by Tom Bower
Hammond, Philip 204
Hampstead, London 47, 53, 77, 179, 185, 312
Hampstead & Highgate Express 61
Hamza, Abu 127
Hardy, Jeremy 330
Hare, David 159, 185
Haringey, London 25–8, 34, 39, 41–4, 46, 49, 53, 55, 60, 61, 66, 71–5, 85, 93, 115, 166, 197, 229, 263, 316, 337; Haringey Community Development Sub-Committee 31; Haringey Labour group 33
Harman, Harriet 110, 116, 172, 173, 228
Harris, Toby 20, 42, 44, 49, 52, 59, 66, 76
Hart, David 62
Hart, Judith 62
Hassassian, Manuel 234, 333
Hattersley, Roy 188–9
Hatton, Derek 61, 93, 338, 339
Hayes and Harlington (parliamentary constituency) 65, 77, 120
Healey, Denis 31, 38, 59, 67, 68, 83
Healey, John 262
Healy, Gerry 23, 66, 92
Heath, Edward 14–16, 23, 24, 220
Heffer, Eric 83, 93
Heller, Richard 200
Heneghan, Patrick 218, 219
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) 181, 244
Heseltine, Michael 339
Hewitt, Ibrahim 237
Hezbollah 155, 215, 238, 240, 270, 276
Hitler, Adolf 130, 177, 223, 236–7, 239, 245, 247, 251; Mein Kampf 247
Hobsbawm, Eric 301
Hodge, Margaret 109, 111, 233, 259, 280, 319, 325–6, 331–2, 334
Hodges, Dan 217
Hoettl, Wilhelm 340–1
Hoey, Kate 56
Hollande, François 202
Holocaust 26, 130, 132, 159, 192, 234, 238, 249, 254, 269, 276, 285, 324, 331–3, 340–1; Holocaust Educational Trust 340; Holocaust Memorial Day (2010) 154, 276
Hornsey, London 20, 23, 25, 27, 38, 47, 54, 60, 75–6, 166, 263; Hornsey Labour Party 21, 28, 32–4, 44, 59, 72
Hornsey Journal 54, 70, 75
Horton, Richard 337
Houghton, General Nicholas 211
Howard, Michael 139–40
Howe, Geoffrey 85
Howell, Steve 296, 300
Hoyle, Sean 230
Hudson, Kate 81, 129, 176–7
Humfrey, Michael 4
Hunt, Jeremy 229, 243
Hunt, Tristram 179, 189, 259, 296
Hussain, Khadim 237
Hussain, Saira 309
Hussein, Saddam 66, 106–8, 120, 125, 135, 136, 219, 277
Hyman, Peter 225
ILEA see Inner London Education Authority IMF see International Monetary Fund Independent Corresponding Society 68
Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) 33, 39
Institute of Fiscal Studies 174, 304
International Atomic Agency 138
International Court of Justice 125
International Criminal Court 128–9
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) 269, 328–31, 333–5
International Marxist Group (IMG) 23, 56, 59
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 37–8
IRA 9, 13, 20–1, 45, 62–3, 82, 89–90, 95–6, 103–4, 124, 145, 173, 196, 214, 256, 305, 307–8
Iran 134, 138, 155, 156
Iraq 106, 108, 134–5, 138, 145, 158, 162, 178, 183, 205, 213, 220, 274, 281, 285
Irving, David 251
ISIS 158–9, 211, 213–15, 220–2, 224, 271, 276, 281, 285, 292
Islamic Movement in Israel 154
Islington Gazette 111–12
Islington North (parliamentary constituency) 56, 75–7, 80–1, 146–7, 161, 183, 187
Islington South (parliamentary constituency) 76–7, 82
Ismail, Sufyan 245
Israel 129–33, 138, 153–5, 178, 231, 233–5, 237, 239, 245, 251, 269, 272, 276, 285, 324, 326–8, 333
Jacques, Martin 314
Jagan, Cheddi 11
Jahjah, Dyab Abou 154, 193, 237–8
Jamaica 4–11, 131, 233
Jaruzelski, General Wojciech 105
Jasiewicz, Ewa 154
Javid, Sajid 326
Jenkins, Roy 59, 61, 114
Jewdas 326
Jewish Chronicle 192, 238, 314
Jewish Labour Movement 334
Jewish Voice for Labour 327
Johnson, Alan 175, 183, 256–8, 264
Johnson, Boris 274, 301
Johnson, Lyndon Baines 22
Jones, Jack 24, 40
Jones, Kevin 217
Jones, Owen 167, 197, 298, 313, 321
Kagarlitsky, Boris 214
Karim, Talal 117
Kaufman, Gerald 232
Kelly, David 137
Kendall, Liz 170, 173, 175, 179, 185, 201, 253
Kenny, Paul 147, 201, 226
Khalaf, Salah 192
Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali 138
Khan, Reyaad 158
Khan, Sadiq 166, 179, 254–5, 256, 285
Khawaja, Imran 292
Khrushchev, Nikita 106
Killingworth, Mark 39, 44, 48, 49, 50
