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by Tom Bower

and defence review, 1;

  and energy policy, 1;

  chairs meeting about NHS, 1;

  untouched in reshuffle, 1;

  and Kosovo intervention, 1;

  attends Kyoto, 1;

  thirtieth year in Parliament celebrations, 1;

  avoids involvement in fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest, 1;

  punches protester, 1;

  support for Brown, 1;

  relationship with Cook, 1;

  attitude to foundation hospitals and tuition fees, 1;

  begins part privatisation of London Underground, 1;

  support for Brown, 1, 2;

  at meeting to discuss education funding, 1;

  hosts dinner to hammer out TB–Brown handover deal, 1;

  thinks it likely TB will resign, 1;

  member of Cabinet committee to discuss health, 1;

  and Afghanistan mission, 1;

  attacks TB’s education policy, 1;

  affair with Temple, 1;

  retires from Cabinet, 1

  Price, Lance, 1

  prisons, 1, 2

  Priština, 1

  Private Finance Initiative (PFI), 1

  Prodi, Romano, 1

  property see housing and property

  Pryce, Vicky, 1, 2

  public borrowing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Purnell, James, 1

  Purves, Libby, 1

  Putin, Vladimir, 1

  Qatada, Abu, 1

  Qatar, 1, 2

  Quartet, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Quinlan, Michael, 1

  Raad, Firas, 1

  race issues: racism, 1; Oldham race riots, 1;

  see also immigration;

  multiculturalism

  Race Relations Act (2000), 1

  RAF, 1

  Railtrack, 1, 2

  Rama, Edi, 1

  Ramsbotham, David, 1

  Rawnsley, Andrew, 1, 2

  Rees-Mogg, William, 1, 2

  Reid, John: background and character, 1, 2, 3; on Desmond’s funding of Labour Party, 1;

  blames civil service for lack of improvements in NHS, 1;

  sees self as potential TB successor, 1;

  appointed minister of health, 1;

  and health policy, 1, 2, 3;

  goes on attack in Gilligan affair, 1;

  urges TB not to hand over to Brown, 1;

  Downing Street’s approval of, 1;

  appointed defence secretary, 1;

  and Afghanistan mission, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  appointed home secretary, 1, 2;

  and immigration policy, 1;

  chances of the succession ruined by Brown, 1

  Reid Group, 1, 2, 3

  Reiss, Charles, 1

  Reith, General John, 1

  Reynaga, Jonathan, 1

  Rice, Condoleezza, 1, 2, 3

  Richard, Cliff, 1, 2

  Richard and Judy (TV programme), 1, 2

  Richards, General David, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Rickett, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Ricketts, Peter, 1

  Riddell, Peter, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Rimmer, Catherine, 1, 2, 3

  Robertson, George: appointed defence secretary, 1, 2; and defence policy, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and Kosovo intervention, 1, 2, 3;

  Hoon replaces, 1;

  asks TB to increase British troop numbers in Afghanistan, 1;

  on Levy, 1

  Robinson, Geoffrey: background and character, 1; books about, 1;

  at Treasury, 1, 2;

  scandal surrounding, 1, 2;

  and energy policy, 1;

  negotiates PFI deals, 1;

  Brown defends him in light of more scandals, 1;

  fall, 1, 2;

  publishes memoirs, 1;

  magazine owned by him attacks TB, 1;

  suspended from Commons for parliamentary misbehaviour, 1

  Roche, Barbara, 1, 2

  Rochester hunger strikers, 1

  Rockefeller, Jay, 1

  Rogers, Ivan, 1

  Rogers, Richard, 1

  Roma, 1

  Romanian immigrants, 1

  Rooker, Jeff, 1

  Routledge, Paul, 1, 2, 3

  Rover car factory, 1, 2, 3

  Royal College of Nursing, 1

  Rumsfeld, Donald: on likely length of Iraq war, 1; on likely length of Afghanistan operation, 1;

  attitude to UK, 1;

  still keen to remove Saddam, 1;

  and post-war planning, 1, 2, 3;

  announces UK support unnecessary, 1;

  and occupation of Baghdad, 1;

  concedes WMDs probably never existed, 1;

  orders US soldiers home, 1

  Rural Payments Agency, 1

  Russell, Justin, 1

  Russia, 1, 2

  Rwanda, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Saban, Haim, 1

  Sainsbury, David, 1, 2

  Salmond, Alex, 1

  Sandline, 1

  Sangatte refugee camp, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Sangin, 1

