Berlin Wall, 117, 508, 517
Bernal, J.D., 39
Berry, Tony, 432
Berwick and East Lothian by-election (1978), 418
Bethell, Lord, 513
Bevan, Aneurin, 69
Beveridge, Lord, 44, 87, 120–1, 559
Beveridge Report, 120–2, 559
Bevin, Ernest, 48
Bhutto, Benazir, 383
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 383–4
Bibby, Joseph, 7
Biedenkopf, Kurt, 344
Biffen, John: economic policy, 115, 221, 265, 310; influence, 225; turns down Shadow Cabinet post, 289; Energy spokesman, 310; Industry, 319, 320; responsibility for small businesses, 418
Birch, Nigel, 44, 92, 116
Birmingham, grammar schools, 171–2
Birmingham Stechford by-election (1977), 395
Bismarck, Otto von, 518
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,
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;
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
