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Conference (1976), 316, 407; European referendum, 330–6, 338–9; Grunwick dispute, 397; Conference (1977), 403–4; Conference (1978), 414–18; trade union policy, 423–5, 454; manifesto (1979), 435–9, 447; general election (1979), 439–61; Europe policy, 473, 487

Conservative Political Centre (CPC), 75, 148, 255

Conservative Research Department, 161, 248, 252, 292–3, 306, 410

Conservative Trade Unionists’ rally (1979), 457, 458

Cook, Beryl, 65, 67, 79

Cooke, Robin, 276

Cope, John, 268

Corfield, Fred, 206

corporal punishment, 116–17, 151

Corrie, John, 325

COSATU, 588

Council of Europe, 525

Council of Legal Education, 79

Coward, Noel, 14

Crafts, N.F.R., 576n

Crankshaw, Edward, 309

credit controls, 115, 213

crime: rate, 540–2, 550; juvenile, 551; causes, 551–3; cutting, 557–9

Criminal Justice Bill (1961), 116–17

Cripps, Sir Stafford, 52, 55

Croatia: recognition of, 490, 495; independence, 512; war, 514; Serbian attack, 534

Crosland, Anthony: at Oxford, 49; comprehensive education, 168; rates, 247–8; on MT’s manifesto proposals, 250, 258; death, 396

Crossman, Richard, 124

Cullen, Muriel (nee Roberts, MT’s sister): childhood, 3–5, 15, 16; penfriend, 26; work, 32, 52; car, 74; marriage, 104; mother’s death, 107

currency: convertibility, 86; sterling crises, 312, 315; single European, 333; EMS, 338, 339–40, see also Exchange Rate Mechanism

Czech Republic: national identity, 525; economy, 591, 592–3

Czechoslovakia: German occupation, 27; Havel Presidency, 508; national identity, 524; privatization, 590

D-Day landings (1944), 41

Daily Telegraph, 149, 273, 278, 293, 335

Darbishire, Helen, 40

Dartford, 63–8, 71–5

Davidson, Lady (Mimi), 48

Davies, John: Technology, 200; Heath’s reforms, 203; UCS, 214–15; miners’ strike (1972), 217; Industry White Paper 220; Industry Act, 220–1; successor at DTI, 224–5; general election (February 1974), 233; dropped from Shadow Cabinet, 242; MT appoints as Foreign Affairs spokesman, 320; illness, 320, 418; death, 418; Stepping Stones discussions, 421

Day, Robin, 42–3, 236, 300, 424, 449

de Gaulle, Charles, 126–7, 207

de la Mare, Walter, 8

De L’lsle and Dudley, Lord, 57, 398

Deakins, Eric Petro, 100

death penalty, 151–2

Declaration of Intent, 138

Deech, Ruth, 563n

Deedes, William, Lord, 293

defence spending, 531–6

Dej, Gheorghe, 354

Delors, Jacques, 487, 509

democracy, 524

Deng Xiao Ping, 389

Denmark, Maastricht referendum, 492, 494

Denning, Lord, 504

Depression, 23–4, 566

deregulation, 568, 578

detenu, 348–9, 350–2, 364, 388

devaluation, 50, 70, 160

development planning, 586–7

devolution, 285, 321–7, 328, 430–2

Diamond, Jack, 139

Dicey, A.V., 84–5, 332

Dickens, Charles, 19

direct grant schools, 159, 167, 173

Disraeli, Benjamin, 118, 259

divorce: law reform, 151, 152, 548, 563; rate, 548

Djilas, Milovan, 370–1

Dobbs, Michael, 441

dock strike (1972), 222

Docker, Lady, 78

Dodd, Ken, 459

Dodds, Norman, 71–2, 75

Donat, Robert, 15

Donnelly, Desmond, 153

Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 310

Douglas, Roger, 586

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec (Lord Dunglass, Lord Home): OUCA, 48; Yalta Agreement vote, 57; widows’ earnings rule, 123, 130; becomes PM, 128–30, 280; Foreign Secretary, 130, 199, 282, 375; MT’s high opinion of, 130, 144; general election (1964), 131, 133; stands down, 133; Middle East policy, 230; leadership election review, 266; devolution proposals, 321

Drinkwater, John, 8

drugs, 153

du Cann, Edward: 1922 Committee, 225, 264, 285, 289, 335; refuses to join Heath’s Shadow Cabinet, 264; leadership election (1975), 269–72; MT’s leadership, 285, 289; EC referendum, 335

Dunglass, Lord, see Douglas-Home

Eccles, David, Lord, 165

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), 483, 485–6

Economic Club of New York, 478

Economic Dining Group, 265

Economic Policy Committee of the Cabinet (EPC), 195

Economic Reconstruction Group, 298, 300, 403

ECU, 485

Eden, Anthony (Lord Avon), 48, 75, 86, 89, 91, 130