  Santos, Juan Manuel, 1

  Saraki, Bukola, 1

  Sarkozy, Nicolas, 1

  SAS: kill Serbian warlord, 1; TB considers sending to Zimbabwe, 1;

  Sierra Leone operation, 1;

  in Afghanistan, 1, 2;

  snatch of two undercover soldiers in Basra, 1

  Sassoon, James, 1

  Saudi Arabia, 1, 2, 3

  Save the Children, 1

  Sawers, John, 1, 2, 3

  Sawyer, Tom, 1

  Scarlett, John: background and character, 1; and Iraq war, 1, 2;

  relationship with Dearlove, 1;

  speculates strong likelihood of Saddam acquiring WMDs, 1;

  and first JIC dossier, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and JIC’s assertion Saddam has WMDs, 1;

  reaction to UN inspectors’ failure to find WMDs, 1;

  does not approve publication of second dossier, 1;

  and Gilligan–Kelly affair, 1, 2, 3;

  and Hutton report, 1;

  continues to hunt for WMDs, 1;

  appointed head of MI 1, 2;

  and Butler inquiry and report, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  briefs defence chiefs about Afghanistan, 1

  Schiro, James, 1

  Scholar, Michael: organises Beckett’s reception at DTI, 1; on Battle, 1, 2;

  invites TB to visit DTI, 1;

  inspired by TB, 1;

  shock at Beckett’s exclusion of civil servants from discussions about nuclear power, 1;

  on Robinson, 1;

  Mandelson fails to tell about Robinson loan, 1, 2, 3;

  on Byers’s appointment, 1;

  and Post Office privatisation, 1;

  on the New Labour government, 1

  schools see education

  Schröder, Gerhard, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 1, 2, 3

  science, 1

  Scotland, 1, 2, 3

  Scott, Derek, 1

  Scott inquiry, 1

  Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), 1, 2, 3

  Serbia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  7/7, 1, 2, 3

  Sharon, Ariel, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Shaw, General Jonathan, 1, 2

  Shea, Jamie, 1

  Sheerman, Barry, 1

  Sheinwald, Nigel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Shelton, General Hugh, 1, 2

  ship-building industry, 1

  Shipman, Dr Harold, 1

  Shirreff, Major-General Richard, 1, 2, 3

  Short, Clare: initial attitude to TB, 1; and defence policy, 1, 2;

  and Kosovo intervention, 1;

  function in Cabinet, 1;

  and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  hampers aid work in Iraq, 1, 2, 3;

  resigns, 1;

  denounces TB in wake of Gilligan affair, 1

  Siemens, 1, 2

  Sierra Leone, 1, 2, 3

  Sikora, Professor Karol, 1

  Sikorsky, 1

  Simon, David, 1

  Simpson, Derek, 1, 2r />
  Simpsons, The (TV programme), 1

  Sixsmith, Martin, 1

  Skeet, Mavis, 1

  Smith, Andrew, 1

  Smith, Chris, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Smith, Godric, 1

  Smithers, Alan, 1

  SNP see Scottish Nationalist Party

  Social Exclusion Unit, 1

  Somalia, 1

  Soros, George, 1, 2

  South-East Asian tsunami (2004), 1

  Spence, Laura, 1

  Spencer, Sarah, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Srebrenica, 1

  Stern, Nicholas, 1

  Stevens, Simon: helps Milburn with White Paper, 1; and NHS budget talks, 1, 2;

  becomes TB’s health adviser in Downing Street, 1;

  and NHS Plan 2000, 1;

  on waiting times, 1;

  advocates Swedish health-care system, 1;

  and choice, 215, on TB and NHS costs, 1;

  and Milburn’s reorganisation, 1;

  and foundation hospitals, 1;

  on NHS, 1;

