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, 2
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;
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;