22
‘The Lesson’ (1902). The lesson in question was the Boer War, in which Britain had suffered many military reverses.
23
A State of Emergency may be proclaimed by the Crown-effectively by Ministers — whenever a situation arises which threatens to deprive the community of the essentials of life by disrupting the supply and distribution of food, water, fuel or light, or communications. It gives Government extensive powers to make regulations to restore these necessities. Troops may be used. If Parliament is not sitting when the proclamation is made, it must be recalled within five days. A State of Emergency expires at the end of one month, but may be extended.
24
John Poulson was an architect convicted in 1974 of making corrupt payments to win contracts. A number of local government figures also went to gaol. Reggie Maudling had served on the board of one of Poulson’s companies.
25
‘n-1’ was a semi-official policy that each year’s pay increase should be 1 per cent less than the previous year’s.
26
Hansard, 13 June 1972: Volume 838, columns 1319-20.
27
See pp. 497-8.
28
Patrials were those citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies whose parents or grandparents were born in the UK; citizens of the UK and Colonies who had been settled here for five years; any Commonwealth citizen who had a father or mother or grandparent born in the UK.
29
Alan Walters became my economic adviser as Prime Minister 1981-84 and again in 1989.
30
Mi comprised the total stock of money held in cash and in current and deposit accounts at a particular point in time; M3 included the whole of Mi, with the addition of certain other types of bank accounts, including those held in currencies other than sterling.
31
A property revaluation was due every five years, but was often postponed.
32
i.e. Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary.
33
Jim Prior and Geoffrey Howe had nineteen votes each and John Peyton eleven.
34
For the referendum see pp. 330-5.
35
See pp. 335-6.
36
See pp. 397–403.
