The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990 (124 page)

control of manifesto given to NEC, 482; Benn’s speech in support, 496

electoral college for leader and deputy leader, Benn supports, 481, 482, 492, 496, 498, 506, 512; first to be held (1981), 521

mandatory reselection of MPs once in every Parliament, 482, 490–2, 495–6

Cook, Robin, 532, 583

Cook, Stewart, 24

Cooper, Jilly, 556

Corbet, Freda, 34

Corbishley, Father, 96

Corby steelworks, 458, 479

Corbyn, Jeremy, 610, 624, 625, 628

Cosgrave, Patrick, 310

Cousins, Frank, 49, 65, 71, 72, 109, 112, 150, 155

clashes with Gaitskell on defence (1960), 78, 79–81

resigns as Minister, 149, 158–9

death, 585

Cowan, Jim, 570

Coward, Noël, 9

Crack, Meg, 544, 545, 560

Craigie, Jill, 242, 499

Crawshaw, Richard, 509

Cresson, Edith, 502

Crick, Bernard, 493

Cripps, Francis (adviser), 282, 283, 345, 348, 349, 350, 351, 357, 364, 366, 406, 407, 408–9, 410

Cripps, Sir Stafford, 31, 33, 347

resignation as Chancellor, 28

Crosland, C. A. R. (Tony), 4, 24, 27, 30, 31, 71, 104, 107, 177, 182, 184, 221, 222–3, 243, 262, 264, 265, 269, 273, 285, 314, 315, 323, 336, 362, 367

attitude to Wilson, 95–6, 164

divorce, 49

Education Minister, 122–3, 138, 145

employment generation, 220

illness and death, 397, 398, 399, 400; memorial service, 402–4

Foreign Secretary, 358, 359, 360, 363, 378, 381–2, 383, 385

leadership bid fails (1976), 350, 354

Secretary of State for England, 214

similarity to Gaitskell, 33

Crosland, Susan, 104, 398

Crossman, Richard, 27, 37, 48, 51, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 71, 94, 100, 107, 111, 112, 114, 138, 145, 150, 177, 179, 182, 193, 198, 221, 269, 280, 435

appointed Leader of the House, 163

defeatist attitude, 156, 201, 220

diaries, 167, 286, 330

dismissed by
New Statesman
(1972), 254–5

death, 285

Crowder, Petre, 279

Cryer, Bob, 441

Cudlipp, Hugh (Lord), 36, 56, 130, 265

Cunningham, John (Jack), 271, 388, 461, 611

Curran, Frances, 585

Custis, Ronnie, 338

Cyprus crisis (1964), 113

Czechoslovakia, Soviet invasion (1968), 193–5

regime overthrown (1989), 623

D-Day landings, 10

Dalton, Hugh, 27, 29, 30, 49

Daly, Lawrence, 280

Dalyell, Tam, 110, 111, 136, 192, 534, 536, 542, 568, 597

Dash, Jack, 597

Davidson, Arthur, 428

Davies, Ernest, 36

Davies, John, 241, 245, 253, 421

Davies, Peter, 226

Day, Robin (Sir), 52, 93, 105, 229, 318, 398–9

de Freitas, Geoffrey, 47, 54

de Gaulle, Charles, 57, 154, 162, 167, 175, 190, 191, 196, 201

funeral, 237

resignation, 205

de Murville, Couve, 160

Dean, Sir Patrick, 172

death threats, 310, 311–12, 501, 630; so-called assassination plot, 507

Deedes, Bill (Lord), 112, 402

defence expenditure cuts (1968), 175–9

Delargy, Hugh, 252

Dell, Edmund, 264, 320, 404, 454; joins SDP, 510

Denning Report, 104

devaluation of the pound (1967), 174–5

Devlin, Bernadette, 252

devolution debate, 368, 392, 394, 401, 465; Referendum in Scotland and Wales, 447, 464

