Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality (108 page)

          deciding to stand
156–8

          election as leader (February 1975)
176–8

          first and second ballots (February 1975)
173–6

          supporters
158–61

     in 1990
621–3
,
645–9

Conservative Philosophy Group (CPG)
4
,
205
,
207–8
,
445

Cook, Beryl
64–5
,
70
,
73

Cooper, Sir Frank
257
,
283
,
326
,
344

council houses, ‘Right to Buy’ policy
144
,
250–1
,
382

Cradock, Sir Percy
421–4
,
477
,
657

Crawford, Cynthia (‘Crawfie’)
190
,
412
,
494
,
628
,
631
,
647
,
649
,
653
,
685

Critchley (Sir) Julian
95
,
158
,
192

Cullen, Muriel (
née
Roberts)
9
,
12–14
,
28–9
,
61–2
,
68–9
,
96

      correspondence and discussions with MT
46
,
60–1
,
67
,
119
,
127

Daily Mail
63–4
,
115
,
195
,
520
,
584
,
587
,
645

Daily Telegraph
95
,
123
,
187
,
528
,
587

Dartford (Kent), MT as Parliamentary Candidate for
3–4
,
57–61
,
65
,
111
,
555

Dassault, supply of Mirage aircraft to Saudi Arabia
427–9

Deedes, William ‘Bill’ (
later
Baron Deedes)
93–5
,
438
,
679

Delors, Jacques
550
,
557
,
559–60
,
565–7
,
591
,
606
,
609

     ‘No! No! No! denunciations of MT towards
555
,
616
,
618

Deng Xiaoping
421–5

Deutschmark, shadowing
542–6

devolution
199
,
203
,
223

Donoughue, Bernard (
later
Baron Donoughue)
185
,
216
,
243

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec (
later
Baron Home of the Hirsel)
50
,
107–9
,
111
,
137
,
158
,
332–3

Downing Street (No. 10)
261–6

     leaving
646
,
653

du Cann, (Sir) Edward
105
,
149–50
,
156
,
162
,
199
,
330
,
397
,
557
,
686

     and leadership contest of 1975
4
,
163–6
,
168
,
175

Duncan Smith, Iain
137
,
671
,
687

Economic Dining Club
4
,
161
,
322

economic issues
219
,
300–20
,
402
,
404

     Falklands War
376–7

     free-market economics
118–19
,
161
,
208
,
251
,
322

     inflation
116
,
138
,
146–7
,
209
,
300
,
376
,
584

     interest rates
318
,
547–8
,
584
,
605

     interventionist policies
117
,
137
,
203
,
313

     Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)
301–2
,
401

     monetarism
see
monetarism

     MT’s views on
64
,
116–17
,
204

     prices and incomes policies
see
prices and incomes policies

     James Prior on
203
,
303–8

     privatisation, MT’s policies regarding
117–18
,
380–2
,
403–4

     public expenditure, controlling/reducing
265–6
,
301
,
378–9
,
388
,
402

     Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
309–11

     taxation
see
taxation

     unemployment
see
unemployment

     vulnerability of MT in relation to
312–15

     
see also
Budgets; Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Baroness); trade unions

Economist, The
378
,
443
,
469
,
471

Eden, Anthony (1st Earl of Avon)
49–50
,
56

Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
30
,
470
,
690

Elizabeth II, The Queen
5
,
72
,
245–6
,
268
,
273
,
289
,
291
,
357
,
367
,
386
,
407
,
425
,
466
,
468
,
546
,
636
,
640–1
,
679

Employment Bill 1980
303–6

Endurance
, HMS
324–5
,
333

Environment, MT as Shadow Minister for
144
,
154–5

European Economic Community (EEC)
7
,
138–9
,
291–6
,
409
,
461
,
507
,
555–68

     Britain’s entry into
117
,
202

     Bruges speech (1988)
560
,
565–73
,
592

     budget rebate for Britain, achieving
292
,
295–6
,
298

     Dublin meetings (1979 and 1980)
293–4
,
409

     European Council summit, Strasbourg (1979)
292–3

     Euroscepticism, swinging towards
7
,
555–68

     Madrid meeting (1989)
551
,
573–6

     ‘No! No! No! denunciations towards integration (1990)
555
,
616
,
618

     referendum (1975) on British entry
202
,
555

     Single European Act (SEA)
557–60

European Monetary Union (EMU)
553
,
557
,
594
,
597
,
605–6
,
612

     
see also
European Economic Community (EEC); Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)

