255–6, 318; MT’s Shadow Cabinet, 290, 301, 318; MT’s instincts, 568; present policy, 570
money supply: expansion as response to unemployment, 141; MT’s CPC lecture, 149; growth (1972–73), 225–6; Joseph’s approach, 256; inflation, 299–300; IMF deal, 320
Montgomery, Fergus, 258, 267, 271
Moro, Aldo, 346
Morrison, Peter, 273
mortgage: subsidy, 226, 227, 243, 245; rate, 226, 236, 243, 247, 249, 258; tax relief, 244, 245
Moscow, MT’s visit (1969), 154
Moss, Robert, 361
Moss, Stanley, 46
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 55
Muggeridge, Malcolm, 309
Muldoon, Robert, 386–7
Mulley, Fred, 398
Munich Agreement (1938), 25, 26, 27
Munro, Hector, 325
Murray, Charles, 544, 549
museums, 179
Mussolini, Benito, 11, 24
Mutual Balanced Force Reduction (MBFR), 349–50
Nagasaki (1945), 53–4
Napoleon, 15
NASA, 154
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 88
nation states, 522–7
National Assistance, 120, 121
National Association for Freedom (NAFF), 398–401
National Association of Head Teachers, 161
National Chamber of Trade, 287
National Coal Board (NCB), 143, 215–18, 228, 234–5
National Economic Development Council (NEDC), 126, 232, 311, 404
National Freight Authority, 143
National Freight Corporation, 574
National Front, 406
National Health Service (NHS): creation, 44; Conservative policy (1950), 70; hospitals, 115; press scare, 441; issue, 538; reforms (1990), 571; funding, 573; competition, 575
National Incomes Commission (NIC), 126
National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC), 204, 222
National Insurance, 44, 120, 121–2
National Plan (1965), 138
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), 215–18, 228, 232, 234–5, 437; see also miners
National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), 446
National Union of Teachers (NUT), 166, 169, 177, 189
nationalism, 135, 509, 511, 522–7
nationalization, 69–70, 86, 150, 605;
NATO: Hungary (1956),90; British role, 91, 349; MT’s attitude, 155, 362, 501, 519; European role, 340, 471, 475; post-Cold War role, 469, 503, 519, 532–3; US role, 475; Bosnia, 516–17
Nazism, 24, 29, 51, 600, 602
Neave, Airey: MT’s leadership campaign, 269–80, 282; MT’s office, 283, 293; Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, 289, 327, 431; Central Office changes, 291–2; death, 434
Neave, Diana, 270
Neighbourhood Watch, 551
Netherlands, MT’s visit (1976), 345
neutron bomb, 371
New Members’ Dining Club, 114, 117
New Zealand: butter and lamb, 208; MT’s visit (1976), 386–7; economy, 585–6
Newspaper Editors’ Guild, 112
Newton, Sir Isaac, 20
Niarchos, Stavros, 78
Nicaragua, US aid, 528
1922 Committee: MT’s first meeting, 107; Macmillan, 117; du Cann’s Chairmanship, 225, 264, 285, 289, 335; Heath’s battle with, 263–4; MT’s leadership, 285
Nixon, Richard M., 196, 348, 349, 360
Noble, Michael, 202
North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), 498, 503, 583
North Korea, 521, 527
North Sea oil, 322
North-South Summit (1981), 582
Northam, Reginald, 75
Northern Ireland: Conservative policies, 238; Papal discussions, 345
Nott, John, 265
Nottingham, trade unions, 111
Nottingham, University of, 19
Novak, Michael, 539
nuclear weapons: atomic bomb, 53–4, 175; SALT II, 365–6; Soviet strength, 366–7; neutron bomb, 371
nursery education, 159, 167, 188–9, 190–1, 192–3
Nutting, Anthony, 88
Oberon, Merle, 14
Odom, William E., 533n
OECD, 578
Official Solicitor, 222
oil: crisis, 192, 228–30, 372–3; North Sea, 322
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 295
Onassis, Aristotle, 78
One Nation policy, 75
O’Neill, Con, 331
Onslow, Cranley, 363
OPEC, 372
Open University, 179
opinion polls: (1957–8), 92–3; (1963), 128; (1970), 161–3; (1973), 226, 231; (1974), 249, 257, 259; public attitudes to inflation and unemployment, 299; (1976), 316; Scottish devolution (1976), 324; (1977), 395, 404; (1978), 408–9, 415, 417; (1979), 429–30, 444, 449, 453, 455, 457, 458, 459, 460
