Macedonia, 1
Paddy nickname, 1
politics Blair see Blair, Tony Centre Left realigment possibilities, 1, 2
decides to enter, 1
defectors to Liberal Democrats, 1
defence and nuclear disarmament, 1, 2
funding issues and party finance, 1, 2, 3, 4
handing over, 1, 2, 3
House of Commons, opinions on, 1
House of Lords, 1
leadership ambitions, 1
leadership campaign, 1
love for Liberal Party, 1
Maastricht, 1
merger with SDP, 1
most important speech, 1
1979 election, 1
1983 election, 1, 2
‘position papers’, 1
printing facilities, 1, 2
public speaking, 1
researches Liberal Party, 1
secretaries, 1, 2
sets strategy for Yeovil, 1, 2
successor, 1
surgeries, 1
Trade and Industry, 1, 2
on types of former party leaders, 1
Yeovil Constituency Liberal Party, 1
proposes marriage, 1
racist attack, 1, 2
religion, 1, 2
Royal Marines Brunei, 1
called up, 1
Commandos, 1
drill sergeants, 1
fellow trainees, 1
41 Commandos, 1, 2
jungle patrols, 1
knowing your comrades, 1
latrine construction, 1
living rough, 1
mangrove swamps, 1
‘Operation Initiative’, 1
passes out with honours, 1
Sarawak jungle, 1
skiing, 1
specialist wings, 1
sport, 1
Stass, 1
training, 1
Royal Naval College, 1
Sarajevo, 1, 2
see also Bosnia SBS, 1
school, 1, 2
shooting, 1
smuggling, 1
sporting prowess, 1
teachers remembered, 1, 2
tonsillitis, 1
Westland Helicopters, 1
wine and beer brewing, 1
Ashdown, John (great grandfather), 1
Ashdown, John William Richard Durham (father) appearance, 1, 2 argument, 1
Burma, 1, 2
character, 1
clothes, 1
Comber Produce
Company, 1
death, 1
final illness, 1
interests, 1
marries, 1
religion, 1
returns from Australia, 1
Ashdown, Kate (daughter) au pair, 1 birth and babyhood, 1
dancing with a stranger, 1
death of Boney, 1
drinking, aged two, 1
father in Belfast, 1
grandmother’s death, 1
Hong Kong, 1, 2, 3
at House of Lords, 1
marriage, 1, 2
school, 1, 2
Ashdown, Lois, née Hudson (mother) appearance, 1 character, 1
cultural interests, 1
death, 1
marries, 1
stories about husband, 1
Ashdown, Mark (brother), 1, 2, 3
Ashdown, Melanie (sister), 1, 2
Ashdown, Paddy see Ashdown, Jeremy John Durham (Paddy)
Ashdown, Richard (brother), 1, 2, 3
Ashdown, Robert (brother), 1, 2
Ashdown, Simon (son) birth, 1
father in Belfast, 1
Hong Kong, 1, 2, 3
scarves, 1
school, 1
Ashdown, Tim (brother), 1, 2
Aspel, Michael, 1
Asquith, Herbert, 1
Astle, Julian, 1, 2
Atkinson, Max, 1
Auberson, M., 1
Augustine, St, 1
Auschwitz, 1
Australia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Auxerre, 1
Avgas, 1
Axminster, 1
Ayrshire, 1
Ba Tsin mountains, 1
‘Baby May’ (motor car), 1
Baghdad, 1
Bailey, Bella, 1
Bailey, John, 1
Bailey, Steph, 1, 2
Baker, Kenneth, 1, 2
Baker, Mary, 1
Baker, Wilf, 1
Bakewell, Cathy, 1, 2, 3
Baldwin, Stanley, 1
Balkans, 1, 2, 3 see also Yugolsavia and its constituent parts
Ban Ki Moon, 1
Bangkok, 1
Banja Luka, 1
Baram River, 1
Barbados, 1
Barber, Chris, 1
Barlen, Michael, 1, 2
Barnes, Rosie, 1
Barney, 1
Barnfield, 1
Bartlett, Jim, 1
‘Batch, The’, 1
