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410; fall of Labour government, 431–2; general election campaign (1979), 445

libraries, 179

Lilley, Peter, 539

Liverpool Edgehill by-election (1979), 445

Lloyd, Selwyn, 116

local education authorities (LEAs), 157, 167, 168, 169–70, 189

local government: press facilities, 110–111; cap to spending, 247; subsidy, 248; direct-labour organizations, 328; Community Charge, 571; extra money for, 573; promotion of competition, 575

Local Government Act (1963), 181

Lockhart, Robert Bruce, 29

Lockheed Corporation, 206–7

London, City of, 499

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 8

Longford, Lord and Lady, 309

Longmore, Sir Arthur, 33

Lowe, John, 68

Lubbers, Ruud, 345

Luxembourg, MT’s visit (1975), 337

Lyons, J. 67, 74

Maastricht Treaty, 333, 468, 473, 477, 480, 481–8, 494–5

McAlpine, Alistair: Party Treasurer, 292, 334, 443; MT’s office, 293; EC referendum, 334, 335; MT’s departure, 465

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 510

McDowell, Gary, 551n

Maclean, Fitzroy, 370–1

Macleod, Iain: One Nation, 86; MT’s adoption, 98; ‘Scramble from Africa’, 114– 15; Party Chairmanship, 119; Cabinet reshuffle (1962), 125; refuses to serve in Home Government (1963), 129; leadership election (1965), 133–4; Shadow Chancellor, 137, 139, 141, 142, 144, 264; Shadow Cabinet tensions, 144; immigration, 145; education, 179; death, 180, 198–9, 200, 201; Memorial Lecture, 396

Macmillan, Harold: The Middle Way, 50; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 87, 91, 118; leadership, 91–2, 99, 114, 115, 117–18, 280; cabinet reshuffle (1961), 117; cabinet reshuffle (‘Night of the Long Knives’) (1962), 125; European negotiations, 126, 127; resignation, 128; successor, 128–9; anti-right speech, 297; National Unity call, 319

Macmillan, Maurice: disagreement with MT, 183; Employment, 224; miners’ dispute, 228; replaced by Whitelaw, 231; father, 319; devolution issue, 324

Macpherson, Niall, 119, 123, 125

McWhirtcr, Norris, 398

McWhirter, Ross, 398

Mafia, 522

Maguire, Frank, 431

Maidstone constituency, 94

Major, John, 474–5, 480, 483, 488, 568

Malaysia, economy, 584

Malcolm, Noel, 497

Malita, Mircea, 354

Mao Tse Tung, 389, 390

Margadale, Lord, 273

Marples, Ernest, 124

Marten, Neil, 136, 338

Marx, Karl, 58

Marxists, 58, 579

Matraszek, Marek, 592n

Maude, Angus: One Nation, 86; Change is our Ally, 86; sacked by Heath, 273; MT’s Shadow Cabinet, 290; CRD, 290, 292; policy-making role, 297–8; speech writing, 306, 328; The Right Approach, 316; The Right Approach to the Economy, 404; ‘Stepping Stones’, 421; manifesto (1978–79), 435, 447

Maudling, Reginald: Cabinet reshuffle (1962), 125; leadership election (1965), 133–6, 144; Deputy Leader, 144; race relations policy, 146; refuses to shadow Trade and Industry, 156; economic policy, 160, 199, 301–2; Poulson affair, 199, 286; resignation, 199, 224; miners’ strike (1972), 217; Shadow Foreign Secretary, 286, 290, 351, 362; incomes policy, 301–2; MT’s 1976 Conference speech, 316; dismissed as Shadow Foreign Secretary, 319–20; European Union report, 338; Helsinki, 352, 353; Middle East policy, 373–4; Rhodesia issue, 418

Maxse, Maijorie, 65

Maxwell-Fyfe, David, 48

Maxwell-Fyfe, Pamela, 48

Maxwell-Hyslop, Robin, 313

Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), 569–70

Meir, Golda, 378–9

Melvin, Neil, 526n

Mendelssohn, Felix, 9

Menem, Carlos Saul, 583

Mengistu, Mariam Haile, 371

Menzies, Sir Robert, 387–8

mercantilism, 581

Merchant Shipping Act (1988), 210, 497; see also Factortame case

Messerlin, Patrick, 502

Methodism, 5–11, 24, 31, 37, 39, 565, 603

Mexico, economy, 582–3

Middlesbrough West by-election (1962), 115

Militant Tendency, 286, 400

milk, school, 179–82, 189

Mill, John Stuart, 21, 50

Millar, Ronnie: speech writing, 307, 427, 442, 458; ‘Labour Isn’t Working’, 411; general election campaign (1979), 442, 456, 458

Miller, John, 63, 67–8

Miller, Phee, 63, 67

Millington, Ernest Rogers, 19

Milosevic, Slobodan, 371

Milton, John, 8

miners: strike (1972), 188, 201, 205, 213, 216–18; strike (1974), 192, 200, 201, 437; strike (1984–85), 216, 217, 575; strike ballot (1973), 225; demands (1973), 226–7; overtime ban (1973–74), 228, 229, 231; strike ballot (1974), 234, 235

Minford, Patrick, 575n, 597n

Minimum Lending Rate (MLR), 226, 230; see also interest rates

minorities, ethnic, 525, 539–40

Mitchell, Austin, 396

Mock, Alois, 342

Molotov-Ribbentrop pact (1939), 56

monetarism: Powell’s approach, 147; Conservative policies (1970s), 160, 219; Joseph’s approach, 244,