A Journey (132 page)

Blair, Euan (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
); arrested for drunkenness (
I
), (
II
)

Blair, Hazel (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
)

Blair, Kathryn (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
)

Blair, Katy (
I
)

Blair, Leo (father) (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
)

Blair, Leo (son) (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
), (
IX
), (
X
)

Blair, Nicky (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
)

Blair, Tony

1953-2001

background and family (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); childhood memories (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); at school (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); in love (
I
); political influences at university (
I
); joins Labour Party (
I
), (
II
); Bar exams (
I
); and Derry Irvine’s (
q.v.
) influence (
I
); at the Bar (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); meets John Smith (
q.v.
) (
I
); first sight of Parliament (
I
); decides to go into politics (
I
); inspired by Benn (
I
); fails at by-election (
I
); elected for Sedgefield (
q.v.
) (
I
); humiliated at post-election rally (
I
); on Kinnock (
q.v.
) (
I
); discusses Labour leadership question with GB (
see
Brown, Gordon) (
I
); as Shadow Home Secretary (
I
); wins leadership contest (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
); puts team in place (
I
); appoints Alastair Campbell (
q.v.
) as press officer (
I
); decides to rewrite Labour Party constitution (
I
),
see
Clause IV, removal of; holidays abroad (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); photo-opportunity with Kevin Keegan (
I
); addresses News Corporation in Australia (
I
); and children’s schooling (
I
); appears on
Des O’Connor
Show
(
I
); policies in Opposition (
I
), (
II
),
see also
New Labour; learns to cope with fame (
I
); visits Clinton (
q.v.
) (
I
); election day (1997) (
I
); becomes Prime Minister (
I
); victory speeches (
I
), (
II
); ‘kisses hands’ with the Queen (
I
); first 100 days in office (
I
), (
II
); on holiday (
I
); optimistic (
I
); reschedules PMQs (
I
), (
II
); and independence of Bank of England (
I
); shapes economic policies (
I
); relations with Liberal Democrats (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); and protests over welfare policies (
I
); learns on the job (
I
); at Hong Kong handover ceremony (
I
); and ‘sleaze’ and scandals (
I
); and Princess Diana’s (
q.v.
) death and funeral (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
); at Balmoral (
I
), (
II
); has good ratings as Prime Minister (
I
); at Amsterdam Treaty negotiations (1997) (
I
); as President of European Union (
I
), (
II
); and Northern Ireland peace process (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); first meeting with Adams and McGuinness (
I
); orders Bloody Sunday Inquiry (
I
); negotiates Good Friday Agreement (
I
); invited to Spain by Aznar (
I
), (
II
); worried and uneasy (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); sad at Mandelson’s resignation (
I
); and Kosovan conflict (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); welcomes Woodward’s defection (
I
); survives the Millennium (
I
); wants faster NHS reforms (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); and London mayoral contest (
I
), (
II
); and Leo’s birth (
I
); WI speech (
I
), (
II
); Tübingen speech (
I
), (
II
); has to deal with son’s arrest (
I
), (
II
); speaks at Black Churches conference (
I
); in France and Tuscany (
I
); his ‘manic lust’ for modernisation and reform (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
); authorises rescue of Sierra Leone hostages (
I
); and fuel-duty protests (
I
); incurs wrath of pensioners (
I
); visits sites of severe flooding (
I
); Camp David meeting with Bush (
q.v.
) (
I
), (
II
); regrets hunting legislation (
I
); and foot-and-mouth crisis (
I
), (
II
)