256–7, 303–5, 308, 309, 311–12, 313–16, 316–19, 320–24, 326–7
‘first dwarf to be chairman of British Leyland’ 303
‘very big man indeed’ 328
Edwards, John 665
Edwards, Nicholas 38, 556, 557
EEC (European Economic Community) 7, 167–70, 171–9, 357–9, 361, 363, 367, 368
The 80s 114
El Salvador 824–5
electric cars 730
Electric Light Orchestra 281
electrical appliances 23, 25, 698
‘Electricity’ (OMD) 23
electronic music 277–80, 281–2
electronics industry 715–16
Elizabeth, Queen Mother 550
Eliot, T. S., precursor to Duran Duran 296
Elliott, Tony 333
Ellis, Tom 416
Elms, Robert 285–6, 288–9
Embassy cigarettes 484, 487, 493
Emery, Fred 367, 369
Emin, John 407
employment
black people 504
changes in xxiv
legislation 145–6, 158
part-time work 73
self-employment 68–9
services 17
women 68–74
Employment Acts 158
empowerment 69–70
Endurance, HMS 737, 738, 739, 742, 743
England football team 206–12
expected to win 1980 European Championships 207
fail to win 1980 European Championships 208
English, Richard 565
English Journey (Bainbridge) 686
Eno, Brian 281
‘Enola Gay’ (OMD) 398–9
entrepreneurs 68–9, 710
Equal Opportunities Commission 70
ET 118
Etheridge, Dick 316
EU (European Union) 167 see also EEC
European Commission 168, 170, 357–8
European Community see EEC
European Football Championships 1980 206–8
European Monetary System 660
European Parliament elections 168
Evans, Christopher 712
Evans, Sir Geraint 415
Evans, Gwynfor 402, 555–7
Evans, Moss 103, 157, 374
Evening Mail 320, 673
Evening Standard
Austin Metro 306
Blitz (nightclub) 283
Botham, Ian 637
Budget of 1981 449
Chariots of Fire 621
Davis, Steve 495–6
The Face 288
Falklands War 762, 799, 819
Livingstone, Ken 587, 589, 592
national pride 837–8
punk 280
riots 522
Ever Decreasing Circles 686
Everton, Clive 486, 491
Eves, Anne (Mass Observation Project) 234–5
Evita 57
exchange controls 108–10, 197
exchange rates 5, 93, 188, 256–7, 258–9, 438
exercise 62
Eyton, Audrey 19, 62
F International 69
Fabian Society 417
The Face 288–9, 295, 296–7, 331, 420, 615
Factory Records 253
‘Fade to Grey’ (Visage) 290, 292
Falcon Crest 690
Falkland Islands 731–8, 739–40, 743–6, 764–6
self-determination 780, 796–7, 830–31
Falklands War
alleged atrocities 817–18
Argentine invasion 743–53, 755–6
Bluff Cove air attacks 816
British landings 806–7, 808–10, 812
casualties 827–8
Chariots of Fire 624
cost of 827
debate in House of Commons 753–5
EEC 168, 169
‘Falklands factor’ 834–8
Franks Committee report 737
Goose Green, Battle of 813–14
media management 799
Mount Harriet 817, 818
Mount Longdon 817, 818
Mount Tumbledown 818–19
peace plans 780–82, 784–5, 789, 792–3, 796, 806
public opinion 763, 788, 800, 830–2
San Carlos, Battle of 810–12
service of thanksgiving 842–4
ships, Argentinian
General Belgrano 791–4, 796, 797, 798, 801, 827
Veinticinco de Mayo 791–2
ships, British
Ardent, HMS 810–11
Atlantic Conveyor 812
Canberra 762, 841–2
Conqueror, HMS 792
Coventry, HMS 811–12
Endurance, HMS 737, 738, 739, 742, 743
Glamorgan, HMS 818
Hermes, HMS 761, 764, 782
Intrepid, HMS 808–9
Invincible, HMS 761, 774
Sheffield, HMS 794–9, 802
Sir Galahad, RFA 816, 829
Stanley 819–20, 821
Task Force 745–6, 751, 752–3, 754, 755, 759, 761–3, 782, 841–2
Total Exclusion Zone 791
Two Sisters 817, 818
veterans 828–30, 831
victory 821–7
Vulcan air raids 790–91
Wireless Ridge 818–19
fallout shelters 407–8
Fares Fair 593–5
fascism 368, 426
fashion 64–6, 614–19
fast food 133–4
Faulds, Andrew 370
Faulks, Sebastian 34
Fawlty Towers 3–4, 5
Fayed, Dodi 620–21
feminism 58–9, 585
Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election 1981 565
Fever Pitch (Hornby) 214
Fieldhouse, Sir John 776, 791, 806, 813, 814
Fielding, Henry 635
Fields, Terry 352
Le Figaro 305
film industry 620–21
