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Taçi, Rezart,
1
Taliban: identified as threat in wake of 9/11,
1
;
1. Western attack,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ;
2. fighter claims asylum in UK,
  1
  ;
3. and British troop deployment to Afghanistan,
  1
  ;
4. in Helmand,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
taxation: 2002 and 2003 Budget changes,
1
,
2
;
1. 2007 Budget changes,
  1
  ;
2. climate change,
  1
  ;
3. personal,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
4. petrol,
  1
  ;
5. stealth taxes,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
6. tax credits,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
Taylor, Ann,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Taylor, Matthew,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Teach First,
1
teachers
see
education
Tebbit, Kevin: helps draft TB’s foreign policy framework,
1
;
1. reduced status,
  1
  ;
2. relations with Hoon, the military and Powell,
  1
  ;
3. and defence cuts,
  1
  ;
4. excluded from war plans,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
5. calls for further discussion of the war,
  1
  ;
6. on TB’s weakness,
  1
  ;
7. and aid work in Iraq,
  1
  ;
8. on lack of WMDs,
  1
  ;
9. and Gilligan–Kelly affair,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
10. testifies at Hutton inquiry,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
11. excluded from discussions of Iraq civil war,
  1
  ;
12. and row over military funding,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
13. relationship with TB,
  1
  ;
14. reaction to TB’s pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan,
  1
  ;
15. attitude to further involvement in Afghanistan,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
16. on Sheinwald,
  1
  ;
17. Jeffrey replaces,
  1
Temple, Tracey,
1
Tenet, George,
1
,
2
terrorism: 9/11,
1
;
1. Muslim radicalisation,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
2. Madrid bombings,
  1
  ;
3. 7/7,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
4. detention
  of
  suspects vote,
  1
  ;
5. Afghanistan mission as means of reducing,
  1
  ;
6. liquid-based bomb plot foiled,
  1
  ;
7. Iraq war linked to rise,
  1
Thatcher, Margaret: downfall,
1
;
1. TB’s copying of,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
2. red box work,
  1
  ;
3. education policy,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
4. attitude to the military,
  1
  ;
5. health policy,
  1
  ;
6. and climate change,
  1
  ;
7. attitude to MI
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
8. leadership skills,
  1
  ;
9. legacy,
  1
Third Way,
1
Third World debt,
1
Thompson, Nick,
1
Thompson, Wendy,
1
,
2
Thomson, Peter,
1
3G licences,
1
Tiomkin, Avi,
1
tobacco advertising,
1
Tomlinson, Mike,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Torpy, Air Marshal Glenn,
1
,
2
,
3
Townsley, Barry,
1
Toynbee, Polly,
1
,
2
trade and industry: Beckett’s effect at department,
1
;
1. DTI and Mittal,
  1
  ;
2. effect of Brown’s introduction of competition,
  1
  ;
3. ministerial changes,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
4. New Labour policy,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
5. see also
  energy
trade gap,
1
trade unions,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Trades Union Congress (TUC),
1
,
2
Transferring Community Services,
1
Transforming Community programme,
1
transport: fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest (2000),
1
;
1. New Labour policy,
  1
  ,
  2
Trident,
1
Turkey,
1
Turnbull, Andrew: on TB–Brown relationship,
1
;
1. on TB’s Messiah complex,
  1
  ;
2. on TB’s relationship with civil service,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
3. on TB and government,
  1
  ;
4. and immigration policy,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
5. and Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
6. appointed Cabinet secretary,
  1
  ;
7. and foundation hospitals,
  1
  ;
8. on Powell,
  1
  ;
9. on Manning,
  1
  ;
10. on Dearlove,
  1
  ;
11. investigates mechanics of handover of power should TB resign,
  1
  ;
12. on NHS targets,
  1
  ;
13. and aid for Iraq,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
14. excluded from discussions of Iraq civil war,
  1
  ;
15. on Butler inquiry and report,
  1
  ;
16. TB asks to deliver twenty targets for public services,
  1
  ;
17. on TB’s character,
  1
Turner, Adair,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Turner, Ruth,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
Tymms, Professor Peter,
1

UI Energy,
1
Ulster,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Unison,
1
United Arab Emirates,
1
,
2
;
1. see also
  Abu Dhabi
United Nations: and Bosnia,
1
;
1. and Iraq,
  1
  ;
2. and Afghanistan,
  1
  ;
3. and Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ;
4. resolution 1441,
  1
  ;
5. inspectors fail to find WMDs,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
6. and plans for post-war Iraq,
  1
  ;
7. second resolution sought,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
8. second resolution and legality of war,
  1
  ;
9. TB fails to gather support for UN vote,
  1
  ;
10. Iraq mission HQ bombed,
  1
  ;
11. and Palestine,
  1
  ,
  2
University for Industry,
1
USA: foreign policy under Clinton,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
;
1. California energy blackouts,
  1
  ;
2. Bush and TB meet,
  1
  ;
3. 9/11,
  1
  ;
4. build-up to Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
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  10
  ;
5. lack of plans for post-war occupation,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
6. takes final decision to invade,
  1
  ;
7. UK influence waning,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
8. neocons announce UK support unnecessary,
  1
  ;
9. invasion of Iraq,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
10. and aftermath of Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
11. TB’s glory trip to,
  1
  ;
12. Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry and report on WMDs,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
13. Abu Ghraib and extraordinary rendition,
  1
  ;
14. calibre of US commanders in Iraq,
  1
  ;
15. hunt for bin Laden in Afghanistan,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
16. in Afghanistan,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
17. questions UK withdrawal from Iraq,
  1
  ;
18. in Iraq,
  1
  ;
19. TB continues as loyal supporter,
  1
  ;
20. 2008 banking crisis,
  1
  ;
21. and Israel–Palestine peace settlement,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
22. funding for the Quartet,
  1
  ,
  2
Utilities Act (2000),
1