Kim Il-sung 81
King, Martin Luther 6
Kingston College (Jamaica) 4–10
Kinnock, Neil 83, 88, 93, 100, 102, 104, 114, 268, 275, 284, 330
Kirby, Vicky 236–7
Klein, Naomi 224
Knight, Ted 45–9, 53, 55, 66, 85, 91, 92
Kober, Claire 337
Kosovo 125
Ku Klux Klan 251
Kuczynski, Irving 23, 28
Kuenssberg, Laura 245
Kurds 106–8, 277
Kuwait 106–8, 126
Kyle, Peter 201, 273, 280
Labour Action for Peace (LAP) 97
Labour Against the War 137
Labour Briefing 90
Labour Business 339
Labour Friends of Israel 238–9, 285
Labour Herald group 85; Labour Herald 66, 81, 131, 236
Labour Movement Campaign on Palestine (LMCP) 81–2
Labour Representation Committee 199
Labour Tomorrow 283
Labour Youth 235
Lambeth council 45, 92
Lammy, David 166, 318, 325
Lamont, Norman 156
Lansman, Jon 176, 198, 225, 235, 240–1, 242, 262, 280, 289, 316, 337–9
Lasharie, Benazir 237
The Last Leg (TV show) 258
Lavery, Ian 244, 316, 331
League Against Cruel Sports 3
Lenin, V.I. 16, 97, 134, 188, 234, 309
Leonard, Richard 316
Levi, Primo 326
Levin, Bernard 68
Levy, Lord 239
Lewis, Clive 167, 241, 291
Lewis, Ivan 238
Liberty 252
Libya 157, 204
Liverpool 13, 40, 54, 61–2, 64, 85, 92, 131, 290–1, 335–6, 338–42
Livingstone, Ken xxiii, xxv, 49, 100, 176, 214, 270, 328; disrupts Camden council 46–7; relationship with Corbyn 47, 81, 187; takes control of GLC 53–6, 62–3, 66; keeps newts 53; admires McDonnell’s politics 64; refuses to set rates 85; unaware of GLC’s true finances 89; fires McDonnell 91–2; elected MP 102; supports communist revolution in Afghanistan 105; suggests ‘greedy bastard tax rate’ 118; supports bombing of Belgrade 125; and anti-Semitism 132, 247, 249–50, 252, 301, 330; attends parties at Andrew Murray’s house 134–5; elected mayor of London 140; asked to review defence policy 216–17; character and description 216; returns to Labour Party 323
Loach, Ken 250, 325, 328
Loki, Vivien 110
London bombings (July 2005) 143
London Government Assembly 66
London Labour Briefing 53, 54, 61, 66, 70–1, 78, 80, 85, 91, 131; London Labour Briefing 194
London Labour Party (LLP) 46, 55, 72, 91
London Representation Committee (LRC) 54
London School of Economics (LSE) xiii–xiv, 24
Longden, Anthony 145
Loughall, County Armagh 96
Lynch, Holly 298
McCluskey, Len 149, 162, 170, 173, 186, 188–92, 198, 214, 2
18, 220, 226–8, 253, 262, 265, 273, 275, 277, 279–80, 287, 289–90, 294, 302, 332, 338
McDonagh, Margaret 122
MacDonald, Ramsay 300
McDonald, Tosh 222–3
McDonnell, John 54–5, 62, 64–6, 77, 222, 241, 246, 259–60, 280, 289; political beliefs 54, 65–6, 81, 303; birth, background and education 64–5; works for NUM and TUC 65; character and description 66, 88; plots coup against GLC 66; enthusiasm for ‘direct action’ 86–7, 120, 147, 148, 194, 268, 300, 320, 321; and GLC finances 88–9, 91; fired from GLC 91–2; elected MP 119–20; marriage 120; votes against Islamic ban 128; Another World is Possible: A Manifesto for 21st Century Socialism 142, 202; and 2010 Labour leadership campaign 145, 147; on fringe of Labour 150; opposes Labour moderates 162–3; rules himself out of leadership election 165; supports and defends Corbyn 148–9, 166–7, 176, 187, 261–3, 265, 267, 275, 281, 283, 300–1, 304, 312–13, 334, 343–5; economic plans 180–1, 202–4, 209–10, 297, 305, 336; appointed shadow chancellor 190, 191; attempts Corbyn damage control 196–9; plots to inherit leadership 201; persuades Corbyn to dress appropriately 207; investigations into 217; hypocrisy of 223, 296; justifies dismissals 225–6; appears on picket line 230; tolerant of anti-Semites 236; and 2016 EU referendum 257; blames disunity for by-election defeat 298–9; declares ‘no jobs for traitors’ 315–16; comment on Grenfell 319; believes democracy has broken down 320