  Anderson advises re. NHS buildings, 1;

  leaves for USA, 1

  Stevens report, 1

  Stevenson, Dennis, 1, 2

  Stirrup, Sir Jock: attitude to proposed Afghanistan mission, 1, 2; appointed chief of defence staff, 1;

  tells Browne army wants to quit Iraq, 1;

  and expansion of Afghanistan mission, 1, 2, 3;

  and Iraq, 1, 2, 3;

  relationship with Dannatt, 1;

  relationship with TB, 1;

  holds back from recommending Dannatt’s dismissal, 1;

  tries to dissuade TB from further wars, 1

  Stoke Newington asylum-seekers, 1

  Storer, Sharon, 1

  Stothard, Peter, 1

  Strategic Unit, 1

  Strauss, Ofra, 1

  Straw, Jack: appointed home secretary, 1; and immigration policy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

  and Ecclestone scandal, 1;

  helps resolve fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest, 1;

  on Birt’s ‘blue-sky’ report for Home Office, 1;

  and Hinduja affair, 1;

  slow-handclapped by police, 1;

  appointed foreign secretary, 1;

  and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

  TB considers making chancellor, 1;

  TB treats with contempt, 1;

  sees self as potential TB successor, 1;

  chairs meeting to direct aid to Iraq, 1, 2, 3;

  Blunkett blames for immigration fiasco, 1;

  denies MI6’s operations in support of Gaddafi, 1;

  argues against alienation of Muslim community after 7/7, 1;

  demoted, 1;

  complains about Bremer, 1

  Strozzi, Prince Girolamo, 1, 2

  Style, Vice Admiral Charles, 1, 2

  Sudan, 1, 2

  Summers, Larry, 1

  Sumption, Jonathan, 1, 2, 3

  Sun newspaper, 1, 2

  Sunday Times, 1

  Sure Start, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Sutherland, Peter, 1, 2

  Sutton Trust, 1

  Swindells, Matthew, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Syria, 1

  Taçi, Rezart, 1

  Taliban: identified as threat in wake of 9/11, 1; Western attack, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  fighter claims asylum in UK, 1;

  and British troop deployment to Afghanistan, 1;

  in Helmand, 1, 2, 3

  taxation: 2002 and 2003 Budget changes, 1, 2; 2007 Budget changes, 1;

  climate change, 1;

  personal, 1, 2, 3;

  petrol, 1;

  stealth taxes, 1, 2;

  tax credits, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Taylor, Ann, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Taylor, Matthew, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Teach First, 1

  teachers see education

  Tebbit, Kevin: helps draft TB’s foreign policy framework, 1; reduced status, 1;

  relations with Hoon, the military and Powell, 1;

  and defence cuts, 1;

  excluded from war plans, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  calls for further discussion of the war, 1;

  on TB’s weakness, 1;

  and aid work in Iraq, 1;

  on lack of WMDs, 1;

  and Gilligan–Kelly affair, 1, 2;

  testifies at Hutton inquiry, 1, 2;

  excluded from discussions of Iraq civil war, 1;

  and row over military funding, 1, 2;

  relationship with TB, 1;

  reaction to TB’s pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan, 1;

  attitude to further involvement in Afghanistan, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  on Sheinwald, 1;

  Jeffrey replaces, 1

  Temple, Tracey, 1

  Tenet, George, 1, 2

  terrorism: 9/11, 1; Muslim radicalisation, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Madrid bombings, 1;

  7/7, 1, 2, 3;

  detention of suspects vote, 1;

  Afghanistan mission as means of reducing, 1;

  liquid-based bomb plot foiled, 1;

  Iraq war linked to rise, 1

  Thatcher, Margaret: downfall, 1; TB’s copying of, 1, 2;

  red box work, 1;

  education policy, 1, 2, 3;

  attitude to the military, 1;

  health policy, 1;

  and climate change, 1;

  attitude to MI 1, 2;

  leadership skills, 1;

  legacy, 1

  Third Way, 1

  Third World debt, 1

  Thompson, Nick, 1

  Thompson, Wendy, 1, 2

  Thomson, Peter, 1

  3G licences, 1

  Tiomkin, Avi, 1

  tobacco advertising, 1

  Tomlinson, Mike, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Torpy, Air Marshal Glenn, 1, 2, 3