Vadera, Shriti,
1
,
2
Vaz, Keith,
1
,
2
Verhofstadt, Guy,
1
Vietnam,
1
,
2
Vietnam war (1954–75),
1
,
2
Vučić, Aleksandar,
1

wages, minimum wage,
1
Walker, Anna,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Walker, General Mike: background and character,
1
,
2
;
1. and Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ;
2. TB wants him to replace Boyce,
  1
  ;
3. struggles to get money for army and aid in Iraq,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
4. opposes sending troops to Baghdad,
  1
  ;
5. visits Iraq and reports back to TB,
  1
  ;
6. relationship with Jackson,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
7. meets with Abizaid,
  1
  ;
8. fails to push TB for long-term Iraq goals,
  1
  ;
9. finds access to TB increasingly difficult,
  1
  ;
10. threatens to resign if military funding not increased,
  1
  ;
11. too much power vis-à-vis Iraq,
  1
  ;
12. TB consults about sending more troops to Iraq,
  1
  ;
13. and TB’s pledge to send more troops to Afghanistan,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
14. reaction to suggestion of withdrawal from Iraq,
  1
  ;
15. and Afghanistan mission,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
16. replaced by Stirrup,
  1
  ;
17. complains to TB about Bremer,
  1
Walker, Tim: and immigration policy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Wall, General Peter,
1
Wall, Stephen,
1
,
2
,
3
Wanless, Derek,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Ward, David,
1
Warner, Norman,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Warren, Rick,
1
Wataniya,
1
Watson, Tom,
1
Watt, Peter,
1
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs): and TB’s first bombing raids on Iraq,
1
,
2
,
3
;
1. TB still obsessed with,
  1
  ;
2. assume new importance in TB’s mind in wake of 9/11,
  1
  ;
3. as focus of ‘war on terror’,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
4. as justification for Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ;
5. the first JIC dossier,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
6. Saddam’s spokesman says destroyed,
  1
  ;
7. UN passes resolution 1441,
  1
  ;
8. as TB’s excuse,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
9. UN inspectors fail to find,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
10. doubts about existence grow,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
11. war does not uncover them,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
12. still not found,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
13. Gilligan–Kelly affair,
  1
  ;
14. Hutton inquiry and report,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
15. Kay announces their definitive non-existence,
  1
  ;
16. TB continues in denial about,
  1
  ;
17. Gaddafi surrenders his,
  1
  ;
18. Butler inquiry and report,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
19. US Senate Intelligence Committee report,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
20. Chilcot inquiry,
  1
  ,
  2
Webster, Philip,
1
,
2
Webster, Rob,
1
,
2
Wegg-Prosser, Ben,
1
,
2
Weinberg, Mel,
1
welfare: Brown’s increasing expenditure,
1
,
2
,
3
;
1. dependency growing,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
2. and immigrants,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ,
  9
  ,
  10
  ,
  11
  ;
3. ministerial changes,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
4. New Deal,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ;
5. New Labour policy,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ;
6. pensions,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ;
7. tax credits,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ;
8. winter fuel payments,
  1
Welland, Colin,
1
West, Admiral Alan,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
West Bank,
1
,
2
Whelan, Charlie,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Wicks, Malcolm,
1
,
2
William, Prince, Duke of Cambridge,
1
Williams, Michael,
1
Williams, Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury,
1
Wills, Michael,
1
Wilmshurst, Elizabeth,
1
Wilson, Brian,
1
,
2
Wilson, Harold,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
Wilson, Richard: at Home Office,
1
,
2
;
1. selected as Cabinet secretary,
  1
  ;
2. TB ignores advice,
  1
  ;
3. and welfare policy,
  1
  ;
4. more problems with TB,
  1
  ;
5. tries to negotiate Robinson’s resignation,
  1
  ;
6. on TB and health policy,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
7. on Mandelson’s loan from Robinson,
  1
  ;
8. ‘Modernising Government’ White Paper,
  1
  ;
9. and TB’s first reshuffle,
  1
  ;
10. on TB’s personal agenda,
  1
  ;
11. and forces of conservatism speech,
  1
  ;
12. avoids involvement in fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest,
  1
  ;
13. relationship with TB worsens,
  1
  ;
14. and Hinduja affair,
  1
  ;
15. and Iraq war,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  ,
  5
  ,
  6
  ,
  7
  ,
  8
  ,
  9
  ,
  10
  ,
  11
  ;
16. and TB–Brown relationship,
  1
  ;
17. on TB’s slipping self-confidence,
  1
  ;
18. and energy policy,
  1
  ;
19. retires,
  1
  ,
  2
  ;
20. on TB’s character,
  1
Winston, Professor Robert,
1
WMDs
see
weapons of mass destruction
Wolfowitz, Paul,
1
,
2
,
3
Women’s Institute speech,
1
Woodhead, Chris,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
WorldCom,
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