London School of Economics 334
love of a flower-decked patio 25
management confidence 159–60
manifesto for social democratic alternative 364–5
microwave cookery 125–6
Milton Keynes 682, 683
monetarism 95
New Cross fire 503
New Romantics 296, 694
Nissan 328
North–South divide 686
nuclear-free zones 402
Orwell, George 479
Peterborough 684, 685
pop videos 300
pride 836–7
‘Punk, Pop and Politics’ 332
Reagan, Ronald 396
recommends ‘peaches in gammon’ 126
Ridings Centre, Wakefield 700
Right to Buy 234
Royal Wedding 601, 604
Sainsbury’s 701
Sands, Bobby 566
SDP 427
SDP–Liberal Alliance 707
self-employed women 68–9
Sheffield 582, 583
Sinclair, Clive 710, 725, 729–30
snooker on television 488, 489
Sony Walkman 302
tabloids 775
Tebbit, Norman 663
Tenko 67
Thatcher, Margaret
housewife-superstar 648
queen of all 834
Servalan 80
Theseus and the Monetaur 693
unemployment 255, 465, 467–8
A Very British Coup (Mullin) 530
Wales, arson attacks 553
Welsh nationalism 556
Who Dares Wins (film) xxiv
Williams, Shirley 665
wine bars 131, 132
Winter of Discontent 156
Wise, Valerie 596
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 224, 226
women in government 77
women in trousers 59, 61
women’s employment 68
Young Businessman of the Year award 450
guidebooks 4–5, 6
The Guilt Cage (Lowry) 74
Guiney, Eric 566–7
Haçienda nightclub 253
Hackett, Sir John 388
Hadfields steelworks 149–52
Hadley, Tony 296
Hahn, Frank 415, 451–2
Haig, Alexander 779–82, 784, 789
considers Who Dares Wins the height of realism xxiv
Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount 41, 87, 177, 388, 652–3, 781, 823
Hain, Peter 340, 427, 529
Haines, Joe 802
Halford, Rob 673
Hall, Stuart 44
Hamnett, Katharine 65–6
Handsworth 517
hanging 707
Hann, Michael 296
Hanna, Vincent 430
Hanrahan, Brian 801
Harland and Wolff 558
Harman, Harriet 603
Harold Hill estate, Romford 228–30, 495
Harpers & Queen 611, 617, 618
Harrington, Illtyd 594
Harris, Kenneth 724
Harris, Ralph 453
Harris, Robert 773, 799
Harrogate 604
Hart Dyke, David 811
Hartford, Asa 487
Hastings, Max 587, 762, 782, 799, 809, 819–20, 832
Hastings, Sir Stephen 790–91
Hattersley, Roy
on Benn, Tony 534, 548
and Foot, Michael 378, 530
Labour Party Birmingham rally 1981 542–3
on Livingstone, Ken 599
lunches with boringly beautiful girls 302
manifesto commitments 341
in opposition 338
riots 521
SDP 417–18, 667
world’s leading enthusiast for Sony Walkman 302
Hatton, Frank 248
Hauser, Hermann 719, 720, 722
Havers, Sir Michael 39, 151, 795
Havers, Nigel 621
Hawaii 692
Hawkes, Nigel 711
Hawthorne, Nigel 97
Hayek, Friedrich 46, 56, 189, 452–3
Hayward, Ron 13–14, 349
H-blocks 562
Headingley test match 1981 638–40, 651
Healey, Denis
Budget of 1980 194
and Howe, Sir Geoffrey 91
Labour Party
conference 1980 366, 367, 369
deputy leadership election 422, 429, 533, 538, 540–46, 550
leadership 348, 351, 374–7
Wembley conference 1980 353
Livingstone, Ken 598
mocks teenager for reading book 375
monetarism 95–6
Owen, David 362
popularity 378
regards Benn as utter ninny 345
SDP 418, 667
Thatcher, Margaret 37, 83
on Toytown Trotskyists 353
