Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s (107 page)
general election (1987)
298
,
427–8
general elections: (1966)
6
; (1970)
6
; (1974)
7
,
14
General Municipal Workers Union
21
,
23
Germany, reunification of
454–5
;
see also
Berlin Wall
Gibraltar
430
Gillick, Victoria
315
Gilmour, Sir Ian
61
,
63
,
64
,
70
,
75
,
119–20
,
192
Gladwin, Derek
21
Glasgow Hillhead by-election
174–5
Glasgow University
339
gold standard
58
Golding, John
125–6
Goldman Sachs
393
Goldsmith, Harvey
336
Goodison, Sir Nicholas
392–3
,
408
Goose Green
156
,
158
; battle of
160–2
Gorbachev, Mikhail
216–22
,
445
,
454
Goths
290
Gould, Bryan
446
Gowrie, Lord
231
Graham, Billy
332
Granada Television
249
Grant, Bernie
320
gravediggers, strike
23
Greater London Council
96
,
171
,
231
,
434
,
435–6
;
greed
409–12
Greenham Common peace camp
199
,
202–8
,
221–2
Greenham–Aldermaston–Burghfield human chain
200
Greenspan, Alan
402
Gregson, Peter
343
Grenada, invasion of
204
Groce, Michael
318–19
Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories
20
Guadeloupe, world leaders’ summit
22
Guardian
40
,
74
,
95
,
114
,
155
,
170
,
176
,
207
,
442
,
455
Guinness Four
404
Gulf War
155
Hahn, Frank
60
Hamilton, Dundas
404–5
Hamilton, Jimmy
27
Hammond, Eric
364
,
365
,
367
,
371
,
377
,
378
Handsworth riot
318
Hanna, Vincent
127–8
Hanson plc
397–9
Happy Mondays
308–10
Hare, David
227
Harriman, W. Averell
198
Harris, Ralph
68
Harrison, George
259
Hart, David
304
Hart, Judith
154
Haslam, Dave
300
Hatton, Derek
434–5
Hauser, Herman
78
Hayek, Friedrich von
67–8
Haynes, Brian
237–8
Hayward, Ron
111
Healey, Denis: as Chancellor
14
,
16–17
,
29–30
,
50
,
52
,
104
; deputy leadership campaign
121
,
125–7
; education
10
; and the Falklands War
172
; general election (1979)
40
; on Joseph
69
; party conference (1980)
108
; party leadership campaign
109
,
110
; and relaxation of exchange controls
55
,
463
; and the SDP
119
Heath, Edward: becomes MP
44
; declarations of state of emergency
462–3
; EEC entry legislation
116
; general election (1974)
6
,
7
,
14
; general election (1979)
32
; incomes policy
18
; premiership (>1970–74)
12
,
12–14
,
186
; and privatization
382
; and the SDP
119
; sulk
62
; Thatcher defeats in leadership campaign
46–8
; and Thatcher’s economic policy
76
; and the trade unions
374
Heathfield, Peter
355
Heffer, Eric
109
Henderson, Sir Nicholas
80
Henry, Wendy
151
Hermes
, HMS
135
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
149
heroin
316
Heseltine, Michael
199
; cabinet (1983)
179
; as defence secretary
200–1
; Development Corporations
372
,
436
; on Greenham women
205–6
; and Kinnock
173
; leadership challenge
444
,
452–3
,
454
,
457–9
; and the poll tax
432
,
441–2
; seen as social climber
64
; seizes Commons Mace
24–5
; Terry summer house
266
; in Thatcher’s first cabinet
63
; threat to Thatcher
76
,
426
; and Toxteth riots
95–6
,
97–9
; Westland affair
438–9
Hetherington, Alistair
244
Heysel stadium disaster
321–2
Higgins, Terrence
324
High Hopes
(film)
228
Hill, Christopher
462
Hirst, Paul
67
Hodge, Margaret
434
Hogan, Paul
247
Hollywood