McFadden, Pat 225
MacGougan, Jack 19
McGuinness, Martin 82, 104, 124, 173
McIntosh, Andrew 21–2, 62–3
MacKenzie, Kelvin 301
McNicol, Iain 186, 235, 237, 246, 250–2, 278–9, 338
McVey, Esther 194
McWhirter, Ross 95
Maduro, Nicolás 178
Magee, Patrick 95
Maguire, Kevin 168, 266
Major, John 107, 114, 293
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 177, 214
Malcolm X 6, 233
Malhotra, Seema 261, 280
Manchester Arena bombing (May 2017) 306–7, 309
Mandelson, Peter 100, 115, 175, 183, 190, 199, 259, 293, 298–9, 314
Mann, John 111, 168, 179, 217, 248–50, 286, 325
Mao Zedong 73, 218
Marqusee, Mike 90–1, 97, 129
Marx, Karl 169, 180, 187, 203; ‘On the Jewish Question’ 132
Maskell, Rachael 229
Mason, Paul 159, 201, 289, 314
Mau Mau 96
May, Philip 309
May, Theresa 278, 283, 293, 299, 300, 304–12, 314, 318, 320–1, 341–7
Mayer, Martin 251
Maze prison, Belfast 62
Meacher, Michael 223
‘Mear One’ see Kalen Ockerman
Mellish, Bob 71
Mendez, Yannis 288
Mexico 160–1
Meyer, Hajo 154
MI5 28, 40, 88, 97, 121, 165, 217, 224, 228, 280, 310
MI6 136, 310
Middle East 190, 213, 245, 323
Middle East Monitor (MEM) 237
Miliband, David 144, 149, 244
Miliband, Ed 149, 152, 158, 162, 164–5, 170–1, 173, 185, 201, 233, 241, 244, 304
Miliband, Ralph 68, 69, 70, 103
Militant (newspaper) 61
Militant Tendency 13, 54, 60, 77, 81, 85, 91, 92, 170, 275, 330
Millar, Ronald 58
Milne, Alasdair 176
Milne, Seumas 178, 188, 198–9, 221, 225–8, 235, 240, 242, 246, 249–50, 263, 270, 289–90, 327–9, 331–2, 334, 339–40; praises Scargill 88; champions Muslim fundamentalists 134; as Corbyn adviser and supporter 176, 178, 186–7, 189, 197, 204–5, 212, 214–16, 220–5, 246, 256–61, 265, 304, 307, 308, 322, 343; family background 176; as supporter of Soviet Union 177–8, 267; praises Maduro 178; as supporter of Hamas 192; supported by Guardian 198; sends his children to selective schools 200; believes all banks should be nationalised 202; appointed director of communications and strategy 208–9, 212, 214; moral equivalence of 215; altercations with Hilary Benn 220, 221, 225, 257; dislike of the media 245; defends and supports Livingstone 248–50; and Chakrabarti inquiry 252–3, 270; election campaign agenda 289, 291, 300
Milošević, Slobodan 125
Mindel, Mick 18
Miranda, General Francisco de 141
Mitterand, François 202
Mladić, Ratko 125
Modi, Narendra 159–60
Momentum 176–7, 199, 217, 221–3, 228, 230, 241–2, 262, 264, 270, 276, 278–80, 286, 290, 293–5, 312, 316, 325, 334, 337, 339
Monk, Loraine 160
Morning Star 97, 105, 129, 193, 195, 215, 232, 319, 322
Morocco 106
Morris, Grahame 285
Morris, Max 59, 75
Morris, William 75
Moscow 67, 105, 177, 322, 323
Mosley, Oswald 1
Mossad 159, 323
Mountford, Jill 228, 286
Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF) 67, 97
Mullin, Chris 74, 325
Munich Olympics (1972) 192, 332
Munroe, Trevor 6–7
Murdoch, Rupert 94–5, 115, 323
Murphy, Karie 170–1, 227, 265, 280, 289, 302, 307, 311, 313
Murphy, Richard 180, 181, 296
Murray, Andrew 129, 134–5, 201, 214, 222, 224, 289, 300, 333
Murray, Ian 259, 264
Musk, Elon 152
Muslim Association of Britain 138, 232
Muslim Brotherhood 135, 232, 250
Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) 245
Nandy, Lisa 262
Nardell, Gordon 328, 329
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 131
Nation of Islam 7
National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) 51–2, 110
National Enterprise Board (NEB) 29
National Executive Committee (NEC) 59, 71, 75, 117, 122, 186, 197, 199, 209, 214–15, 218, 228, 235, 251, 278–9, 293, 316, 325, 328, 332, 334, 338
National Front 45
National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) 230
