James of Rusholme, Lord, 177
Japan: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 53–4; surrender (1945), 54; ‘threat’, 520; defence, 520, 521; economy, 584
Jarrett, Clifford, 123
Jauch, Dr, 26
Jay, Peter, 368
Jellicoe, George, Lord, 202
Jenkin, Patrick, 192, 289, 310
Jenkins, Roy, 213, 331, 395, 407
Jews: Hitler’s treatment of, 26–7, 29; Finchley, 98–9, 230, 374; Arab-Israeli war (1973), 230; role in development of capitalism, 580; Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 602, 605
Joad, C.E.M., 22
Jobseeker’s Allowance, 545
John Paul II, Pope, 345–6, 371–2, 556
Johnson, Frank, 273
Johnson, Nevil, 324
Johnson, Paul, 451
Jordan: ‘Black September’, 198; Palestinian problem, 374
Joseph, Helen, Lady, 266
Joseph, Sir Keith: influence on MT, 50, 135–6; economic policy, 50, 141, 229, 241, 244, 320; MT’s adoption, 98; MT’s Private Member’s Bill, 111; Cabinet reshuffle (1962), 125; leadership election (1965), 135–6; Shadow Cabinet, 144; race relations, 146; Trade and Industry Shadow, 156; Buckingham University, 159–60; quoted, 162; on ‘cycle of deprivation’, 167, 200, 547, 552; Social Services, 180, 200, 547; Heath government, 196; industry policies, 220; Arab-Israeli war (1973), 230; Shadow Cabinet (1974), 242; Centre for Policy Studies, 250–7, 286; Upminster speech, 253–4; Edgbaston speech, 253, 262–3, 266; Leith speech, 254; Preston speech, 255–7; Shadow Home Secretary, 255; relationship with Heath, 255, 260; leadership question, 262, 266–7; MT’s leadership campaign, 274, 278, 279, 282; policy role in MT’s Shadow Cabinet, 285, 286, 288, 290, 292–3, 297– 300; British Leyland rescue, 300; trade union policies, 301; incomes policies, 302–3, 311, 404, 416;
Jouvenal, Bertrand de, 48
Kaberry, Donald, 93, 94–5
Kay, Miss (KGGS), 18
Keays, Bill, 446
Keegan, George, 366–7
Kendall, Denis, 29, 33, 43
Kennedy, John F., 117, 118
Kenya: Asians, 145, 212; economy, 588–9
Kerr, Sir John, 386
Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School (KGGS), 9, 17–19
Keynes, John Maynard, 75, 565, 566
Keynesianism, 160, 193, 313, 320, 565
Khalid, Leila, 166, 198
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 365, 382
Khrushchev, Nikita, 90, 117, 118
Kilbrandon Royal Commission, 321
Kinchin-Smith, Michael, 46
Kipling, Rudyard, 17, 37, 196, 455, 601n
Kirk, Peter, 337
Kissinger, Henry, 348, 360, 373
Kitson, Timothy, 240, 274, 277, 283
Klaus, Vaclav, 592
Koestler, Arthur, 57–8
Kohl, Helmut, 344, 347, 481, 482
Korda, Alexander, 14
Krebs, Richard, 29
Kroger, Helen and Peter, 154
Kurds: safe havens, 512; statehood, 523–4
Kuwait, Iraqi invasion, 508, 534
Labour Club, Oxford, 49
Labour Party: Grantham, 21; defence policies, 25, 26, 44; general election (1945), 44, 46; economic failures, 50; Colm Brogan’s view, 52; Indian independence, 55; general election manifesto (1950), 69–70; general election (1950), 73, 74; general election (1951), 75; Suez crisis, 88; attacks on Macmillan, 92; general election (1959), 93; policies (1960s), 114; pensions reform, 124; general election (1964), 132; general election (1966), 137; SET, 138–9; statutory incomes policy, 141; general election (1970), 160–2; trade union reform, 161, 204, 206; education policy, 166; EC contributions, 208; ‘social contract’, 236, 413, 419; general election (February 1974), 238; policies (1974), 241; housing policy, 243, 250; right wing, 259; general election (October 1974), 261; Wilson government, 312–13; Callaghan government, 315; devolution, 322–6, 430–2; Lib-Lab pact, 326–8, 394, 397, 410; Europe referendum, 330–1, 3345 Grunwick dispute, 397–401; extreme left, 400–1, 439; incomes policy, 403, 413, 422; general election (1979), 439–41, 445–6, 454, 455–6; single currency, 479; general election manifesto (1983), 605
Lambert, Constant, 38
Lamont, Norman, 357, 421, 492
Land Commission, 136
Latham, Michael, 242
Latin America, 581–3
law, rule of, 580
law and order: Conservative policy (1960s), 115; penal policy 116–17; debate (1990s), 538; social service, 558
Law Commission, 563
Lawson, Nigel: MT’s housing policy group, 242; EMS policy, 339; Policy Search group, 421; Chancellor of Exchequer, 568; Budgets (1984, 1988), 571; shadows Deutschmark, 596
Lawton, Frederick, 83
Le Marchant, Spencer, 432
League of Nations, 24, 26, 510–11
League of Pity, 16
Lebanon, Islamic fundamentalism, 536
Lee Kuan Yew, 386
Left Book Club, 28
Lenzerheide, 105–6
Lever, Harold, 243, 265
Lewis, C.S., 40–1
Lewis, Russell, 280
Li Hsien-nien, 389
Liberal Party: collectivism, 21; by-election victories, 93, 131, 226, 445; in Finchley, 98–9, 131, 137, 237; general election (February 1974), 238; rejects Heath coalition proposal, 239, 259; Lib-Lab pact, 326–8, 394, 397,
