Education and Science, Department of (DES), 157–8, 165–93
Education Bill (1970), 158
Edwards, Nick, 403
Egypt: Suez crisis, 88; occupation of Yemen, 88; Yom Kippur War (1973), 372–3; MT’s visit (1976), 373, 374–5
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 89
Election Call, 236, 449–50
elections, generaclass="underline" (1935), 25; (1945), 33, 43–6; (1950), 70–3; (1951), 75; (1955), 87; (1959), 93, 99–101, 114; (1964), 131–2; (1966), 137; (1970), 161–3; (February 1974), 235–9; (October 1974), 250, 257–61; (1979), 435–61, 571; see also by-elections
Elizabeth II, Queen, 78, 91
Elton, Lord, 55
Ely by-election (1973), 226
Erhard, Ludwig, 253, 343, 344
Esposito, J.L., 536n
Ethiopia, 371
European Assembly, 326–7, 328, 337
European Central Bank Board, 486
European Commission, 489–90
European Communities Act (1972), 209, 210, 504
European Community (EC): membership negotiations (1961–63); 117, 126–7, (1970– 72); 201, 207–11; Heath’s attitude, 126, 134, 207, 211; MT’s attitude, 126–7, 470–507; Britain’s entry, 176, 211, 496, 500; budget, 208; sovereignty issue, 209–10, 237, 497, 504; British referendum, 283, 330–5; single currency, 333; federalism, 470–1, 473, 476, 496; protectionism, 476, 502, 595, 597, 599; Maastricht Treaty, 481–8; British ‘opt-outs’, 484–5; policy in former Yugoslavia, 494–5; Single Market, 497, 502, 503; trade balance, 498; ‘two der’ concept, 500, 501–2
European Councils: Paris (1972), 496; Rome (1990), 500, 509
European Court of Human Rights, 399
European Court of Justice, 210, 333, 482, 497, 504
European Democratic Union (EDU), 340, 346–7
European Economic Area (EEA), 505
European Free Trade Area (EFTA), 126, 134, 505
European Monetary System (EMS), 338, 339–40, 596; see also ERM
European Union of Women, 127
Evans, N.R., 585n
Evening Standard, 131
Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), 477, 485–7, 492–4, 501, 570, 596–7; see also EMS
Ezra, Derek, 215
Factortame case, 497, 505; see also Merchant Shipping Act
Fair Deal at Work, 160
Fairgrieve, Russell, 325
Falklands War, 567, 583
family: institution of, 522, 540; one-parent, 538, 539, 544–5, 549, 561–3; welfare dependency, 544–5; changes in demographic structure, 548–50; strengthening, 561–4
Family Credit, 560, 599
Fanfani, Amintore, 345
Fanfare for Europe (1973), 211
Faraday, Michael, 176
Federal Reserve Board, 590
Federation of University Conservative and Unionist Associations (FUCUA), 47
Feiling, Keith, 42
Ferrier, Kathleen, 38
Finchley: MT’s selection, 95–7; MT’s adoption, 97–8; Jewish community, 98–9, 230, 374; Liberals, 98–9; general election (1959), 99–101; general election (1964), 131–2; general election (1966), 137; ‘brain drain’ from, 154; general election (1970), 162–3; general election (February 1974), 237–8; general election (October 1964), 258, 261; general election (1979), 458, 459–60; MT stands down, 488
Finchley Golf Club, 98, 131
Finchley Press, 97
Finsberg, Geoffrey, Lord, 266
Fitt, Gerry, Lord, 431
Fletcher, Mrs (Dartford), 63
Flowers, Sir Brian, 175
Foot, Michael, 29, 207, 260, 328, 432
Ford, Gerald, 348, 357, 360–1, 365, 375
Ford, Henry, 443
Ford, Mrs Henry, 465
Ford strike (1978), 413, 415
foreign policy: MT’s five tenets, 518–36; role of US, 518–19; balance of power, 519–21; nationhood and national sovereignty, 522–7; freedom, democracy and human rights, 527–30; defence, 531–6
