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4.3. THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM

4.3.4. Index to the book

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Abortion 127
Abse, Leo 224-226
accents 304
Act of Parliament 28, 81-83 – and see bills, parliamentary; statutory interpretation
Adams, Gerry 14-15, 62, 176
‘ageism’ 27, 66, 126, 221-223
air travel 152
alcohol 120-121
Allenby, Field-Marshal Viscount 15
Amess, David 151-152, 240-242
Amin, Idi 159
Amnesty International 175
Anderson, Donald 264-265
animals 28, 34, 35-37, 125-127 – and see direct action; foxhunting; fur-farming
Archer, Jeffrey 36
aristocracy 17, 22 – and see House of Lords
Armed Forces, the 243-246
Ashdown, Paddy 188
asylum seekers 148
Attlee, Clement 31, 215, 244
Attlee, Earl 244
Attorney General 129-134
Australia 185

Baker, Ken 135, 137
Baldry, Tony 91-94, 228
Banks, Tony 100
Bar of England and Wales 215-217, 222
Barnett, Isobel 49
Barrow, George 164
Bassam of Brighton, Lord 54, 83, 238
‘beardism’ 222-223
Beaumont of Whitley, Lord 53
Begg, Anne 188
Bellingham, Henry 278
Benn, Tony 225, 231-232, 282
Bennion, Thomas Roscoe 212
Bentley, Derek 72-77, 80
Bercow, John 90, 133, 202, 234
Bermingham, Gerald 69-70
Bevan, Aneurin 14
Beveridge, Sir William 26
bills, parliamentary 33-34, 38-39, 41, 53, 58, 59, 102-103
Bindman, Geoffrey 227-229
Bing, Geoffrey 183
Bingham of Cornhill, Lord 37, 48, 72, 75-76
Blair babes 67, 69-70, 187, 257
Blairism 9-10, 13-18, 27, 28, 50, 76-77, 80, 88, 91, 93, 119, 129, 133, 147-149, 164-166, 170, 208, 266-268, 275, 276, 284, 288-300, 304-307 – and see ‘modernising’
Blackstone, Tessa 136-137
Blatch, Baroness 136
Blunt, Crispin 279
Boateng, Paul 90
Body, Richard 150
Boothroyd, Betty 19, 98-100, 116, 147-149, 230
Bossom, Alfred 54
Bowman, Andrew 162-163
Bridge, Lord 81
British Empire, the 7, 32, 176, 184, 190, 293
British Isles 250
Brittan, Leon 141
Brogan, Benedict 233
Brown, Chris 172, 200
Brown, Gordon, 19, 135-137, 200, 213, 267, 284
Browne, Desmond 261-262
Browne-Wilkinson, Lord 219
Bruce, Ian 71
Buchan, Norman 168-169
Buggins’ turn 223
Burford, Earl of 19
Burke, Edmund 26
Burns, Lord 100
Burnett, John 130-132, 197-198
Burnham, Lord 243-244
Burton, Air Vice Marshal 146
Byers, Stephen 10, 269-281
Byford, Baroness 141

CAFCASS 90
Cairns, David 207-208
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) 145
Campbell, Alastair 147-149, 283
Campbell, Anne 199
Cannadine, David 11, 13
Canning, George 226
Carey. John 292
Cecil, Hugh 292
Cecil, Mirabel 292
Chapman, Ben 144-145
Charles, Prince of Wales 226
Chesterton, G K 8, 207
Churchill, Winston 9, 54, 268
civil service 270
Clarke, Charles 203
Clarke, Ken 196-197
Clarke, Lord Justice 78-79
class 11-13, 123-124, 135-137, 184, 293 and see –aristocracy
Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey 145
Clyde, Lord 58
Cobbett, William 138
Coleman, Iain 297
colour prejudice 16-17, 124, 125, 159-163, 166-167, 257-259
Colvin, Michael 187
Commission for Racial Equality 125, 130
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 150
Cook, Robin 235, 264-265
consumer credit 240-242
control freakery 304
Cope of Berkeley, Lord 45
Cormack, Patrick 97
Council of Europe 108-110
countryside, the – see animals; foot and mouth disease; foxhunting; fur-farming; roam, right to
Cox, Tom 108-110, 150-151
Craig, Christopher 74
Cranborne, Viscount 54
Cranston, Ross 102-103, 130, 131, 133

criminal justice- conspiracy, 169-173, 199-203
corporate homicide 104-107
Criminal Cases Review Commission 74
Crown Prosecution Service 129-134, 171
fair trial, right to 101-102
International Criminal Court 34, 174-176
jury system 32-33, 44-49, 75, 133
Probation Service 88-90 - and see- human rights; police; treason