trade unions 155
health 685
health food shops 122
Hearn, Barry 484–5, 486, 487, 490, 492–3, 494–5, 497, 499
Heath, Edward
and Churchill, Winston 669
and Clark, Alan 271
assault on world grudge-holding record 40
attacks Thatcher’s policies 273–4
Conservative Party 47
council housing 230
Crosby by-election 668–9
economic policies 83
EEC 169
failure to appear in Live and Let Die 648
as focus for opposition 88, 662, 669
incomes policies 456
monetarism 660, 663
not asked for spotted dick recipe 116
possible recruit to SDP 668–9
as Prime Minister 8
and Prior, Jim 145
riots 521
rumbles ominously 271
Thatcher, Margaret 40
trade unions 269
unemployment 201
weird voice 33
Heaven 17 282, 297
Hebrides, Outer 690
Heffer, Eric 340, 351, 551, 769
Heinz baked beans 688
Henderson, Sir Nicholas 14–16, 443, 446–7, 654, 797, 806
lack of experience of industry 15
long experience of drinks parties 15
Henry, Lenny 503
Henry, Wendy 772
Heren, Louis 13, 14, 18, 35, 88, 113, 156, 307, 363, 462, 463, 466, 698
‘The Heritage’ (Kipling) 789–90
Hermes, HMS 761, 764, 782
‘Heroes’ (Bowie) 291
Heseltine, Michael
council housing 231–2, 233–4, 242, 244–5
exchange controls 109
Falklands War 752, 797
Ruddock, Joan 401
spending cuts 652
Thatcher, Margaret 88
Hewson, David 26, 726
Hibbitt, Peter (Mass Observation Project) 19–20, 23, 120, 121, 234, 483, 695, 759, 766–7, 832
Hi-de-Hi! 163–4
Higgins, Alex xv, 486–7, 490–91, 492
Higgins, Terence 176, 273
Hill, Bernard 74
The History Man (Bradbury) 334
Hitchens, Christopher 546
Hitchens, Peter 840–41
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 747
Hitler, Adolf 573, 598–9
Hoban, Russell 397
Hobsbawm, Eric 338
Hodgson, Derek 642
Hodgson, Godfrey 253
Hoggart, Richard 698
Hoggart, Simon 533–4
holidays 5, 164–6, 692
Hollinghurst, Alan 34
Holly, Buddy 281
Holly Street, Hackney 246–7
Home, Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl 47
homelessness 243
homes
home-centred society 25–6
horrible colour schemes 23
dream 28
furnishings 21–4, 336
ownership 20–22, 230�
��31, 233–41
smart 27
homosexuality see gay rights
hooliganism 207–21
Hoover, Herbert 653
Hopcraft, Arthur 217
Hopkin, Sir Bryan 452
Hopper, William 452–3
Horizon 711–12
Hornby, Nick 214
Horovitz, Michael 771
Hosken, Andrew 578
Hoskins, Bob 718
Hoskyns, John
background 89
British Leyland 314
British Steel 141, 147, 153
Budget of 1981 439, 440–43, 448, 459
Coal Board 436
computer industry 715
Conservative Party
conference 1980 267
conference 1981 664
departure from Number 10 705
economy 89–90, 92, 98
Edwardes, Michael 323
exchange rates 104, 188, 269
Falklands War 768
interest rates 189
Joseph, Sir Keith 89
methods 89–90
monetary policy 200, 259
Niehans, Jürg 438
riots 650
Thatcher, Margaret 41, 437, 460
‘blockbuster memo’ denouncing 651
complains she is a limited, pedantic bore 38
effing and blinding in front of 650
patriotism of 49
trade unions 143–4, 148, 156
Hoskyns, Miranda 662
hotels 5–6
housewives 74–7
housework 72–3
housing see also homes; Right to Buy
benefit 245
budget 242
building 28–9, 242
council, 245–50
developments 29–30
prices 242–3
