A Journey (134 page)

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); religion (
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Islam; retirement (
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); scheduling (
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); schools (
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); science (
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); ‘sleaze’ and scandals (
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), (
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); social exclusion (
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), (
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); ‘sofa government’ (
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), (
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); speech-writing (
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), (
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); sport (
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); the state (
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), (
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), (
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), (
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); targets (
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); taxation (
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); travel (
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); unions (
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), (
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), (
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); welfare/welfare state (
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), (
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), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
); ‘winding up syndrome’ (
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); the ‘working class’ (
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), (
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), (
III
); the workplace (
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)

Blair, William (Bill) (
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‘Blairout-Gilham, Cherri’ (
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Blears, Hazel (
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Blix, Hans (
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), (
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); Reports (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
); discussions with TB (
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)

‘Bloody Sunday’ (1972): Saville Inquiry (
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)

Blunkett, David (
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); and education policy reform (
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), (
III
), (
IV
); and New Labour (
I
); and 2001 election (
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), (
II
); condones JP’s behaviour (
I
); against top-up fees (
I
); becomes Home Secretary (
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), (
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), (
III
); and law and order (
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), (
II
); resignation (
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)

Bono (
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), (
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), (
III
)

Booth, Gale (
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), (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
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)

Booth, Lyndsey (
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Booth, Tony (
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), (
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)

Bosnian War (
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), (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
)

Boulton, Adam (
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)

Boyce, Sir Michael (
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), (
III
)

Bragg, Billy (
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)

Brahimi, Lakhdar (
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); Report (
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)

Brazil (
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), (
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), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
)

Bremer, Jerry (
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)

Brighton (
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)

British Medical Association (
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)

British Telecom (BT) (
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)

Brooke, Peter (
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)

Brookings Institution (
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)

Brooks, Christine (
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)

Brooks, Peter (
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)

Brown, Gordon (GB): early relations with TB (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
); stands in for John Smith as Shadow Chancellor (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); and Labour leadership discussions with TB (
I
); moves to Millbank (
I
); becomes Shadow Chancellor (
I
), (
II
); with TB in USA (
I
); coins ‘tough on crime...’ (
I
); and John Smith’s death and leadership contest (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
); clashes with Mandelson (
I
); and removal of Clause IV (
I
), (
II
); ‘New Deal’ for unemployed (
I
); pushes for windfall taxes (
I
), (
II
); as TB’s ally (
I
); on election day (
I
); first Budget (
I
); announces independence of Bank of England (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); cuts VAT on fuel (
I
); disagrees with TB over economic policies (
I
); and public spending (
I
); and Mandelson/Robinson scandal (
I
); questions cost of Kosovo offensive (
I
); against Millennium Dome (
I
); and NHS funding (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); against Livingstone as Mayor (
I
), (
II
); against New Labour reforms (
I
), (
II
); and fuel-duty protests (
I
); against apologising to pensioners (
I
); speaks at Dewar’s funeral (
I
); and disagreements over euro (
I
), (
II
); and Nick Brown (
I
); remains as Chancellor after 2001 election (
I
); meetings with TB over Budget (
I
); resists tuition fees (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); opposes TB on all fronts (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
); rows with Milburn (
I
), (
II
); relationship with press (
I
); TB’s reasons for not sacking (
I
), (
II
); assured that TB will go if he cooperates (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
); tries to bully him (
I
); and Derek Scott’s comments (
I
); and TB’s refusal to stand down (
I
); praises ‘Real Labour’ in conference speech (
I
); and 2005 election (
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), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
); relationship with Dacre (
I
); and publication of Peston biography (
I
); against TB’s Cabinet choices (
I
); and European rebate negotiations (
I
), (
II
); agrees on aid to Africa (
I
); machinations (
I
), (
II
); opposes FSR (
I
); opposes academy schools programme (
I
); opposes welfare reforms (
I
), (
II
); gains support from PLP (
I
); and ‘cash for honours’ scandal (
I
); pushes for TB to name the date (
I
); organises ‘coup’ (
I
); ditches Manchester casino (
I
); agrees to renew Trident (
I
); and ‘Pathways to the Future’ (
I
), (
II
); and party funding (
I
); and Douglas Alexander (
I
); his crew (
I
), (
II
); favours elected House of Lords (
I
); becomes Prime Minister (
I
), (
II
); TB’s appraisal (
I
), (
II
); and economic crisis (
I
); loses 2010 election (
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)