Bath, 6th Marquess of, 1
Beatles, 1
Beaulieu, 1
Bedayuh tribe, 1
Bedford High School, 1
Bedford Modern, 1
Bedford School, 1, 2
Bedford Upper School, 1
Bedouin, 1
Beijing, 1
Beith, Alan conventional approach of, 1 leadership contest, 1
mentioned, 1
rebels against Ashdown, 1
teams up with Ashdown, 1, 2
Belfast, 1, 2, 3
Belfast Anglers Association, 1
Belfast Lough, 1
Belfast Royal Infirmary, 1
Bell, Steve, 1
Belloc, Hilaire, 1
Belotti, David, 1
Ben Hur, 1
Bergen rucksacks, 1
Berita Harian, 1
Berlin Wall, 1
Besançon, 1
Beyond Westminster (Paddy Ashdown), 1, 2
Bickleigh, 1, 2
bilharzia, 1
Billinge, Rosemary, 1
Billinge, Roy, 1
Black and Tans, 1
‘Black Wednesday’, 1
Blair, Cherie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Blair, Tony, 1 Ashdown feels ground cut from under him, 1
Ashdown goes on seeing, 1
Ashdown’s critique of, 1
Ashdown’s resignation, 1
Ashdown’s views on, 1
attack dogs, 1
becomes Labour leader, 1
coalition and PR thoughts, 1, 2, 3, 4
comparisons with Ashdown, 1, 2
Cook criticises, 1
co-operation with Ashdown over PMQ, 1
‘cuckoo strategy’, 1
Downing Street, 1
Iraq, 1, 2, 3
Jenkins Report, 1, 2
Karzai, 1
lost opportunity for centre left, 1
love or respect, 1
merger with Lib Dems required, 1
1997 partnership discussions, 1
Northern Ireland, 1
persuades Clinton on Kosovo, 1
Princess Diana’s death, 1
re-aligning the left, 1
Richard Holme, 1
Saddam Hussein, 1
visions of what it takes to be great, 1
VJ Day 50th anniversary, 1
Blake, George, 1
Blaškić, Tinomir, 1
Bloody Sunday, 1
Blunkett, David, 1
Bogomils, 1
Bombay, 1
Boney (cat), 1, 2, 3
Bootle, 1
Borneo, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bosna River, 1
Bosnia, 1, 2 Alan Leaman’s influence, 1
Ashdown leaves, 1
Ashdown’s role, 1, 2
calls on Bosnian President, 1
Dayton, 1
diary keeping, 1
ethnicity, 1, 2
Fitzroy MacLean, 1
flashpoint, 1
geography, 1
international community, 1, 2
Larry Hol
lingworth, 1
obsession over, 1
proximity of violence, effects of, 1
rape of Muslim women, 1
reconstruction, 1, 2
Srebrenica memorial, 1
Tudjman dismisses, 1, 2
winter sports, 1
Bosniaks ethnic grouping, 1 flashpoint for, 1
safe havens, 1
Sarajevo repulse, 1, 2
search for indentity, 1
Bosnian Serbs, 1
Boston, 1
Boundary Commission, 1
Bournemouth, 1
Bovisand Fort, 1
Boyce, Admiral the Lord Michael, 1
Boyne, Battle of the, 1
Braithwaite, Julian, 1
Brandt, Willy, 1
Bren guns, 1, 2, 3
Brent Knoll, 1
Bridie, 1
British Army Review, 1
British Embassy, Jakarta, 1, 2
British Embassy, Peking, 1
British Expeditionary Force, 1
British Military Hospital, 1
Brittan, Leon, 1
Broadstone, 1
Brown, Gordon Blair’s charm and, 1
Downing St accommodation, 1
Ming Campbell talks, 1
Novosibirsk, 1
Sarkozy, 1
views on coalition with Lib Dems, 1, 2, 3, 4
warned on Afghanistan, 1
Brown Square, Belfast, 1
Browning pump-action shotguns, 1
Bruce, Malcolm, 1
Brunei, 1, 2, 3
Brunei Bay, 1
Brunei People’s Party, 1
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1
Brunson, Michael, 1