258–9
Home and Away
(TV programme)
247
home ownership
37
,
73
,
418–20
,
422–4
homelessness
420–1
homosexuality
314–15
,
324
,
327–30
Hong Kong
265–6
Hopkins, Michael
265
Horizon
(TV programme)
324
Hoskyns, John
70–1
house music
298–308
household spending
85
housing: council
36–7
,
73
,
418–20
; election campaign (1979 )
36–7
; house prices
418
,
424
,
478
; Housing Act (1980)
73
; Housing Act (1988)
421–2
; Housing (Homeless Persons) Act (1977)
420
; housing policy
73
; housing stock
264
; property developers
263–4
; property market
195
; right to buy policy
418–20
; shortage
420–2
; social
421–2
; tower locks
80
Howard’s Way
(TV programme)
247
Howe, Sir Geoffrey
180
,
454
; background
66–7
; budget (1981)
58–60
; as Chancellor
51–2
,
56–9
,
63
,
65
,
66–7
,
74
,
179
,
412
; and the ERM
444
; and the fall of Thatcher
456–7
,
460
; first budget
52–6
; on industrial decline
79–80
; on monetarism
49–50
; relationship with Thatcher
66–7
; resignation
444
,
449–50
; scalded
66
; and SDI
213
Howell, David
63
Hudson, Hugh
255
Hughes, Simon
329
Hull
81
Hume, Cardinal Basil
326
Hunt, Rex
141
Hussey, Marmaduke
243
Hutchinson, Maxwell
270
hyperinflation
49
Hytner inquiry
86
Illegal Immigration Intelligence Unit
96
Illustrious,
HMS
135
Imperial Group
399
imports
77
income tax
6
,
14
,
39
,
53–4
,
179
,
180
,
195
,
410–12
,
433
Independent
371
Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
235
,
242
,
244
,
246
,
256
Independent on Sunday
454
indie music
290–8
industrial decline
29
,
58
,
58–9
,
60–1
,
77–85
,
465
,
476
inflation
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
24
,
38–9
,
40
,
50
,
51
,
54
,
56
,
73–4
,
180
,
186
,
196
,
424
,
450–1
,
462
,
475
; pay policy
17–18
,
19–20
,
51
INLA
35
Inland Revenue Staff Federation 8n
Inner London Education Authority (ILEA)
437
Inside Right
(Gilmour)
61
Inspector Morse
(TV programme)
249
Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA)
68
,
69
interest rates
13
,
52
,
56–8
,
73
,
181
,
402
,
450–1
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
221–2
international bond and currency markets
388–90
International Monetary Fund
15
,
16
,
104
investment banking
393–5
,
404–5
,
409
IRA
469
; American support for
102
; Brighton bomb attack
296–7
,
356
; Enniskillen bombing
430–1
; hunger strikes
100–3
; Libyan support
430
; murder of Gow
453
; murder of Ross McWhirter
71
; spectaculars
99
; terror campaign
102
Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC)
348
Islamic revolution
316
Israel
13
Jack, Ian
84–5
Jacomb, Martin
381
Japan
182
Japanese investment
390
Jay, Peter
8
Jay, Tamsin
8
Jenkin, Patrick
63
Jenkins, Arthur
117
Jenkins, Charles
272
Jenkins, David, Bishop of Durham
333
Jenkins, Roy
10
,
110–11
,
114–21
,
128
,
142
,
173
,
174–5
,
177
,
422
Jewel in the Crown, The
(TV programme)
249
Jewish community
333
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
289
John, Elton
285
John, Helen
205
Johnson, Paul
70
Johnson, Rebecca
205
Jones, Lieutenant Colonel H.
161–2
Jones, Jack
20
Joseph, Sir Keith
35
,
46–7
,
62
,
63
,
68–9
,
71–2
,
75
,
460
Joy Division
299