Cryer, Ann 121
culture 12, 17, 126, 159-167, 299
Cyprus problem 108-110, 150-151

Dalyell, Tam 203, 236
Danziger, Danny 292
Davidson, Viscount 22, 31
Davies, Gavyn 16
Davies, Quentin 251-252
Davis, David 177
Davison, Emily Wilding 232
Day, Michael 125
Day, Stephen 121
deference 293
Democracy 9-10, 17, 20, 31, 43, 51, 86, 94, 98, 172-173, 250, 260-263, 270
Denham, Lord 142-143
Denham, Thomas 32
Denktash, Ralf 150
Denman, Sylvia 130
Desai, Lord 137
Dewar, Donald 187
Dhanda, Parmjit 257-259

direct action-
animal rights protests 172, 199-203
fuel protests 169-173, 200
‘guerrilla gardening’ 172, 200
hunt saboteurs 170
sport disruption 170

disabled, the 26-28, 125, 126, 287
discipline 293
discrimination 124-128, 130, 164-167, 257-259 – and see religious discrimination
Dismore, Andrew 98, 104-107
Dixon-Smith, Lord 60
domestic sanctuary, principle of 193
Donaldson of Lymington, Lord 180-182
Douglas-Mann, Bruce 84-85
drugs 286-287
Duncan Smith, Iain 98, 272-277
Dunwoody, Gwyneth (‘Vinegar Lil’) 177-179, 263-265
Durham, Bishop of 115
Dyer, Christopher 292
Dyke, Greg 16

Education-
citizenship, in 10-11
English literature, in 15-16
General Teaching Council (GTC) 111-113
higher 135-137
information technology (IT) 38
libraries 218-220
multicultural 123-124
Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) 113
Sarah Bonnell School 95-97
school terms 53
specialist schools 95-97
teachers 11, 95-97, 111-113, 151, 154, 188
- and see England

Edwards, Huw 175
elections 33, 50-55, 81-83, 159-163, 237-239, 257-262
é litism 8, 10, 17, 20, 126, 185-186
Elton, Lord 59

England-
history of 9, 11-12, 46, 88, 131, 158, 165-166, 182, 305
regional assemblies 189
undermining of 7, 9, 18, 165, 304

Equitable Life 133-134
Euro 212-214
European Union 13, 165, 190-192, 240, 305

Falconer, Lord 221-222
Farm Animal Welfare Council 118
Feldman, Lord 93
feelings, personal 294-295, 304
Fettes College 8
Filkin, Elizabeth 91-94, 227-229
Fitzpatrick, Jim 133
foot and mouth disease (FMD) 237-239
formative years 292-294, 304
Forth, Eric 186, 208, 209
foxhunting 57, 98-100, 260 – and see direct action
Freedom Under Law 170
Freemasons 212
fuel protests – see direct action
fur farming 35-37, 117-119

Galbraith, Sam 27
Garner, Bryan A 252
Garnier, Edward 103, 130-131, 133
George V, King 293
Ghana 124, 183-184
Gibraltar 250
Gibson, Ian 201-202
Gillis, Judge 170
Glidewell, Lord Justice 130-131
Goddard, Lord 74-75
Goering, Hermann 44
Goodall, David 255
Goodhart, Lord 82-83
Gould of Potternewton, Baroness 239
Gow, Ian 253-255
Granby, Marquess of 146
Gray, James 100, 119
Great War 293-294
Greengross, Baroness 222
Greenway, John 295-297
Gregory, Maundy 22, 91, 184
Grey of Falloden, Viscount 293-294
Grieve, Dominic 69, 152, 179
Griffiths, Nigel 67

