Birch, Nigel, 44, 92, 116
Birmingham, grammar schools, 171–2
Birmingham Stechford by-election (1977), 395
Bismarck, Otto von, 518
Black Papers, 167
Blatch, Bertie, 97, 98, 99–100, 102
Boaden, Roger, 441, 460
Boardman, Tom, 231
Boddy, David, 441
Bomber Command, 32
Boothby, Robert, 48
Bosnia, war, 514–17, 532, 534
Bossom, Sir Alfred, 75–6
Bow Group, 317
Bowyer, Eric, 123
Boyd-Carpenter, John: speaks in Finchley, 98; Pensions, 119, 121, 123, 124; Treasury, 125; Housing and Land, 136
Boyer, Charles, 15
Boyle, Edward: Oxford politics, 42; US debating tour, 43; Birmingham adoption, 62; Suez resignation, 88; joins Cabinet (1962), 125; Shadow Cabinet, 144; leaves politics, 156; Leeds Vice-Chancellor, 156, 187;
education policy, 170, 179, 184; home, 309
Brandt, Willi, 342, 349
Brazil, economy, 581, 583, 588
Brent Trades Council, 398
Bretton Woods, 596–7
Brezhnev, Leonid, 351, 353
British Airways, 574
British-American Parliamentary Group, 278
British Crime Surveys (BCS), 540–1
British Empire, 45
British Leyland, 300, 574
British Manufacturing and Research Company (‘British Marcs’), 32, 33
British Rail, 428
British Steel, 574
British Telecom, 574
Brittan, Sir Leon, 426
Brittan, Sir Samuel, 303, 597
Britto, Keith, 443, 460
Brogan, Colm, 51–2
Bronte sisters, 19
Brooke, Gerald, 154
Brooke, Henry, 111
Brown, George (Lord George-Brown), 138, 425, 428
Brownlow, Lord, 20
Bruce-Gardyne, Jock, 215, 221, 225, 252, 265
Bruges, MT’s speech (1988), 473, 487, 506–7
Bruntisfield, Lord, see Warrender, Sir Victor
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 367
Buchan, John, 113
Buchanan-Smith, Alick, 322, 323–6
Buckingham, University of, 159–60
budgets: (1955), 87; (1961), 116; (1966), 138–9; (1970), 203; (1972), 211, 220, 225; (1973), 226; (1974), 265; (1975), 300; (1976), 320; (1977), 395; (1979), 571; (1981), 571; (1984). 571; (1988), 571
Building Societies’ Association, 249
Bundesbank, 492
Burke, Edmund: quoted, 26, 46, 536, 542n, 553; influence on MT, 50, 553, 604
Burmah Oil, 138, 271, 309
Bush, George, 474
Butler, Adam, 399
Butler, R.A.: Education Act, 44; budget (1955), 87; passed over as PM (1957), 91; MT’s maiden speech, 112–13; dining club speeches, 114; again passed over (1963), 128–9; immigration controls, 145
BX Plastics, 61–2, 67
by-elections: Chelmsford (1945), 19; Grantham (1942), 33; Torrington (1958), 93; Orpington (1962), 115; Middlesbrough West (1962), 115; Ely (1973), 226; Ripon (1973), 226; Woolwich West (1975), 343; Walsall North (1976), 319; Workington (1976), 319; Birmingham Stechford (1977), 395; Ashfield (1977), 395–6; Grimsby (1977), 395–6; Berwick and East Lothian (1978), 418; Liverpool Edgehill (1979), 445; see also elections, general
Gaetano, Marcello, 340
Callaghan, James: budget (1966), 139; immigration legislation, 145; trade union reform issue, 161n; Prime Minister, 313; pairing dispute, 314; Lib-Lab pact, 327, 394; attitude to EC, 334; MT’s US visit (1975), 359; son-in-law, 368; attitude to left wing, 400; 1978 non-election, 410, 412; winter of discontent, 419–20, 425–7; Guadeloupe summit (1979), 425; devolution, 430, 432; fall of government, 432–3; election campaign (1979), 440–1, 443–4, 445, 448–9
Camden Girls’ School, 18, 19
Camp David Agreements, 380
Campbell, Gordon, 202
Campbell, Judy, 14
Camrose, Lord, 73
Canada, linguistic disputes, 524
Candidates’ Conference, 248
Canterbury constituency, 80
capital punishment, 151–2