Dew, Brenda, 124

Diamond, Jack (Lord), 215, 217–18; SDP, 510

Dimbleby, Jonathan, 232

disarmament, 488, 616, 620

Donnelly, Desmond, 137

Donoughue, Bernard, 321, 330, 333

Dormand, Jack, 542

Douglas-Home, Charles, 536

Drake, Sir Eric, 328, 334

Driberg, Tom, 144, 234, 245, 422

Ruling Passions
, 421

Dubcek, Alexander, 194

Duffy, Terry, 492, 498

Dunnett, Sir James, 178

Dunster, Dr John, 470, 471

Eadie, Alex, 348, 412

Eden, Clarissa, 43, 45, 46

Eden, Sir Anthony (Lord Avon), 266, 353

personality change, 43

Suez crisis (1956), 39, 40, 41, 45, 55; resignation, 46

Edinburgh, Duke of, 180, 210, 334, 418, 422

conversations with, 181–2, 212, 423

Edmonds, John, 630, 631

Edwards, George, 203

Edwards, Ness, 151

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 10, 36, 456

elected to Labour Party Executive (1959), 69; resigns (1960), 81–2

Elizabeth II, Queen, 105, 117, 124, 133, 134, 153, 181, 182, 334, 418, 537, 618

audience (1970), 235

conversations with, 210–12, 423–4

dissolution question, 277–8

Silver Jubilee, 396, 405, 422–4

views on stamp design, 125–7, 128, 134, 135, 140, 142–3, 152

Ellis, Tom, 509

Emmett, Bryan, 341, 342, 348, 358

energy crisis (1973–4), 273–80

three-day week, 275

Energy Minister (1975–9), 325–472

Common Market conflict with Callaghan, 426–7, 434

IMF crisis, 377–87

North Sea oil and gas, 334, 342, 344, 394, 411, 421; blow-out at Ekofisk field, 411–12, 419; oil-rig safety, 436–7

nuclear debate, 333, 362–3, 364, 365, 376–7, 390, 411, 413, 414, 415–16

open government policy, 390

Petroleum Bill, 328

power workers’ strike (1977), 432–3

President of the Council of Energy Ministers, 390, 410; European tour, 390–2

Windscale leak, 387–8, 404, 470–2;
planning inquiry, 434, 444–5

Ennals, David (Lord), 400, 412, 420, 427

Erhardt, Ludwig, 164

Evans, Charlie, 71

Evans, Harold, 265, 273, 274, 424

Evans, loan (PPS), 150

Evans, Moss, 448, 459, 491, 492

Ezra, Sir Derek, 374

Falkland Islands

joint oil exploration (1975), 329

sovereignty issue, 197, 351, 422, 433–4

war (1982), 531–7, 542; opposed by Benn, 533, 535–6

Faulds, Andrew, 498

Faulkner, Brian, 256

Feather, Vic (Lord), 239, 240

Fernyhough, Ernie, 349

Field, Tony, 267, 286

Fields, Terry, 546, 573, 598, 628

Fienburgh, Wilfred:
No Love for Johnny
63

Finch, Harold, 37–8

Fisher, Archbishop, 153

Fitt, Gerry, 408

Fitton, James, 135

Flanagan, Bill, 559, 560

Flannery, Martin, 498

Fletcher, Eric, 34

Fletcher, Raymond, 133

Flintoff, Ian, 547, 560

Flowers, Brian (Lord), 399, 411

Flynn, Laurie, 560

Foot, Sir Hugh, 112

Foot, Michael, 29, 59, 82, 157, 239, 243, 244, 257, 259, 269, 270, 273, 274, 275, 277, 280, 283, 286, 294, 321, 322–3, 328, 349, 352, 368, 421, 427, 431, 435, 438, 457, 474, 487, 490, 494, 495, 496, 499, 581

anti-Common Market stance, 313, 314, 315, 318

Wilson’s dependence on, 285

leadership challenge fails (1976), 350, 351, 354–5

Leader of the House, 358

IMF crisis, 385, 386, 387

devolution debate, 394

Lib-Lab pact (1977), 408, 409

disputes with Benn, 435, 515–16, 503–4, 515–17; Benn’s poor opinion of him, 492

gains leadership (1980), 500, 503; 511–12, 521, 546, 552; problems with Gang of Four, 503–5, 509–10; internal wrangling, accuses Benn, 525–6; Tatchell affair, 527, 528, 538; Falklands War, 535, 537; election defeat (1983), 547, 549, 550; resigns leadership, 550, 557