Bruton, John, 1
Brydon, Doctor, 1
Buchan, John, 1
Buckingham Palace, 1
Buckland St Mary, 1
Budd, Dick, 1
Bulwark, HMS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Buna River, 1
Bunch of Grapes, Chelsea, 1
Bunyan, John, 1
Burma, 1, 2, 3, 4
Burnett, John, 1
Burnham-on-Sea, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Burns, Nick, 1, 2, 3
Burton, Sir Michael, 1
Bush, George H. W., 1
Butler, Robin, 1
Caine, Sir Michael, 1
Callaghan, Jim, 1, 2, 3
Calley, William, 1
Cambridge University Senate House, 1
Cameron, David, 1, 2, 3, 4
Campbell, Alastair, 1, 2
Campbell, Sir Menzies, 1 see also Ming Group Ashdown’s secret work, 1
becomes leader, 1
friendship and leadership, 1
Gulf War, 1
Ming Group, 1
Campbell College, Belfast, 1
Campbeltown, 1
Canal de Nivernais, 1
Cantonese language, 1, 2, 3
Cape Verde Islands, 1
Carlile, Alex, 1, 2, 3, 4
Cassidy, Dr Sheila, 1, 2
Castle, Barbara, 1
Castle, Dr Maureen, 1
Castle Martin House, 1
Castlemaine, 1, 2
Castlewellan, 1
Castro, Fidel, 1
Cathars, 1
Cathole, 1
Catholics (Northern Ireland), 1, 2, 3, 4
Cathy Come Home, 1
Causeway Bay (Hong Kong), 1, 2
Čavić, Dragan, 1
Centre Left, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
chamois, 1
Changi prison, 1
Chard, 1, 2, 3
Chard Focus, 1
‘Chariots’, 1
Charles, Prince, 1
Chechens, 1
Chen, Mrs, 1
Cheong, Mrs, 1
Chidgey, David, 1
Chile, 1, 2
China, 1
Cultural Revolution, 1, 2 food, 1, 2
goods with US components and, 1
Hong Kong, 1
journalists visit Belfast, 1
rights of abode in Britain, 1
Chinese language (Mandarin), 1, 2, 3
Chinese Language School, Lyemun, 1, 2
‘Choice or Privilege’ (Paddy Ashdown and Alan Leaman), 1
Christ Church, Simla, 1
Christies, 1
Chronicles of Narnia, The (C. S. Lewis), 1
Churchill, Winston, 1
Chusan, SS, 1
Citizen’s Britain (Paddy Ashdown), 1
Civil Services exams, 1, 2, 3
Clarence Hotel, Exeter, 1
‘Clarissa’, 1, 2, 3
Cleese, John, 1, 2
Clegg, Nick, 1, 2, 3, 4
Clifford, Richard (great grandfather), 1
Clifford family, 1, 2
Clinton, Bill, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Clough, Peter, 1
CND, 1, 2
‘Cockleshell Heroes’, 1
Colditz, 1
Colne Valley, 1
Comber, 1, 2, 3
Comber Produce Company, 1
Comber Whiskey, 1
Commandos, 1, 2, 3, 4
Committee on Standards in Public Life, 1
Common Entrance, 1
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1
‘Confrontation’ (Malaya), 1, 2, 3
Congo, 1
Conservative Party death of Ian Gow, 1 local elections, 1
new candidate, 1
rumour mongering, 1
Yeovil Ashdown’s strategy, 1
local by-elections, gains from, 1
1979 election, 1
Preston and West ward, 1
try to prevent Ashdown’s local activities, 1
Cook, Colonel Mark, 1
Cook, Robin Blair’s views on coalition, 1 gets lost in 1 Downing Street, 2
Jenkins Report, 1
Kosovo, 1
reform agenda, 1, 2
Cooke, Sydney, 1
Co-ordinating Committee (COCOM), 1
Coppet, 1, 2
Cornish Delabole slates, 1
Coronation, 1
corporal punishment, 1, 2
Čosić, Dobrica, 1
‘counter lungs’, 1
Counter Point, 1, 2
Courtenay, Jane see Ashdown, Jane (wife)