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 65, 70, 244
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) 13, 32, 33, 39, 40–3, 55, 68, 71, 109, 111, 171
National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) 18–19, 22
National Union of Teachers (NUT) 228, 230
NATO 105, 125, 128, 153, 177, 188–9, 190, 197, 282, 303, 322
Neave, Airey 116
NEC see National Executive Committee Nellist, Dave 198
Nelson, Fraser 284
Network Rail 287, 342
New Labour 115, 118, 119, 144, 149, 162, 168, 199
New York Times 301
New Yorker 124, 268
Newnham College, Cambridge 51
Newsnight 318
NHS 229–30, 243, 282–3, 309
Nicaragua 85, 105, 106, 118; Sandinistas 83
Nixon, Richard 9, 33
Nolan, Carmel 168, 192
North Korea 81, 123, 134, 135, 281
Novosti (Soviet news agency) 135
Nugee, Major General Richard 226
NUM see National Union of Mineworkers NUPE see National Union of Public Employees NUT see National Union of Teachers NUTGW see National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers Observer 260, 275
Ockerman, Kalen (‘Mear One’) 233–4, 324
Office of Budget Responsibility 180
O’Halloran, Michael 56, 75–6
Okri, Ben 282
Oldknow, Emilie 227
Onasanya, Fiona 346
Onwurah, Chi 285
Opec 23
Ortega, Daniel 83
Osamor, Kate 229
Osamor, Martha 45, 229
Osborne, George 172, 173, 182, 218, 241
Owen, Sarah 209
Oxford Labour Club 235, 251
Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) 110
Page, George 72
Paisley, Rev. Ian 104
Palestine, Palestinians 81–2, 90, 106, 129–33, 138, 153–5, 176, 190,
192, 200, 233–4, 236, 240, 303, 334, 342; Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) 133, 193, 333; Palestine Live 159, 268; Palestine News 269; Palestine Solidarity Campaign 154, 193; Palestinian Authority 234, 333; Palestinian Return Centre (PLC) 234, 333
Panama Papers 243
Pankhurst, Sylvia 16
Parker, Laura 337
Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) 104, 116, 139, 152, 188–9, 213, 214, 260, 262, 281, 315
Paxman, Jeremy 308
Peace Corps 6
Pentagon 128
People’s National Party (PNP) 7
People’s Parliament 165
Perdition (play) 250
Petersen, Nicolette 209, 269
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh 28
Phillips, Jess 190–1, 207, 263
Pickering, John 17
Piketty, Thomas 182, 284
Pinochet, Augusto 100, 124–5
Pinto, Cynthia 120
Poale Zion group 82
Podemos 163
Poland 105, 177
Polisario guerrillas 85, 106
Pollack, Susan 340, 341
Pollard, Stephen 192, 193, 314
Polytechnic of North London 17–18
Portillo, Michael 119
Porton Down, Wiltshire 322
Powell, Enoch 333
Powell, Lucy 261
Prescott, John 166
Press TV 156, 289, 334
Prevention of Terrorism Act 45, 139
Public and Commercial Services Union 175
Public Works Committee 74
Putin, Vladimir 177, 178
Qaesr, Ihsan 108
Quebec separatists 13
Question Time (TV programme) 196
Race, Reg xix–xxiii, xxvi, 30, 32, 45, 47, 67, 88–9, 91, 102, 103, 194
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill 144
Rahman, Lutfur 228
Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) 171, 182, 295
Raqqa, Syria 211, 221, 224
Rayner, Angela 305
Reagan, Ronald 100, 164, 315
Red Army 13
Red Brigade 13
Red Rose Centre, Holloway xx, 80, 97, 110, 114, 123, 126
Reed, Jamie 294
Rees, John 224
Retail Bespoke Tailoring Wages Council 18
Revolutionary Socialist League 46
Rigby, Lee 178
Righton, Peter 110
riots 9–10, 54, 62, 81, 92, 93, 148, 228
Rivera, Diego 234
Roberts, Cynthia 97
Roberts, John 3
Robinson, Derek (‘Red Robbo’) 29
Rodgers, Bill 32
Rodney, Walter 8, 11, 13; How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 12
Rodney Riots (1968) 9–10
Romeo and Juliet ballet 115
Ross, John 176, 182
Rossi, Hugh 23, 28, 48
Roth, Andrew, Parliamentary Profiles 123
Rotheram, Steve 266, 302–3