  Townsley, Barry, 1

  Toynbee, Polly, 1, 2

  trade and industry: Beckett’s effect at department, 1; DTI and Mittal, 1;

  effect of Brown’s introduction of competition, 1;

  ministerial changes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  New Labour policy, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  see also energy

  trade gap, 1

  trade unions, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Trades Union Congress (TUC), 1, 2

  Transferring Community Services, 1

  Transforming Community programme, 1

  transport: fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest (2000), 1; New Labour policy, 1, 2

  Trident, 1

  Turkey, 1

  Turnbull, Andrew: on TB–Brown relationship, 1; on TB’s Messiah complex, 1;

  on TB’s relationship with civil service, 1, 2;

  on TB and government, 1;

  and immigration policy, 1, 2;

  and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  appointed Cabinet secretary, 1;

  and foundation hospitals, 1;

  on Powell, 1;

  on Manning, 1;

  on Dearlove, 1;

  investigates mechanics of handover of power should TB resign, 1;

  on NHS targets, 1;

  and aid for Iraq, 1, 2;

  excluded from discussions of Iraq civil war, 1;

  on Butler inquiry and report, 1;

  TB asks to deliver twenty targets for public services, 1;

  on TB’s character, 1

  Turner, Adair, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Turner, Ruth, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Tymms, Professor Peter, 1

  UI Energy, 1

  Ulster, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Unison, 1

  United Arab Emirates, 1, 2; see also Abu Dhabi

  United Nations: and Bosnia, 1; and Iraq, 1;

  and Afghanistan, 1;

  and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  resolution 1441, 1;

  inspectors fail to find WMDs, 1, 2;

  and plans for post-war Iraq, 1;

  second resolution sought, 1, 2;

  second resolution and legality of war, 1;

  TB fails to gather support for UN vote, 1;r />
  Iraq mission HQ bombed, 1;

  and Palestine, 1, 2

  University for Industry, 1

  USA: foreign policy under Clinton, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; California energy blackouts, 1;

  Bush and TB meet, 1;

  9/11, 1;

  build-up to Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

  lack of plans for post-war occupation, 1, 2, 3;

  takes final decision to invade, 1;

  UK influence waning, 1, 2;

  neocons announce UK support unnecessary, 1;

  invasion of Iraq, 1, 2;

  and aftermath of Iraq war, 1, 2;

  TB’s glory trip to, 1;

  Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry and report on WMDs, 1, 2;

  Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition, 1;

  calibre of US commanders in Iraq, 1;

  hunt for bin Laden in Afghanistan, 1, 2;

  in Afghanistan, 1, 2;

  questions UK withdrawal from Iraq, 1;

  in Iraq, 1;

  TB continues as loyal supporter, 1;

  2008 banking crisis, 1;

  and Israel–Palestine peace settlement, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  funding for the Quartet, 1, 2

  Utilities Act (2000), 1

  Vadera, Shriti, 1, 2

  Vaz, Keith, 1, 2

  Verhofstadt, Guy, 1

  Vietnam, 1, 2

  Vietnam war (1954–75), 1, 2

  Vučić, Aleksandar, 1

  wages, minimum wage, 1

  Walker, Anna, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Walker, General Mike: background and character, 1, 2; and Iraq war, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  TB wants him to replace Boyce, 1;

  struggles to get money for army and aid in Iraq, 1, 2;

  opposes sending troops to Baghdad, 1;

  visits Iraq and reports back to TB, 1;

  relationship with Jackson, 1, 2;

  meets with Abizaid, 1;

  fails to push TB for long-term Iraq goals, 1;

  finds access to TB increasingly difficult, 1;

  threatens to resign if military funding not increased, 1;

  too much power vis-à-vis Iraq, 1;

  TB consults about sending more troops to Iraq, 1;

  and TB’s pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan, 1, 2;

 

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