Courtenay, Tim, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Cowper-Coles, Sherard, 1, 2
Cravant, 1
Crewe station, 1
Crewkerne, 1, 2, 3
Crni Vrh, 1
Croatia Bosnia, 1 dislike of Ashdown, 1
Germanic aspirations, 1
importance of in situation, 1
independence, 1
Operation Storm, 1
travels through, 1
Croydon North West, 1
cruise missiles, 1, 2
Crumlin Road, 1, 2
CTCRM (Commando Training Centre Royal Marines), 1
Cuba, 1, 2
Cultural Revolution, 1, 2
Cyprus, 1, 2
Da Zhong, 1
Dalmatia, 1
Dalyell, Tam, 1
Dame Alice Harper Girls School, 1
Danube, River, 1, 2
Darling, Alistair, 1
Dartmoor Bickleigh, 1 Exe estuary and, 1
living rough on, 1, 2
map reading, 1
marching across, 1, 2
training, 1, 2, 3, 4
World War Two camp, 1
Dartmouth, 1
Davey, Ed, 1
Davies, Chris, 1
Davos Conference, 1
Dayak language, 1
Dayaks, 1
Dayton Peace Agreement, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
D-day, 1
‘dead parrot’ affair, 1, 2
Debating Society, Bedford School, 1
Dećani, 1
Defeat into Victory (Field Marshal Slim), 1
Defence Diving School, 1
demolition, 1
Despatch Box, 1
Devizes-to-Westminster canoe race, 1
Devon, 1, 2
Dhala, 1
/> Diana, Princess, 1
Dilberović, Suada, 1
Dinaric Alps, 1, 2
Diocletian, 1, 2, 3
Diplomatic Service, 1
diving, 1, 2
Domesday Book, 1
Donaghadee, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Donne, John, 1
Donnelly, Brian, 1, 2
Doone Valley, 1
Dorchester, 1
Dorset Youth Service, 1, 2
‘Down by the Sally Gardens’, 1
Downing, Alisoun (sister), 1
Downing Street, 1, 2
Drake, Francis, 1
‘Drake’s Fireships’, 1
Drenica, 1
Drew, Clarence, 1
Drina River, 1, 2, 3
Dubrovnik, 1
DUCS, 1
Dundrum Bay, 1
Dunkirk, 1
Dunlop, John Boyd, 1
Durmitor, 1
Dykes, Hugh, 1
Earl Grey tea, 1
East Hendred, 1
East India Company, 1
Eastbourne, 1
Ecclestone, Bernie, 1
Echo (E) Company 1 Commando Royal Marines, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Eden, Clarissa, 1
education, 1
Edward VI, 1
Effendi, Yassin, 1, 2
Eid Mohamed, 1
848 Squadron, 1
Eleven Plus, 1, 2
Ellis, Mark, 1
environment, 1
Epping Forest, 1
Ettrick Bridge, 1, 2, 3
Eusemere, 1
Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1
Exe Valley, 1
Exmoor, 1
Exmouth, 1
explosives, 1
Exton Station, 1
extra-territoriality, 1
Eyre, John, 1, 2
fags (public school), 1
‘fairy ring champignons’, 1
Falkland Islands, 1, 2, 3, 4
Falls Road, 1
Farrar’s, Bedford School, 1
Farris, Joan, 1, 2
Farris, Les, 1, 2, 3
Ferdinand and Isabella, 1
Ferhadija, 1
fighting, 1
First Afghan War, 1
‘First Steps Back from the Brink’ (Paddy Ashdown and Richard Holme), 1, 2
Firth of Clyde, 1
fishing, 1, 2, 3
Fitch, Rodney, 1
Fitzherbert, Margaret, 1, 2
Fitzsimmons, Anna Mary (great grandmother), 1
Five Nations tournament, 1
5 Waterloo Lane, Yeovil, 1
Flanagan, Ronnie, 1
Flax Street (Crumlin Road), 1
Florence, 1
Foot, Michael, 1, 2
Foreign Office, 1, 2, 3, 4
Forth, HMS, 1
42 Commando, Royal Marines, 1, 2
Fourth Piano Concerto (Ludwig van Beethoven), 1
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