Private Members’ Bills, 109
privatization, 574, 605
productivity, 576–8
Profumo, John, 126
Programme Analysis and Review (PAR), 190, 195
property-owning democracy, 75, 243
proportional representation (PR), 322–3, 327, 328
protectionism, 476, 502, 595, 596, 597, 599
proton accelerator, 175
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act (1960), 109–13
public expenditure: Conservative policy (1950s), 86, 92, 115; Treasury resignations (1958), 92; Conservative policy (1960s), 115, 140; cuts (1973), 191–2, 203, 229; cuts (1970), 203; BL rescue, 300; Joseph’s speeches, 317–18; Healey cuts (1976), 320, 568–9; Shadow Cabinet views, 397; (1980s), 571–3
Public Expenditure Survey Committee (PESC), 183
public opinion polls,
Pym, Francis: Macleod’s death, 198; Agriculture, 289, 311; illness, 289, 311; devolution issue, 326; Foreign Affairs spokesman, 418; Stepping Stones discussions, 421; fall of Labour government, 433
Qaddafi, Muammar, 536
Quayle, Dan, 539
Question Time, 125
Rabin, Yitzhak, 379
race prejudice, 30
Race Relations Act (1968), 145
racism, 540
Radcliffe, Lord, 112
Raico, Ralph, 580n
Raison, Timothy, 264, 289
Rantzen, Esther, 144
Rao, Narasimha, 585
rates, 136, 244–5, 247–50, 258
rationing, 70, 77, 86
Rawlinson, Peter, 212
Reagan, Ronald: Republican nomination campaign, 360; Strategic Defence Initiative, 367; MT’s first meeting, 372; Presidential contender, 372; foreign policy, 509, 527–8, 531, 605; doctrine, 527–8; Republican Party attitude, 578–9
Redmayne, Martin, Lord, 268
Reece, Gordon: MT’s first contact with, 254–5; MT’s leadership campaign, 267, 273; joins MT’s staff, 294; advice on appearance and voice, 295–6, 343; advice on speeches, 306–7; MT’s US visit, 358–9; ‘Iron Lady’ image, 362; MT’s Syria visit, 376; MT’s Pakistan visit, 383; Central Office Director of Publicity, 410–11, 443; 1978 non- election, 412; winter of discontent, 424; general election (1979), 443, 444, 445, 458
Reed, Douglas, 29
Rees, Merlyn, 408
Rees-Mogg, William, 42
referendum: on Europe, 330–9; Churchill’s proposal, 332; on trade unions, 402–3; single currency, 480; Maastricht, 494
Referendum White Paper, 331
Regional Development Fund, 208
rent decontrol, 91–2, 95, 102
repatriation, 145–6, 147, 212
research councils, 174
Restart programme, 545, 560
Retail Price Maintenance, 131
Reynolds, Quentin, 22
Rhodesia, 368, 417–18
Richardson, Ruth, 586
Richmond Council, 172
Ridley, Adam, 252, 292, 306, 358, 443
Ridley, Nicholas, 221, 225, 265
Rifkind, Malcolm, 322, 323, 325–6
Rimington, Stella, 144
Ripon by-election (1973), 226
Rippon, Geoffrey, 201, 208, 285, 290
road haulage, 86
Robbins Report, 193
Roberts, Alfred (MT’s father): family background, 3, 16; first job, 3; grocery trade, 3–4; health, 4, 16, 163; marriage, 4; Grantham shop, 4–5; religion and morality, 5–7, 14, 15, 163–4; music, 9; Rotary Club, 16, 26, 27; interest in education, 17, 19, 36; reading, 19, 28; politics, 21–2, 65, 78–9; MT’s career, 24, 65; ARP, 25; wartime, 34; daughters’ car, 74; wife’s death, 106–7; remarriage, 163; death, 163–4
Roberts, Beatrice (
Roberts, Cissy (MT’s stepmother), 163
Roberts, Edward (MT’s uncle), 4
Roberts, John (MT’s great uncle), 9
Roberts, Margaret,
Roberts, Muriel (MT’s sister),
Roberts family, 3, 16, 36, 565
Rogers, Ginger, 14
Rolls-Royce, 206–7, 574
Romania: MT’s visit (1975), 353–7; MT’s visit (1971), 354; overthrow of Ceausescus, 508
Romberg, Sigmund, 10
Rome, Treaty of, 210, 333, 481, 482, 484, 496–7
Rossi, Hugh, 242
Rotary Club, 13, 16, 26, 27, 565
Rothschild, Victor, 195
Royle, Sir Anthony, 338
Russia: coup (1991), 512–14, 605; Serbia-Bosnia conflict, 516; nuclear power, 520, 521; economy, 521, 589–91; national identity, 526; Chechen Republic, 526–7; democracy, 530, 531; military power, 531–2; relationship with NATO, 533
Ruston and Hornsby, 20, 23
Rwanda, intervention, 535
Ryder, Caroline (
Ryder, Richard, 293–4, 306, 356, 363