Hague, William 19, 67-68, 92, 93, 187-189, 191-192, 213, 235-236
Hailsham of St Marylebone, Lord 215
Hain, Peter 170, 174-176 – and see direct action
Hale, Leslie 46-47
Hamiton, Neil 208
Hamwee, Baroness 59-60
Hanham, Baroness 238
Harries, Richard 58
Harris, Evan 153-154, 160
Harte, Bret 29
Hartley, L P 76
Haselhurst, Alan 296
Hawkins, Nick 70
Hayes, John 78
Heald, Oliver 139, 140
Healey, Denis 12, 197
Heap, Desmond 196
Herald of Free Enterprise disaster 104-105
Herbert, A P 175
Heritage, Frank 183
Hewart, Lord 216
Hewitt, Patricia 38
High Court of Chivalry 217
history – see England
Hogg, Douglas 63, 99-100
Home of the Hirsel, Lord 114
‘ homophobia’ 56-61, 125, 126, 154-155, 180-182, 224-226

Honours system-
abuse of 91-94, 183-186
Political Honours Scrutiny Committee 24
reform of 183-186
workings of 91-94, 183-186, 305
- and see Gregory, Maundy; Lloyd George, David

Hood, Jimmy 168-173

House of Commons-
adjournment debates 120-122, 150-152
character of 26
clergy disqualification 207-211
divisions 178-179
Irish MPs allowed to be Members of 62-65
jokes 187-189
mobile phones 99-100
oath, refusal to take 62-63, 65
official box 46
pre-eminent chamber, as 20
select committees of 39, 106, 263
Speaker, The 230-236 – and see Boothroyd, Betty; Dunwoody, Gwyneth; Martin, Michael; Tonypandy, Viscount
turncoat MPs 84-87
workings of 116, 121-122
- and see Filkin, Elizabeth; Parliament

House of Lords-
bishops 211
Bishops’ Bar 114
‘reform’ of 17, 19-25, 27, 29-31
workings of 114-116

house sales 193-195
Howard, David 166-167
Howarth, George 81
Howarth, Gerald 64, 85-87, 200-201, 208, 233
Howe of Aberavon, Lord 197, 217
human rights 41-43, 69-70, 101-103, 108-110, 126-128, 133, 143, 155, 174, 191-192, 245 – and see speech, freedom of
Hunt, Lord 204
Hutber, Patrick 12

Identity cards 261-262
information technology (IT) 38-40, 91, 151
inspectorates, statutory 131, 134
intelligentsia, the 86
International Criminal Court – see criminal justice
‘ investment’ 266-268
Ireland, Republic of 62-65, 122, 184-185, 248-249
Irvine, Derry 43, 69, 70, 215-217, 284
Islam 11, 86, 153-154, 159-163, 305 – and see Rushdie, Salman
Israel 161

Jack, Michael 197-198
Jackson, Glenda 100
Jamaica 287
James, Lord Justice 170-171
James, P D 136
Janner of Braunstone, Lord 221-222
Jay, Baroness 114-115, 135-137
Jenkins, Roy 47, 135-136, 217
Joad, C E M 49
Johnson, Frank 232-233
Johst, Hans 44
Jones, Janet 41, 43
Jowitt, William 215
judiciary 129-131

Kaufman, Gerald 231
Kemp, Fraser 184-186
Kennedy, Charles 66, 278
Kennedy, Jane 69-71, 101-102
Kennel Club 151-152
Kennington (Oxfordshire) 219-220
Key, Robert 208
Khamisa, Mohammed 159-163
Kidney, David 70-71
King, Oona 295-297
Kingham, Tessa 257-258
King’s Cross fire 104
Kinsey, Alfred 201-202
Kumar, Ashok 122

La Trahison des Clercs 304
Latin 72-73, 123
law 42, 72-73, 97, 127, 183, 191-192, 196-198, 215-216, 249 – and see tax law, improving
Law Commission 105, 171
Lawrence, Stephen 85
Learned Hand, Judge 32-33
Leigh, Edward 153-154
Lester of Herne Hill, Lord 41, 42
Letts, Quentin 232
Lewis, Julian 86, 174-176
libraries – see education
Lilley, Peter 198
Livingstone, Ken 36, 98-100, 149
Lloyd George, David 22
Lloyd-Hughes, Trevor 148
local government 56-57, 82, 219, 237-239

London-
Greater London Authority 36, 139
Lord Mayor of 37
Mayor of 36-37, 282 – and see Livingstone, Ken
policing of 138-140