Housing Act 1980 233–4
Housing and the Homeless (report) 243
Howard, Michael 392–3
Howards’ Way 686
Howe, Sir Geoffrey
Autumn Statement 1980 272–3
background 90
ballsaching lecture 194
British Leyland 323–4
British Steel 152
Budgets
1979 99–104
1980 194–5
1981 438–43, 447–52, 454–6, 459–60
1982 706–7
decline of UK economy 49
doused with roast lamb and gravy 41
exchange controls 108–10
exchange rates 258–60
Falklanders 768
Falklands War 751, 781
Healey, Dennis 91
Heath, Edward 660
interest rates 101–2, 104–6, 110–11
making love 454
manufacturing 261
monetarism 95–8
Monetary Base Control 106
money supply 265
mortgage interest tax relief 240
MTFS (Medium Term Financial Strategy) 196–7
North Sea oil 92–3
public sector pay 92
spending cuts 106–7, 266, 270, 652–3
Thatcher, Margaret 88, 98, 275–6, 658–9
trade unions 148–9, 156
unemployment 108, 478
world-class boringness 90
Howell, David 436
Howorth, Kenneth 572
Hoyle, Doug 431
Hudson, Hugh 621, 622
Hughes, Emlyn 206, 207
Hughes, Francis 568
Hughes, Lesley (Mass Observation Project) 22–3, 766, 832
Huhne, Chris 427
Hull 467
Hulme Crescents estate, Manchester 248, 249
Human League 282, 290, 291, 292
Hume, Basil 842
Hume, John 566
Humphreys, Paul 282, 299, 399
hunger strikes 555–7, 558, 563–70, 589, 591
Hunt, Sir John 91, 106
Hunt, Rex 742, 746–51, 764, 826
Hurd, Douglas 36–7, 183, 184
Hurson, Martin 569
Hussein, King of Jordan 777, 823
‘I Feel Love’ (Summer) 281
IAAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) 627
i-D 289
Ideal Nuclear Shelter Exhibition 407
IEA (Institute for Economic Affairs) 453, 455, 456
illegitimacy 686
‘Imagine’ (Lennon) 346
IMF (International Monetary Fund) 8, 16, 93, 101, 93, 367
immigration 503–4, 522
imperialism 764–5
imports 188, 256, 262, 310, 457, 673–4
cars 307–9, 313–14
computers 726–7
textiles 659
income tax 99–101, 103, 200, 441, 442–3, 448
incomes policies 96, 193, 456
Indian Cookery (Jaffrey) 19
individualism 679
Indoor Garden (Smith) 19
industry
decline of 672–7
Department of Industry 312–13
employment in 17
investment in 257
subsidies for 324
inequality 188, 229–30
inflation 16, 91, 93–4, 112, 188, 197, 199, 259–60, 458–9, 663
Chile 189
France 457–8
Hayek, Friedrich 189
and interest rates 104–5
Ireland 458
and money supply 97
Thatcher, Margaret 478–9, 696
and unemployment 95, 98, 197
Ingham, Bernard 48, 89, 276, 436, 448–9, 451, 459, 649, 650, 702
Ingrams, Richard 799
Institute for Economic Affairs see IEA
intellectuals
deranged views about Falklands War 771–2
deranged views about Margaret Thatcher 335
deranged views about Top Girls 78–9
deranged views about tower blocks 248
interest rates 110–11, 189, 195, 270, 272–3, 439, 440, 448, 455, 659
and government spending 266
and inflation 101–2, 104–6, 196
International Monetary Fund see IMF
Intrepid, HMS 808–9
Invincible, HMS 761, 774
IRA
Ballykelly bomb 598
criminalization strategy 561–2
‘dirty protests’ 562
hunger strikes 563–6, 568–70
Livingstone sympathy for 573, 576, 589, 591–2, 598
mainland bombings xvi, 129, 572, 574–5, 693
Mathers killing 570–71
Mountbatten killing xvi, 560–61
Warrenpoint bomb xvi, 560–61
