A Journey (131 page)

‘Balcombe Street Four’ (
I
)

Baldwin, Stanley (
I
)

Bali bombing (2002) (
I
), (
II
)

Balls, Ed (
I
); as GB’s adviser (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); relationship with TB (
I
), (
II
); and tuition fees (
I
); told of TB’s imminent departure (
I
), (
II
); not supportive of five-year plans (
I
); in favour of public spending (
I
); government position opposed by TB (
I
); in GB’s ‘team’ (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)

Balmoral Castle (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Bank of England, independence of (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
)

Barber, Michael (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
);
Instruction to Deliver
(
I
)

Barroso, José Manuel (
I
)

Basra, Iraq (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
), (
VI
), (
VII
), (
VIII
), (
IX
), (
X
), (
XI
), (
XII
), (
XIII
), (
XIV
), (
XV
)

Bazoft, Farzad (
I
)

BBC: Gilligan’s broadcast on ‘dossier’ (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
), (
V
); criticised by Hutton (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); critical of Iraq War (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)

Beaconsfield by-election (1982) (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)

Beckett, Margaret (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); and deputy leadership (
I
), (
II
), (
III
); raises an eyebrow over Clause IV (
I
); and millennium bug (
I
); becomes Foreign Secretary (
I
)

Beckham, David (
I
)

Benedict XVI, Pope (
I
)

Benn, Tony (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Bennett, David (
I
)

Berlin Wall, fall of (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Berlusconi, Silvio (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Beveridge, William (
I
), (
II
), (
III
)

Bevin, Ernest (
I
), (
II
)

Bichard, Michael (
I
)

Bigley, Ken (
I
)

bin Laden, Osama (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Black Churches of Britain Conference (2000) (
I
)

Blackpool (
I
), (
II
), (
III
), (
IV
)

Blair, Cherie (
née
Booth) (
I
), (
II
); and TB’s first visit to Parliament (
I
); as Labour candidate (
I
); against TB joining GB at Millbank (
I
); with TB in Paris (
I
); supports him in leadership bid (
I
), (
II
); copes with fame (
I
); and Carole Caplin (
I
); defends Harriet Harman over choice of school (
I
); on election day (1997) (
I
), (
II
); and the Queen (
I
); entertained by Aznar (
I
); and Princess Diana’s death (
I
), (
II
); at Balmoral (
I
), (
II
); and Princess Anne (
I
); and Millennium celebrations (
I
), (
II
); Leo’s birth (
I
); a great support (
I
); and JP’s famous punch (
I
), (
II
); hits it off with Laura Bush (
I
); likes to travel with TB
en famille
(
I
); and dinner with the Bushes (
I
); thinks TB wrong to resign (
I
); on his WI speech (
I
); Bristol flats (‘Cheriegate’) affair (
I
); and Olympic Games bid (
I
), (
II
); at Gleneagles (
I
)