Long, Huey 289
Longford, Lord 205
Lord Chancellor 69-71 – and see Irvine, Derry
Love, Andrew 150
Lund, Thomas 224, 227
Lyell, Nicholas 48, 131

McDonagh, Margaret 53
McDonagh, Siobhain 211
McGuinness, Martin 176
MacKay, Andrew 278-279
Mackay of Ardbrecknish, Lord 54
Mackay of Clashfern, Lord 215
Mackenzie of Framwellgate, Lord 222
Mackinlay, Andrew 102
McLoughlin, Patrick 79-80
MacManaway, James 210
Macpherson, William (of Cluny) 297
Mactaggart, Fiona 202
McWalter, Tony 276, 281
McWilliam, John 263-264
Maginnis, Ken 64
Major, John 11, 91
Mandelson, Peter 247-249, 284
Marchioness disaster 78-80
Margaret, HRH Princess 271-272
Marti, José 172-173
Martin, Michael (‘Gorbals Mick’) 188-189, 230-236, 279-281
Mates, Michael 64-65
Maurois, André 220
Maxwell-Fyfe, David 78
May, Lord Justice 73
media, the 263
Media Monitoring Unit 148
Megarry, Robert 48
Metric Martyrs 83
Michael, Alun 68
millennium, the 32
Miller, Andrew 169
Milne, A 91-94
Milton, John 45
‘ modernising’ 15, 22-23, 32, 33-34, 39-40, 56, 59, 67, 139, 178-179, 305
moneylending see consumer credit
Monro of Langholm, Lord 238, 244-245
Moore, Jo 269-281, 289
Moran, Lord 142
Morgan, Rhodri 68
Morley, Elliott 35, 117-119
morning-after pill 204-206
Morris, Estelle 95-97
Morris, John 187
Morris, Lord 137
Mortimer, John 152
Mowbray and Stourton, Lord 223
Mowlam, Mo (‘Daft Mo’) 177-178, 282-287
Mugabe, Robert 7, 10, 14, 124, 283, 288
‘ multiculturism’ 46, 85-86, 122-128, 151, 162, 299
Muslims - see Islam

National Health Service 14
Neill of Bladen, Lord 51
New Zealand 193
Nkrumah, Kwame 183-184
Nolan, Lord 51, 172, 200-201
Norfolk, Duke of 57-58
Northern Ireland 13, 14, 109-110, 122, 176, 178, 247-256, 260-262, 282-287, 305

Oaten, Mark 121-122
O’Brien, Mike 100, 208
O’Connell, Daniel 32
O’Neill, Onora 134
Onslow, Earl of 245
open government 239
Opik, Lembit 100
Oxford University 8-9, 135-137, 144

Palmer, Nick 28
Parekh of Runneymede, Lord 54
parish councils 61

Parliament-
ceremonial of, 32
impeachment of magnates 216
Queen’s Speech 32-34, 187-189, 247
women in 257-259
- and see Act of Parliament; bills, parliamentary; House of Commons; House of Lords

Parliament Acts 20, 180-182
Parliamentary Counsel 34, 39, 59, 183, 221
Parris, Matthew 232, 266-268
patriotism 286, 305
Peel, Robert 138, 139
pensions 26-28, 66-67
Performance and Innovation Unit 221
Peston, Maurice 114-115
Peyton, Lord 58-60
Phillips, Morgan 177
Philpot, Oliver 145-146
Pierrepoint, Albert 74
Pindar, Peter 84
police 138-140, 199-203, 295-297

political correctness-
Armed Forces, and 243-246
general 14, 125-126, 165, 167, 221, 299-300
jury trial 48
Parliament 257
- and see ‘ageism’; ‘beardism’; colour prejudice; disabled, the; discrimination; ‘multiculturism’; ‘racism’; religious discrimination; ‘sexism’

political parties-
candidates, selection of 159-163
control of 50-55
financing of 52-55, 272-275

politics 289
Powell, Jonathan 284
Prentice, Gordon 23-24, 70, 96, 230
Prescott, John 78-79, 188, 287
Prime Minister’s Questions 66-68
Primarolo, Dawn 197
professionalism 71, 111, 115, 133, 224, 227
pub names 144-146
Putin, Vladimir 14

Quangos-
Appointments Commission 22-25
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 129-134
general 22, 129, 305
Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) 139
university 137