Financial Times 62, 97, 142, 159, 438, 621, 625, 706, 713
fireworks 602
fish fingers 125
fishing industry 121, 466–7
&n
bsp; Flint 466
Flowers, Brian, Baron 415
Flynn, Paul 149
Fodor’s Guide to Great Britain 5, 6, 129–30
Follows, Sir Denis 181, 183
Fonda, Jane 396
food 693, 694, 701
additives 124
‘Black Death’ 130
cheese 121, 134–7
in Downing Street 116–18, 126
fresh fish 121
foreign 132–4
herbs and spices 121
microwaved 125–6
ready meals 123–4
restaurants 129–30
sandwiches 127–8
‘Spotty Dick’ 129
Thatcher family favourites 117–18
typical diet 118–20, 122–3, 130, 679
vegetarian 122
Foot, Michael
and Benn, Tony 345, 347, 531–2, 535, 536–7, 549
CND 394, 395
compares Sir Keith Joseph to ‘magician-conjuror’ 325–6
Croydon North West by-election 665
donkey jacket furore 550
‘dress your own Michael Foot doll’ 551
EEC 170
Falklands War 753–4, 757, 768–9, 788, 807, 822, 826
falls off stage in Hull 551
GLC 580
Labour Party
Birmingham rally 1981 541–2, 543
Bishop’s Stortford meeting 1980 355
conference 1979 349
electoral college 354, 381–2
leadership 374–9, 530
loyalty test 415
Livingstone, Ken 598
popularity 537–8, 834
Remembrance Sunday service 1981 550–51
reprimands Hattersley for abuse of Dorothy Parker 378
reselection of MPs 343
riots 521
SDP 427, 667
and Tebbit, Norman 656
underpants 551
as Worzel Gummidge 378
football 637, 659
Basle, battle of 210–11, 649
hooliganism 207–21, 488
Manchester United FC 218–19
Oldham Athletic FC 213–14
Oslo World Cup qualifier 209–10
racism 222–3
Sheffield Wednesday FC 213–14
special trains 217–18
West Ham FC 214, 216
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 224–7
World Cup 1966 213–14
World Cup 1982 211–12
Football and the Decline of Britain (Walvin) 214
The Football Man (Hopcraft) 217
For Your Eyes Only (film) 647–8
Forbes, Maggie 67
Ford, Gerald 9
Ford Motor Company 140, 159, 255, 307
Foreign Office 171, 176, 737, 741–2, 752, 758
The Forsyte Saga (television series) 615
Fort Beswick estate, Manchester 247–8, 249
Fothergill, Richard 717
Foulkes, George 802–3
Fowler, Norman 595, 797
Fox, Cliff 603–4
Fox, Norman 632
The F-Plan (Eyton) 19, 62
France 457–8, 478, 778
betrays Britain in Third World War 397
intolerable haughtiness of politicians 175
shameful scorn for British food 137
Franklin, Stanley, cartoons 174, 350, 757
Franks, Helen 72
Franks Committee report 737
Frayn, Michael 770
Freedman, Sir Lawrence 736
freezers 125
Friedman, Milton 46, 56, 95, 106, 196, 703–4
Friskin, Sydney 485
Fry, Martin 282
G7 16
Gaddis, John Lewis 396
Gaitskell, Hugh 413
Gale, George
Falklands War 77, 825, 832
fury at CND 404
fury at economists 453
fury at People’s March for Jobs 463
foreign cars 309, 316
Moscow Olympics 183
national pride 643
Royal Wedding 608
SDP 428
SDP–Liberal Alliance 667
Williams, Shirley 666
Galtieri, Leopoldo 739, 740, 748, 781, 824
Gambia 643
Gang of Four 381, 412–17, 421–2 see also Jenkins, Roy; Owen, David; Rodgers, Bill; Social Democratic Party; Williams, Shirley
Gang of Three 364–5, 367–8, 372, 373, 377, 379–80, 382, 423–4 see also Owen, David; Rodgers, Bill; Social Democratic Party; Williams, Shirley
García, Osvaldo 750
gardening books 19
gardens 24–5
Gardiner, George 350, 404
Gardiner, John 450
Gardiner, Stephen 29–30
Garfunkel, Art 281
Garland, Nicholas, cartoons 96, 111, 373, 424, 798
Gascoigne, Paul 490
Gascoine, Jill 67
Gascoyne, David 771
gay rights xxx, 60, 585, 590, 596, 597
GDP (gross domestic product) 12–13, 18, 255
and public finances 99, 141, 195, 197, 324, 448, 458
General and Municipal Workers’ Union see GMWU
General Belgrano 791–4, 796, 797, 798, 801, 827
Generation Game 693
The Gentle Touch 67
gentrification 335–6, 337, 677
George, Bobby 493
George, Eddie 270
Georgian doors 238–9
Germany see East Germany; West Germany
‘Ghost Town’ (Specials) 475, 525
