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Gandhi, Sanjay, 385

Gang of Four, 389, 391

Ganic, Ejup, 514

Garbo, Greta, 14

Gardiner, George, 273, 278

Garner, Tony, 443

Gatehouse, Stella, 45

GATT, 471, 476, 502–4

General and Municipal Workers Union, 446

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 555

General Strike (1926), 126

George V, King, 20

George VI, King, 22

George-Brown, Lord, see Brown, George

Germany: Hitler, 26, 31; invasion of Czechoslovakia, 27; invasion of Poland, 28; MT’s visits (1975, 1976), 341–5; incomes policy, 403–4; EC role, 473–4; Deutschmark, 477, 478, 483, 487, 506, 570, 596; MT’s Hague speech, 490–1; Bundesbank, 492; monetary union, 500; constitutional law, 504; reunification, 508; balance of power, 520; model of capitalist system, 594–6

Giant’s Strength, A, 110, 205

Gibson, Guy, 32

Gillies, Dorothy, 34

Gilmour, Ian, Lord: election manifesto (1974), 247; MT’s Shadow Home Secretary, 286; CRD, 292; incomes policy, 301, 430; Shadow Defence, 310; devolution issue, 323; Stepping Stones discussion, 421, 422

Ginsburg, Alexander, 371

Giscard d’Estaing, Valery, 337

Gladstone, William Ewart, 176

Gligorov, Kiro, 370

Glover, Douglas, 318

Glover, Eleanor, 318

Godber, Joe, 242

Goldsmith, Sir James, 596, 597–600

Gollancz, Victor, 28

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 513

Gormley, Joe, 218, 226

Gouriet, John, 399

Graham, Billy, 458

grammar schools, 157–9, 167, 170–3, 188–9

Granada 500, 459

Grandes Conferences Catholiques, 347

Grant, John, 63

Grantham: history, 19–20; Second World War, 32–3; by-election (1942), 33; influence, 565–6

Gray, Hamish, 325, 326

Greater London Council (GLC), 396

Griffiths, Brian, 303, 556

Grunwick dispute, 288, 312, 368, 397–403, 428

G7 Summit (1977), 367

Guinea Club, 273

Gulf War, 474, 499, 508, 510–n, 533

Hague, Douglas, 254

Hailsham, see Hogg

Haiti, intervention, 535

Haley, Bill, 77

Hall, Henry, 15

Handel, George Frideric, 9

Harding, Miss (KGGS), 18

Hare, John, 79, 82–3, 85

Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’, 32

Harris, Kenneth, 43

Harris, Ralph, 254

Harvie-Anderson, Bettie, 130, 322

Haskins, Minnie Louise, 23n

Hastings, Max, 263

Hattersley, Roy, 191

Havel, Vaclav, 508

Havers, Michael, 332

Haydn, Joseph, 9

Hayek, Friedrich August von, 50–1, 56, 85, 253, 604

Hayhoe, Barney, 399

Heald, Sir Lionel, 111

Healey, Denis: on inflation, 258; Budget (1974), 265–6; Commons exchanges with MT, 265–6, 273–4; Howe as Shadow Chancellor to, 288; incomes policy (1975), 302–3; mini-Budget (1976), 320; Budget (1977), 395; on MT’s immigration interview, 408; on ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign, 411–12; election campaign (1979), 445; public spending cuts, 568

health, see National Health Service

Heath, Edward: general election (1950), 68; One Nation, 86; relationship with MT, 98, 142, 143–4, 163. 189, 267, 282–3, 307, 475; EEC negotiations, 126, 134, 201, 207–11, 330; leadership election (1965), 133–6; general election (1966), 137; Shadow Cabinet, 137, 141, 142, 143, 160; immigration issue, 145–7; CPC lecture, 148; Buckingham University issue, 159–60; general election (1970), 160, 162–3; science policy, 174–5; Nobel Prize winners dinner, 175–6; education policy, 183, 188–9; PM (1970–74), 194–236, 299; incomes policy, 195–7, 219, 224–8, 255, 415–16; European policies, 207–11, 330–1, 334–6, 339; general election (February 1974), 236–9; Leader of the Opposition (1974), 240–1; Shadow Cabinet (1974), 240–2, 255, 267; leadership question, 241; housing policy, 244, 246–9, 258; CPS, 251–2; Joseph’s speeches, 253, 255, 257; general election (October 1974), 257–61; leadership question, 261, 263–5, 267, 270; leadership campaign, 274–8, 280; MT’s leadership, 282–3, 304, 305, 307; early career, 291; economic policies, 299, 300, 304; Party Conferences, 306; Party Conference (1975), 307; devolution policy, 321–2, 325–6; Conference speech (1978), 415–16, 418; general election (1979), 456

Heifer, Eric, 3

Helsinki Agreements, 338, 349–53, 509

Helsinki Group, 371

Hemel Hempstead constituency, 94

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Schools (HMI), 173

Hersey, John, 53

Heseltine, Michael: Heath Shadow Cabinet, 242; MT’s Shadow Cabinet, 287; industrial policies, 287, 300, 319–20; British Leyland, 300; Mace incident, 314; replaced by Biffen, 319–20; criticisms of trade union leadership, 424; election campaign (1979), 446

Hibbert Journal, 19

Higgins, Terence, 195, 227

Hillary, Richard, 30