Iranian Embassy siege xv–xix
Iranian revolution 256, 388
Ireland 458, 778
Irons, Jeremy 616
Isaac, Bill 530
Isle of Dogs 675
Islington, Socialist Republic of xxi, 339, 547
Italy 778
It’ll Be Alright on the Night 693
ITV
Moscow Olympics 184–5
A Question of Leadership 152
SDP 427
strike 143
Jack, Harry 676–7
Jack, Ian 523, 612–14, 619, 676, 687–8, 689, 698, 733
Jackman, Robin 636
Jackson, Glenda 79
Jackson, Sir Mike 560
Jaffrey, Madhur 19
Jak (Raymond Jackson) cartoons 306, 384, 449
Jam 475
Japan 649, 723, 724
cars 307, 327–8
Japan (band) 283
Jarman, Derek 332
Jarrow Crusade 462–3, 479
Jawara, Sir Dawda 643
Jay, Peter 95
Jenkin, Patrick 71
Jenkins, Clive 353, 374, 532
Jenkins, Jennifer 430
Jenkins, Peter
Conservative Party conference 1981 664
decline of UK economy 17
divided England 686<
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Falklands War 754, 765–6, 770
Gang of Three 380
Great Depression 480
Labour Party 355, 366, 371
monetarism 95
SDP 417, 427
Sheffield 582, 584
Thatcher, Margaret 834
trade unions 143
unemployment 465
Winter of Discontent 8, 156
Jenkins, Roy
as bon viveur 358–9, 424
diligence 358–9
Falklands War 769–70
frequents ‘Michelin two-stars’ 359
frequents other MPs’ wives 359
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry 173, 175
Glasgow Hillhead by-election 707, 769, 834
Heath, Edward 669
‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’ 359–60
Labour Party 358
Liberal Party 359, 426
Limehouse Declaration 382, 411
as one-man Switzerland 770
Owen, David 362, 372
as President of the European Commission 358–9
realignment of British politics 359–61, 365, 379–80
Schmidt, Helmut 173, 175
SDP 417, 419, 422–3
‘sick, overriding passion for the Common Market’ 431
socialism 425
Thatcher, Margaret 170, 173–6, 413
unable to boil an egg 424
‘useless money and glory-grabbing dolt’ 357
Warrington by-election 430–32, 651
Jenkins, Simon 232–3, 835
Jensen, David ‘Kid’ 277
jewellery 694
Jews
Livingstone’s views on 573, 598–9
and Thatcher, Margaret 89, 622
jingoism 769, 773, 800
Jobs, Steve 711
John Paul II, Pope 815
Johnson, Ann 498
Johnson, David 283, 284
Johnson, Frank
Benn, Tony 541
Falklands War victory 823–4
Foot, Michael 537
Great Depression 522
Healey, Dennis 541
Howe, Sir Geoffrey 90–91
Jenkins, Roy 358, 431
Labour Party
May Day concert 338–9
trip to Boulogne 603
riots 522
SDP 428
South Georgia 788
Thatcher, Margaret 759–60
‘There’s a Hole in the Condom’ 336
Williams, Shirley 666
women’s rights festival 336
Johnson, Joe 493
Johnson, Linton Kwesi 508
Johnson, Samuel 732
Johnson, Walter 534, 551
Johnstone, Jimmy 467
Jones, Herbert (‘H’) 762, 813–15
Jones, Jack 157
Jones, Leslie 462
Jones, Mabel 462–3
Jopling, Michael 669
Joseph, Sir Keith
as Arthur Daley’s hero 312
British Leyland 312–14, 318–19, 322–3, 324–6
British Steel 147, 149
childcare 71
decline of UK economy 13, 49
Department of Education 656
Hadfields steelworks 151
as madman 149, 313, 325
‘micro-electronics’ memo 715
nice chat with Benn 13
Nissan 327
as politics’ answer to Paddington Bear 326
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