Fowler, Norman, 289, 311, 575
Framework for Government Research and Development, A, 174
France: Suez crisis, 88, 89; MT’s visit (1975), 337; EC role, 473; Hoover-Europe transfer, 484; Maastricht referendum, 492, 494; Gulf War, 499, 511; EC policies, 500, 595; constitutional law, 504–5
Franco, Francisco, 24, 341
Fraser, Hugh, 276, 277, 278
Fraser, Malcolm, 386–7
Freitas do Amaral, Diogo, 340–1
Friedman, Milton, 386, 567, 596
Frost, Gerry, 252
Fry, Christopher, 38
fuel crisis (1947), 50
Fukuyama, Francis, 517
Gaitskell, Hugh, 93, 128
Gandhi, Indira, 384–6
Gandhi, Rajiv, 385, 585
Gandhi, Sanjay, 385
Gang of Four, 389, 391
Ganić, Ejup, 514
Garbo, Greta, 14
Gardiner, George, 273, 278
Garner, Tony, 443
Gatehouse, Stella, 45
GATT, 471, 476, 502–4
General and Municipal Workers Union, 446
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 555
General Strike (1926), 126
George V, King, 20
George VI, King, 22
George-Brown, Lord, see Brown, George
Germany: Hitler, 26, 31; invasion of Czechoslovakia, 27; invasion of Poland, 28; MT’s visits (1975, 1976), 341–5; incomes policy, 403–4; EC role, 473–4; Deutschmark, 477, 478, 483, 487, 506, 570, 596; MT’s Hague speech, 490–1; Bundesbank, 492; monetary union, 500; constitutional law, 504; reunification, 508; balance of power, 520; model of capitalist system, 594–6
Giant’s Strength, A, 110, 205
Gibson, Guy, 32
Gillies, Dorothy, 34
Gilmour, Ian, Lord: election manifesto (1974), 247; MT’s Shadow Home Secretary, 286; CRD, 292; incomes policy, 301, 430; Shadow Defence, 310; devolution issue, 323; Stepping Stones discussion, 421, 422
Ginsburg, Alexander, 371
Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 337
Gladstone, William Ewart, 176
Gligorov, Kiro, 370
Glover, Douglas, 318
Glover, Eleanor, 318
Godber, Joe, 242
Goldsmith, Sir James, 596, 597–600
Gollancz, Victor, 28
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 513
Gormley, Joe, 218, 226
Gouriet, John, 399
Graham, Billy, 458
grammar schools, 157–9, 167, 170–3, 188–9
Granada 500, 459
Grandes Conferences Catholiques, 347
Grant, John, 63
Grantham: history, 19–20; Second World War, 32–3; by-election (1942), 33; influence, 565–6
Gray, Hamish, 325, 326
Greater London Council (GLC), 396
Griffiths, Brian, 303, 556
Grunwick dispute, 288, 312, 368, 397–403, 428
G7 Summit (1977), 367
Guinea Club, 273
Gulf War, 474, 499, 508, 510–n, 533
Hague, Douglas, 254
Hailsham, see Hogg
Haiti, intervention, 535
Haley, Bill, 77
Hall, Henry, 15
Handel, George Frideric, 9
Harding, Miss (KGGS), 18
Hare, John, 79, 82–3, 85
Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’, 32
Harris, Kenneth, 43
Harris, Ralph, 254
Harvie-Anderson, Bettie, 130, 322
Haskins, Minnie Louise, 23n
Hastings, Max, 263
Hattersley, Roy, 191
Havel, Vaclav, 508
Havers, Michael, 332
Haydn, Joseph, 9
Hayek, Friedrich August von, 50–1, 56, 85, 253, 604
Hayhoe, Barney, 399
Heald, Sir Lionel, 111
Healey, Denis: on inflation, 258; Budget (1974), 265–6; Commons exchanges with MT, 265–6, 273–4; Howe as Shadow Chancellor to, 288; incomes policy (1975), 302–3; mini-Budget (1976), 320; Budget (1977), 395; on MT’s immigration interview, 408; on ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign, 411–12; election campaign (1979), 445; public spending cuts, 568