Evans, Sir Richard (Dick) Harry
430–3
,
438
,
545

Evening Standard
64
,
81
,
144
,
153
,
528

Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)

     clashes with Howe and Lawson over
540–2
,
550–3
,
588

      decision to join
541–2
,
550
,
553
,
604–8

Fahd bin Abdulaziz, King of Saudi Arabia
431

     deal with MT (1985)
426–7
,
430
,
433–8

     and Kuwait invasion (1990)
599
,
601

     tensions with brother (Prince Sultan)
429–30

Falkland Islands

     Hong Kong solution for
321–2

     as
Las Malvinas
324–5
,
335

     leaseback proposal
321–5
,
333
,
341

     ‘thermonuclear lunch’ in relation to (1979)
321–2
,
341

     
see also
Argentina; Falklands War (1982)

Falklands War (1982)

     aftermath/implications
370–89
,
431

     Argentine invasion of Falklands (2 April 1982)
326
,
328
,
330
,
333
,
373

     battles
359–67
,
375
,
387

     BBC World Service news bulletins
346
,
363

     
Belgrano
, sinking of
348–9
,
350
,
353
,
373
,
387

     Buenos Aires military junta
324–5
,
335
,
339
,
354–5
,
357
,
370–1

     casualties
348–50
,
360–3
,
371

     changing of political landscape following
372–89

     and courage of MT
5
,
341
,
370–1

     Exclusion Zones
347–8

     general election of 1983 as landslide victory following
386–8

     land war
362–3

     military and political preparations
341
,
344–6

     origins of conflict
323–43

     Peruvian back channel/peace plan
348
,
351–5
,
373

     Port Stanley occupation/recapture
362
,
365–8

     Ronald Reagan, tensions with
336
,
351
,
354–6
,
363–4
,
367
,
465–6

     Royal Navy
325
,
327
,
331
,
334
,
340
,
344
,
346
,
358
,
370

     San Carlos Bay landing
355
,
359–60

     settlement, pressure for
350–1

     
Sheffield
, HMS, sinking of
349–51
,
354
,
363

     Sidewinder missiles
339–40
,
361

     South Georgia landing/recapture
325
,
346–7

     negotiations and resolutions
325
,
335–6
,
355
,
366

     uniting of House of Commons in relation to
329–31

     US public opinion
339–40

     victory
367–70
,
501

     war cabinet (ODSA)
344–5
,
355
,
369
,
370

Fieldhouse, Sir John
327
,
346
,
361

Financial Times
311
,
543–4
,
585

Finchley, London
81
,
102–3
,
112
,
555

     Conservative Association
80
,
83–4
,
103

     Jewish population
80
,
83
,
102–3
,
187

     MT’s adoption as candidate (1958)
79–82
,
85

     as safe Conservative seat
79–80
,
83

Finkin Street Church, Grantham
22–3
,
33
,
127
,
495

first term in office (1979–83)
324

     bridge building
266–9

     Budgets of 1979 and 1981,
5
,
251
,
308–12

     cabinet
249–50
,
252–5
,
300–3
,
306
,
315–19
,
380–1

     civil service, challenging
255–9
,
262
,
265

     economy
300–20
,
376–7
,
312–15

     Falklands War (1982)
see
Falklands War (1982)

     foreign policy
283–99

     monopolies and mergers, bending of rules on
275–6

     National Health Service (NHS)
378–80

     privatisation, policies regarding
380–2

     security matters, interest in
272–5

     trade unions, policy towards
377–8
,
389

     ‘voices’
266
,
269–72
,
308

     vulnerability of MT
312–15

     
see also
under
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Baroness)

Fisher, Sir Nigel
163–5
,
168

FitzGerald, Garret
416–19
,
468

Foot, Michael
226
,
232
,
329–30
,
382–3
,
388
,
622

Fowler, Norman (
later
Baron Fowler)
318
,
379
,
526
,
534

France, Mirage aircraft, supply by Dassault to Saudi Arabia
427–9

Fraser, (Sir) Hugh
4
,
138
,
149
,
162
,
170
,
205
,
556

free-market economics
118–19
,
161
,
208
,
322

Friedman, Milton
205
,
207–8
,
250

G7 summits
286
,
296
,
469

Gaddafi, Muammar (Colonel)
451
,
470–3

Galtieri, Leopoldo (General)
335–6
,
365
,
443
,
599

Garel-Jones, Tristan (
later
Baron Garel-Jones)
590–1
,
615
,
636–7