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 300-303
Queen Elizabeth II 13, 22, 31, 32-34, 176, 215, 225, 284-285, 305 – and see Parliament; royal prerogative

‘Racism’ 85, 125, 126, 130, 148, 162, 294-299 – and see colour prejudice
railways 121, 267, 277
Raynsford, Nick 194
redistribution 12
Redwood, John 198, 209
Rees-Mogg, Lord 30-31, 212-214
referendums 50-55, 213
Reid, John 250-253, 256
religious discrimination 153-158, 165-166, 305-307
Renton Committee 196
Renton, Lord 216
Richard, Ivor 41
roam, right to 141-143
Rodgers of Quarry Bank, Lord 115
Rolfe, F W (Baron Corvo) 16
Romania 272-275
Roper, Lord
Rowe, Andrew 151
royal prerogative 23, 269
Ruddock, Joan 78
Ruffley, David 196
Rushdie, Salman 154, 156-158

St Albans, Bishop of 205-206
St John of Fawsley, Lord 263
Salmond, Alex 236
Salter, Martin 150
Sanctuary Housing Association 159
Sayer, John 113
Scarman, Lord 81
Scotland-
monoculture 122
Parliament 101, 254
Scott, C P 148
Scott of Needham Market, Baroness 237-238
Scriven, Rob 299
Scrivener, Anthony 72
Seafield, Earl of 29
Seccombe, Baroness 57
‘ section 28’ 56-61
Sex Discrimination Act 42, 125
‘ sexism’ 125, 126, 243-246 – and see Parliament
sexual ethics 158, 180-182, 204-206
Shakespeare, William 15
Sheen, Mr Justice 104-105
Shersby, Michael 163
Shrimpton, Michael 83
Singer, Mr Justice 86
Sixsmith, Martin 271-272, 275, 279-280
Skegness 150
Skidelsky, Lord 135, 137
Skinner, Dennis 133-134
Smith, Chris 144-145, 218-220, 285
Smith, F E 207
Smyth, Glen 140
Society of Public Teachers of Law (SPTL) 171
solicitors 70-71, 195, 224-229
Southwark, Bishop of 205, 225
speech, freedom of 155-158
special advisers 149 – and see Moore, Jo
Spence, Laura 135-137
spin doctors 147-149 – and see special advisers
Standards in Public Life, Committee on 51-52
Statute Law Society 196, 216
statutory interpretation 41-42, 59, 181
Steiner, Peter 125
Stevens, John 139-140
Stone, Michael, 286
Strategic Communications Unit 148
Strathclyde, Lord 114-115
Straw, Jack 45-48, 51-52, 89, 138-140, 199-203, 284
Surtees, Robert Smith 98
Symons, Baroness 245

Taverne, Lord 84-85
tax law, improving 196-198
Taylor, Ian 203
Tebbit, Lord 222
temptation 290-291
Tennyson, Alfred Lord 165, 184
terrorism 19, 33
Thatcher, Margaret 11, 101, 243
Thomas, Gareth 120
Thomas of Gresford, Lord 46
Thompson, E P 292-293
Thoreau, Henry David 268
Tipping, Paddy 24-25, 151
Tonypandy, Viscount 224-226
Tooley, Cauthar Maryam Latif 95
treason 256
Turner, Andrew 279-280
Tyler, Paul 152

United States 123, 153-154, 157, 175, 190, 270

Values, personal 292-293
Vaz, Keith 55, 227-229
Vis, Rudi 150-151

Waddington, Lord 116
Wakeham, Lord 23
Walmsley, Baroness 206
Waterson, Nigel 195
Welsh Assembly 68
Whitty, Lord 56-60, 141
Widdecombe, Anne (‘Doris Karloff’) 199, 208-209
Wilkinson, John 297
Williams of Mostyn, Lord 45
Willis, Phil 97
Windham, William 84
Winnick, David 52, 209
Winterton, Ann 145
Winterton, Nicolas 230
Woodward, Shaun 84-87
word hijacking 164-166, 266-268, 304
world government 13-14
World of Property Housing Trust 159

Yacoub, Magdi 276
Young, Baroness 136, 137, 204-206
Young, George 24, 52
Young, Lord 206
Young, Robin 145

Zaiwalla, Sarosh 91-94, 228-229