Foot, Paul, 519

Ford, Gerald, 298, 377, 379, 384, 455

Ford II, Henry, 219, 431

Ford strike (1978), 448, 454, 458

Fowler, Sir Norman, 573

Fox, Cliff, 559, 560

Frampton, Mary, 613–14, 625

Fraser, Lady Antonia, 265–6, 271

Fraser, Hugh

challenge for Tory leadership (1975), 309

IRA assassination attempt (1975), 333–4

Fraser, Tom, 144

Freeland, General, 214

Freeman, John, 200

Freeson, Reg, 239

Friends of the Earth, 434, 442, 502–3

Gaitskell, Dora, 60–1, 66, 68

Gaitskell, Hugh, 32, 37, 38, 48, 49, 51, 52, 60–1, 66, 69, 95, 268, 368, 506, 579, 619

assault on Clause 4, 70–1, 72

death, 94, 96

divisive leader, 94

defence issue (1960): dash with Cousins, 79–82; speech defending multilateralism, 82

election defeat (1959), 66–8

character and mannerisms, 32–3, 35

monetary crisis (1951), 28–9; imposition of health charges, 28–9, 30

Suez crisis, 39, 40; demands resignation of Eden, 40–2

threat to his leadership, 78–82

unsympathetic to Benn’s peerage problem, 86–7

Galloway, George, 624

Galtieri, General, 532

Gardiner, George, 394

Gardiner, Gerald (Lord), 46, 96, 98, 112, 138–9, 177, 188

Gentleman, David, 124, 125, 126, 127

George V, King, 128

George VI, King, 10, 423

German rearmament question, 33–4

German reunification, 623; Berlin Wall dismantled (1989), 622, 623

Gibbs, June, 547

Gillard, Frank, 151

Gillis, Ian, 441

Giscard d’Estaing, V., 457, 489

Glemp, Cardinal Josef, 586–90

Glyn, Sir Ralph, 27

Golborne, Colliery disaster, 465

gold market crisis (1968), 182–5

Golding, John, 440–1, 524, 536, 540

Gollan, Joe, 301

Gollancz, Victor, 3

Goodhart, Philip, 241

Goodman, Arnold (Lord), 150

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 589, 594, 606, 607, 623

Reykjavik summit (1986), 592

cuts of half a million troops (1988), 616

visit to Britain (1989), 618

Gordon, Mildred, 617

Gordon Walker, Patrick (Lord), 23, 165, 177

Foreign Secretary: defeated in Leyton by-election (1964), 122

Gormley, Joe (Lord), 239, 252, 374, 449

Gott, Richard, 551

Gould, Bryan, 611, 612, 618

Gould, Joyce, 486

Government of Britain Bill (1990), 627

Gow, Ian, 507, 530

Grant, Bernie, 617

Grattan, John, 303

Greenborough, John, 460

Greenham Common demonstrations, 541–2

Greenhill, Sir Denis, 222

Greenwood, Anthony (Lord), 36, 53, 112, 147, 177

Griffiths, Jim, 37

Griffiths, Trevor, 228

Grigg, John, renounces peerage, 103

Grimond, Jo (Lord), 134, 447

Grunwick Strike, 420–1

Gulbenkian, Nubar, 165, 166

Gulf War (1990), 625–40

Benn’s resolution to stop the conflict, 627, 628

Benn’s humanitarian mission to Iraq for release of hostages, 636–40

Gunter, Ray, 81, 138, 144, 177, 183, 186, 196, 510

Hadden, Alan, 579

Haigh, Eddie, 611

Hailsham, Lord (Quintin Hogg), 52, 94, 99–100, 105, 122, 187, 253

Haines, Joe, 267, 277, 321, 333, 352, 369–70

The Politics of Power
, 396, 397–8

Hall, Sir Arnold, 161

Hamilton, Willy, 259, 260, 565

Hamling, Bill, 245

