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  1. Qatada, Abu,
    1
  2. Qatar,
    1
    ,
    2
  3. Quartet,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
  4. Quinlan, Michael,
    1
  1. Raad, Firas,
    1
  2. race issues: racism,
    1
    ;
    1. Oldham race riots,
      1
      ;
    2. see also
      immigration;
    3. multiculturalism
  3. Race Relations Act (2000),
    1
  4. RAF,
    1
  5. Railtrack,
    1
    ,
    2
  6. Rama, Edi,
    1
  7. Ramsbotham, David,
    1
  8. Rawnsley, Andrew,
    1
    ,
    2
  9. Rees-Mogg, William,
    1
    ,
    2
  10. Reid, John: background and character,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ;
    1. on Desmond’s funding of Labour Party,
      1
      ;
    2. blames civil service for lack of improvements in NHS,
      1
      ;
    3. sees self as potential TB successor,
      1
      ;
    4. appointed minister of health,
      1
      ;
    5. and health policy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    6. goes on attack in Gilligan affair,
      1
      ;
    7. urges TB not to hand over to Brown,
      1
      ;
    8. Downing Street’s approval of,
      1
      ;
    9. appointed defence secretary,
      1
      ;
    10. and Afghanistan mission,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ;
    11. appointed home secretary,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    12. and immigration policy,
      1
      ;
    13. chances of the succession ruined by Brown,
      1
  11. Reid Group,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  12. Reiss, Charles,
    1
  13. Reith, General John,
    1
  14. Reynaga, Jonathan,
    1
  15. Rice, Condoleezza,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  16. Richard, Cliff,
    1
    ,
    2
  17. Richard and Judy
    (TV programme),
    1
    ,
    2
  18. Richards, General David,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  19. Rickett, William,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
  20. Ricketts, Peter,
    1
  21. Riddell, Peter,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  22. Rimmer, Catherine,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  23. Robertson, George: appointed defence secretary,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. and defence policy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    2. and Kosovo intervention,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    3. Hoon replaces,
      1
      ;
    4. asks TB to increase British troop numbers in Afghanistan,
      1
      ;
    5. on Levy,
      1
  24. Robinson, Geoffrey: background and character,
    1
    ;
    1. books about,
      1
      ;
    2. at Treasury,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    3. scandal surrounding,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    4. and energy policy,
      1
      ;
    5. negotiates PFI deals,
      1
      ;
    6. Brown defends him in light of more scandals,
      1
      ;
    7. fall,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    8. publishes memoirs,
      1
      ;
    9. magazine owned by him attacks TB,
      1
      ;
    10. suspended from Commons for parliamentary misbehaviour,
      1
  25. Roche, Barbara,
    1
    ,
    2
  26. Rochester hunger strikers,
    1
  27. Rockefeller, Jay,
    1
  28. Rogers, Ivan,
    1
  29. Rogers, Richard,
    1
  30. Roma,
    1
  31. Romanian immigrants,
    1
  32. Rooker, Jeff,
    1
  33. Routledge, Paul,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  34. Rover car factory,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  35. Royal College of Nursing,
    1
  36. Rumsfeld, Donald: on likely length of Iraq war,
    1
    ;
    1. on likely length of Afghanistan operation,
      1
      ;
    2. attitude to UK,
      1
      ;
    3. still keen to remove Saddam,
      1
      ;
    4. and post-war planning,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    5. announces UK support unnecessary,
      1
      ;
    6. and occupation of Baghdad,
      1
      ;
    7. concedes WMDs probably never existed,
      1
      ;
    8. orders US soldiers home,
      1
  37. Rural Payments Agency,
    1
  38. Russell, Justin,
    1
  39. Russia,
    1
    ,
    2
  40. Rwanda,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  1. Saban, Haim,
    1
  2. Sainsbury, David,
    1
    ,
    2
  3. Salmond, Alex,
    1
  4. Sandline,
    1
  5. Sangatte refugee camp,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
  6. Sangin,
    1
  7. Santos, Juan Manuel,
    1
  8. Saraki, Bukola,
    1
  9. Sarkozy, Nicolas,
    1
  10. SAS: kill Serbian warlord,
    1
    ;
    1. TB considers sending to Zimbabwe,
      1
      ;
    2. Sierra Leone operation,
      1
      ;
    3. in Afghanistan,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    4. snatch of two undercover soldiers in Basra,
      1
  11. Sassoon, James,
    1
  12. Saudi Arabia,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  13. Save the Children,
    1
  14. Sawers, John,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  15. Sawyer, Tom,
    1
  16. Scarlett, John: background and character,
    1
    ;
    1. and Iraq war,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. relationship with Dearlove,
      1
      ;
    3. speculates strong likelihood of Saddam acquiring WMDs,
      1
      ;
    4. and first JIC dossier,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ;
    5. and JIC’s assertion Saddam has WMDs,
      1
      ;
    6. reaction to UN inspectors’ failure to find WMDs,
      1
      ;
    7. does not approve publication of second dossier,
      1
      ;
    8. and Gilligan–Kelly affair,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    9. and Hutton report,
      1
      ;
    10. continues to hunt for WMDs,
      1
      ;
    11. appointed head of MI
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    12. and Butler inquiry and report,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ;
    13. briefs defence chiefs about Afghanistan,
      1
  17. Schiro, James,