car industry, 300, 413, 415
Carlisle, Mark, 418
Carr, Robert: One Nation, 86; Change is our Ally, 86; Race Relations Bill, 146; Employment Secretary, 200–1; Industrial Relations Act, 201, 206; miners’ strike (1972), 201, 216, 217; miners’ strike (1974), 201; Home Secretary, 201, 224; Heath government reforms, 203; Shadow Cabinet reshuffle (1974), 242; election campaign (October 1974), 247, 248, 258; Shadow Chancellor, 264; and formation of MT’s Shadow Cabinet, 283–4, 290; Tory Reform Group, 325
Carrington, Peter, Lord: Defence Secretary, 200; Party Chairman, 202, 234; Energy Secretary, 233–4; Leader of Lords, 287; Rhodesian sanctions, 417–18; election campaign (1979), 447, 451
Carter, Jimmy: foreign policy, 342, 364–5, 373, 528; relations with MT, 367; neutron bomb, 371; Camp David Agreements, 380
Cartland, Barbara, 30, 144
Carvel, Robert, 249
Castrol, 138
Catholic Church, 591
Cazalet-Keir, Thelma, 309
Ceausescu, Elena, 355, 508
Ceausescu, Nicolae, 354–7, 508
Central Council, 326
Central Office: MT’s early career, 63–5, 79–80, 85, 100; Heath as candidate, 68; opinion of voters, 115; MT’s Finchley constituency, 131; election campaign (1970), 160; sherry, 249; leadership election (1975), 276, 280; Thorneycroft Chairmanship, 291–2, 440, 458; Reece’s role, 410; 1978 non-election, 412; election campaign (1979), 440, 442–6, 449–50. 455–6, 457, 458
Central Policy Review Staff(CPRS), 174, 195, 221
Centre for Policy Studies (CPS): origins, 250–2; Joseph’s involvement, 250–7, 286, 317, 420; MT’s involvement, 251–2, 254, 467; role, 252–3, 298; relationship with CRD, 292
CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research), 175, 176
Chamberlain, Neville, 28, 42, 44
Chambers, Paul, 343–4
Change is our Ally, 86–7, 316
Channon, Paul, 154, 242
Charlton, Michael, 363
Charter 77, 364
Chechen Republic, 526–7
Chekhov, Anton, 38
Chelmer, Lord, 292
Chelmsford by-election (1945), 19
Chelsea Antiques Fair, 257
Chequers, 188–9, 466
Chesterton, G.K., 522
Child Benefit, 564, 573
Child Poverty Action Group, 262
Child Support Agency, 563
Childe, Rev. Henry, 11
Chile: Pinochet regime, 530, 581; economy, 581–2
China: US policy, 348; MT’s visit (1977), 388–91; nuclear power, 520; economy, 521, 584, 598; Tibet policy, 530; science and technology, 579
Chirac, Jacques, 337
Christian Democrat Union (CDU), 341–3, 346, 500
Christianity, 554–6, 580
Christianity and Conservatism, 556
Christ’s College School, 100, 172
Church of England, 105
Churchill, Winston: coalition government, 19, 44; Munich Agreement, 27; radio broadcasts 31; on Bomber Command, 32–3; 1945 election, 44–6; Potsdam Conference, 45, 54; on socialism 45, 50; writings, 53; relationship with Stalin, 54, 57; Fulton speech, 59; Party Conference (1948), 63; Cold War rhetoric, 71; MT comparison, 74, 343; Conservative Women’s rally (1950), 75; resignation, 87; referendum proposal, 332; Imperial War Cabinet, 387–8
civil servants: DES, 166; pay policy, 227–8
Clegg, Hugh, 439
closed shop controversy, 312, 368, 401, 429, 436–7
CNN conference (1992), 492
coal stocks, 216–17, 226
coalition proposals (1974), 238–9, 259–60, 327
Cohesion Fund, 502
Cohn-Bendit case (1978), 505n
Colchester, 62, 67
collectivism: Liberal policy, 21; wartime Britain, 46; postwar Conservative policy, 49; Change is our Ally, 86–7; threat to civil liberties, 110; in education, 174; Heath Government policies, 196, 225, 227; oppositions, 440; Christian approach, 555