Gibbard, Leslie, cartoons 114–15, 264
Gielgud, John 622, 624
Gilmour, Sir Ian
Budget of 1981 448
Cabinet appointments 87
Carrington, Peter 191
conservatism 189–90
EEC 172, 175, 176–7
Falklands War 768
Miss World-style policy prescriptions 192
monetarism 95
sacking from Cabinet 655
SDP 419, 660
spending cuts 652
and Thatcher, Margaret 36, 88, 171, 190
Thatcherism 45
trade unions 159
Wets 191, 192–3
Whitelaw, Willie 191
gilts 110–11, 266
Ginsburg, David 418
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry 173–6, 177, 444
Glamorgan, HMS 818
Glasgow Hillhead by-election 707, 769
Glass, Ruth 248–9
Glastonbury Festival 400
Glazebrook, Sir Desmond 97
GLC (Greater London Council) 70, 403, 579–81, 585, 586–7, 596–7
globalization xxiv
Glover, Sir Donald 263
GMWU (General and Municipal Workers’ Union) 159, 370–71, 374, 381, 541
Golders Green Crematorium 61
Golding, John
Benn, Tony 345, 347, 549
Callaghan, Jim 353, 372
CLPD (Campaign for Labour Party Democracy) 344
Foot, Michael 549
Labour Party 338, 348
Birmingham rally 1981 542
electoral college 369, 546
Peace, Jobs and Freedom 352
Social Democratic Party 426–7
Williams, Shirley 416
Golding, Paul 613
Goldsmith, Sir James 127
golf 496
golliwogs 505
Gone with the Wind (parody poster) 396
Gooch, Graham 640
Good Food Guide 128–30, 132
The Good Life 80, 85
Good Samaritan, parable of the 188
Goodhart, Charles 265, 270
Goodhart, Philip 776
Goodhew, Duncan 185
Goose Green, Battle of 813–14
Gordievsky, Oleg 376, 405
Gotcha! (Harris) 773
government intervention 257, 716, 724–5
Gow, Ian
/> Cabinet reshuffles 654
Crosby by-election 666, 668
Falklands War victory 824
party morale 437
Powell, Enoch 824
Prior, Jim 148
reception at Number 10 81
SDP 653
Thatcher, Margaret 56, 88, 760
Grace, W. G. 488
Graef, Roger 507–8
Grange Hill xxiv, xxx, 66–7
Granger, Derek 616
Grant, Sean 469–70
Grantham 53
Gray, Susan (Mass Observation Project) 21, 22, 23, 73, 119–20, 121, 481, 605, 694–5, 695–6, 766, 798–9
Grease 281
Great Depression 479–80, 653
Greater London Council see GLC
Greaves, Jimmy 635
Greenham Common peace camp 404–5, 408, 659
Greenslade, Roy 772
Greenwood, Robert 134
Greenwood, Ron 207, 208
Greet, Kenneth 842
Greig, Tony 637–8
Grey, Tanni 526
Griffith, Kenneth xxi
Griffiths, Brian 275
Griffiths, Eldon 509
Griffiths, Terry 494, 497
Grimond, Jo 432
Grimsby 467
Guardian
Acorn Computers 720
American sports 223
Argentina 738–9
Baker, Kenneth 716, 717
Benn, Tony 533–4, 540
betrayal of working class 680
Blitz Kids 284
bottled water 131
Bourne & Hollingsworth 702
Brideshead Revisited 616
British Leyland 306, 327
British Steel 153
Brixton riots 512–13
Budget of 1979 103
Budget of 1981 449, 450–51
Callaghan, Jim 355
‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’ campaign 595
car industry 307
cheese 136
Christmas television 693
CND rally 394
computers 713, 725, 726–7, 728, 729
Conservative Party
conference 1980 268
conference 1981 664
revolt 661
conservatories 24
Consett 162
consumerism 699
Corby 139
Duran Duran 295–6
economic decline of UK 8–9, 16
Edwardes, Michael 326
electrical appliances 25
Evans, Gwynfor 557
exchange controls 109
Falkland Islands 740
Falklands War 753, 754, 770, 826
fashion 64–5, 617–18
fast food 121, 133
Foot, Michael 382, 537, 550, 551
football 213, 223
football hooliganism 208, 211, 215, 216–17
Gang of Four 416, 437
Gang of Three 364–5, 380
Good Samaritan, parable of 188
government as high command during First World War 264
greed 698
grim, humourless tracts 74
Hattersley, Roy 302
Healey, Denis 538
hi-tech Britain 681
industrial relations 143
Iranian Embassy siege xix
Jenkins, Roy 425
Kemp, Gary 297
Labour Party
conference 1979 349, 350
conference 1980 371
laments the decline of puddings 120
Who Dares Wins Page 138