    1
  18. Scholar, Michael: organises Beckett’s reception at DTI,
    1
    ;
    1. on Battle,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. invites TB to visit DTI,
      1
      ;
    3. inspired by TB,
      1
      ;
    4. shock at Beckett’s exclusion of civil servants from discussions about nuclear power,
      1
      ;
    5. on Robinson,
      1
      ;
    6. Mandelson fails to tell about Robinson loan,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    7. on Byers’s appointment,
      1
      ;
    8. and Post Office privatisation,
      1
      ;
    9. on the New Labour government,
      1
  19. schools
    see
    education
  20. Schröder, Gerhard,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  21. Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  22. science,
    1
  23. Scotland,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  24. Scott, Derek,
    1
  25. Scott inquiry,
    1
  26. Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP),
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  27. Serbia,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  28. 7/7,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  29. Sharon, Ariel,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  30. Shaw, General Jonathan,
    1
    ,
    2
  31. Shea, Jamie,
    1
  32. Sheerman, Barry,
    1
  33. Sheinwald, Nigel,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  34. Shelton, General Hugh,
    1
    ,
    2
  35. ship-building industry,
    1
  36. Shipman, Dr Harold,
    1
  37. Shirreff, Major-General Richard,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  38. Short, Clare: initial attitude to TB,
    1
    ;
    1. and defence policy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. and Kosovo intervention,
      1
      ;
    3. function in Cabinet,
      1
      ;
    4. and Iraq war,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ;
    5. hampers aid work in Iraq,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    6. resigns,
      1
      ;
    7. denounces TB in wake of Gilligan affair,
      1
  39. Siemens,
    1
    ,
    2
  40. Sierra Leone,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  41. Sikora, Professor Karol,
    1
  42. Sikorsky,
    1
  43. Simon, David,
    1
  44. Simpson, Derek,
    1
    ,
    2
  45. Simpsons, The
    (TV programme),
    1
  46. Sixsmith, Martin,
    1
  47. Skeet, Mavis,
    1
  48. Smith, Andrew,
    1
  49. Smith, Chris,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  50. Smith, Godric,
    1
  51. Smithers, Alan,
    1
  52. SNP
    see
    Scottish Nationalist Party
  53. Social Exclusion Unit,
    1
  54. Somalia,
    1
  55. Soros, George,
    1
    ,
    2
  56. South-East Asian tsunami (2004),
    1
  57. Spence, Laura,
    1
  58. Spencer, Sarah,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  59. Srebrenica,
    1
  60. Stern, Nicholas,
    1
  61. Stevens, Simon: helps Milburn with White Paper,
    1
    ;
    1. and NHS budget talks,
      1
      ,
      2
      ;
    2. becomes TB’s health adviser in Downing Street,
      1
      ;
    3. and NHS Plan 2000,
      1
      ;
    4. on waiting times,
      1
      ;
    5. advocates Swedish health-care system,
      1
      ;
    6. and choice, 215, on TB and NHS costs,
      1
      ;
    7. and Milburn’s reorganisation,
      1
      ;
    8. and foundation hospitals,
      1
      ;
    9. on NHS,
      1
      ;
    10. Anderson advises re. NHS buildings,
      1
      ;
    11. leaves for USA,
      1
  62. Stevens report,
    1
  63. Stevenson, Dennis,
    1
    ,
    2
  64. Stirrup, Sir Jock: attitude to proposed Afghanistan mission,
    1
    ,
    2
    ;
    1. appointed chief of defence staff,
      1
      ;
    2. tells Browne army wants to quit Iraq,
      1
      ;
    3. and expansion of Afghanistan mission,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    1. and Iraq,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    2. relationship with Dannatt,
      1
      ;
    3. relationship with TB,
      1
      ;
    4. holds back from recommending Dannatt’s dismissal,
      1
      ;
    5. tries to dissuade TB from further wars,
      1
  66. Stoke Newington asylum-seekers,
    1
  67. Storer, Sharon,
    1
  68. Stothard, Peter,
    1
  69. Strategic Unit,
    1
  70. Strauss, Ofra,
    1
  71. Straw, Jack: appointed home secretary,
    1
    ;
    1. and immigration policy,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      ,
      10
      ;
    2. and Ecclestone scandal,
      1
      ;
    3. helps resolve fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest,
      1
      ;
    4. on Birt’s ‘blue-sky’ report for Home Office,
      1
      ;
    5. and Hinduja affair,
      1
      ;
    6. slow-handclapped by police,
      1
      ;
    7. appointed foreign secretary,
      1
      ;
    8. and Iraq war,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      ;
    9. TB considers making chancellor,
      1
      ;
    10. TB treats with contempt,
      1
      ;
    11. sees self as potential TB successor,
      1
      ;
    12. chairs meeting to direct aid to Iraq,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ;
    13. Blunkett blames for immigration fiasco,
      1
      ;
    14. denies MI6’s operations in support of Gaddafi,
      1
      ;
    15. argues against alienation of Muslim community after 7/7,
      1
      ;
    16. demoted,
      1
      ;
    17. complains about Bremer,
      1
  72. Strozzi, Prince Girolamo,
    1
    ,
    2
  73. Style, Vice Admiral Charles,
    1
    ,
    2
  74. Sudan,
    1
    ,
    2
  75. Summers, Larry,
    1
  76. Sumption, Jonathan,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  77. Sun
    newspaper,
    1
    ,
    2
  78. Sunday Times,
    1
  79. Sure Start,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  80. Sutherland, Peter,
    1
    ,
    2
  81. Sutton Trust,
    1
  82. Swindells, Matthew,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  83. Syria,
    1

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