Hammond, Eric, 579

Handler, Dr Clive, 518

Hanna, Vincent, 561

Harriman, Sir George, 166

Harris, Ennis (agent), 274

Harris, John, 66, 67, 79, 81, 362, 506

Harrison, Sir Geoffrey, 168, 169

Hart, Judith, 154, 155, 156, 184, 201, 210, 250, 252, 264–5, 274, 288, 321, 322–3, 331, 346, 350–1, 354, 388, 400, 421, 425, 431, 536

denies being a Communist, 301

Hattersley, Roy, 212, 213, 362, 363, 368, 400, 439, 446, 466, 475, 487, 501, 552

deputy leader (1983–92), 557, 564, 584, 603, 609, 612, 614

Hatton, Derek, 546, 579, 580, 583, 596

Havenhand, Gloria, 597

Havers, Sir Michael (Lord), 581

Haviland, Julian, 519–20

Hawkins, Arthur, 414

Hayward, Ron, 267, 269, 275, 279, 280, 355, 440, 495, 506, 524

Head, Antony, 45

Healey, Denis (Lord), 34, 82, 113, 127, 185, 201, 215, 220–1, 238, 243, 249, 270, 280, 293, 294, 295, 299, 311, 314, 318, 324, 349, 390, 405, 408, 483, 487, 494, 508, 510, 520, 527, 528, 574, 594, 595, 628

Defence Minister (1964–70), 166, 214; objects to cuts (1968), 175–6,
177–9, 227; suspected of plotting against Wilson, 197; Ulster crisis (1969), 212, 213

leadership bids: (1976) 353–5; (1980) 499

Chancellor (1974–9), 285; expenditure cuts (1976) 336, 364–5, 366, 368, 430; borrows from IMF, 369; crisis, 377–89; monetary policy, 446, 449, 457, 464, 468

Deputy Leader (1980–3), 501, 503, 512, 514, 516, 517; narrowly defeats Benn in 1981 election for deputy, 521; 525, 536

Heath, Edward (Sir), 49–50, 157, 204, 220, 229, 231, 241, 252, 254, 257–8, 274, 292, 314, 318, 329, 349, 353, 363–4, 397, 401, 404, 424, 448, 449, 476, 508, 628, 629–30

Conservative Leader: sacks Powell from Shadow Cabinet, 186; demands Benn’s dismissal from Government, 229

Prime Minister following General Election victory (1970), 232, 234; abolishes Ministry of Technology, 236; yachting in Admiral’s cup, 244–5; free vote on Common Market, 249; wins second reading on EC Bill (1972), 253; energy crisis and three-day week (1973–4), 273–80; defeat in 1974 Election, 282

resigns as Leader, 309; heads pro-Common Market campaign, 310; loathing of Thatcher, 421; pledges support for Callaghan on pay, 451; meeting with Saddam Hussein for hostage release, 631, 632, 635

Heathfield, Betty, 563, 566, 575

Heathfield, Peter, 558, 569–70, 574, 609

Heffer, Eric, 136, 157, 239, 250, 254, 264, 294, 313, 321, 323, 349, 387, 409, 482, 487, 488, 490, 491, 492, 496, 498, 538, 540, 550, 551, 552, 566, 573, 579, 598, 610, 617, 628

Benn’s Minister of State (1974), 284, 285

Callaghan attacked (1976), 369

Deputy Leadership bid (1988), 610

Henderson, Sir Nicholas, 390–1

Hennessy, Harry, 30, 31

Herbison, Peggy, 112, 117, 145

Heseltine, Michael, 345, 574, 625, 631

resigns over Westland affair, 580–1, 592

leadership bid (1990), 633–5, 636

Hesketh, Ross, 554

Hetherington, Alastair, 255

Hetherington, Arthur, 339–40

Hill, Charles (Lord), BBC chairman, 195, 220

Hill, Sir John, 210, 362, 404, 411, 443–4, 451, 471