The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries (136 page)

Morris, Bill 312, 553

Morris, Estelle: demoralised 28; ‘a real star’ 89; on Labour caution 109; ‘opting for a quiet life’ 138; and child benefit 218; worried she’s going to be sacked 237; and A-level exams 303–4, 309–10, 311, 320; afraid to do ministerial briefing 333; resigns 334–5, 336, 337–8,
341; and arts minister post 606; mentioned 264

Morris, Steve 437

Moscow theatre: Chechen hostages (2002) 340, 341, 342

Mosley, Max 260

Mottram, Sir Richard 45, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 239–40

Mowlam, Mo 90, 209, 274, 299, 560, 564

Mozambique (2002) 288, 289

Mubarak, Hosni, President of Egypt 123, 184, 241, 522

Mugabe, Robert, President of Zimbabwe 189
n
, 290, 427, 428, 444

Mulgan, Geoff 615

Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash
see
Chinook helicopter crash

Mullin, Chris 28

al-Munajid, Bashir 396

Murdoch, Elisabeth (Freud) 459, 689

Murdoch, James 142, 143, 161–2, 457

Murdoch, Lachlan 142, 594

Murdoch, Rupert 142–3, 153, 155, 161–2, 189, 191, 218, 394, 433, 457, 459, 490, 492, 561, 584, 625, 689

Murdoch, Sarah 594

Murphy, Darren 142, 209, 338, 351, 468, 563, 572, 661

Murphy, Joe 240

Murphy, Paul 339, 439, 507

Musharraf, General Pervez 13, 15–16, 17, 21, 33, 35, 38, 72, 77, 83, 130, 131, 132–3, 137, 146, 483, 500

Muslims: British 5, 9, 10, 11, 21, 26, 30, 43, 68, 72, 88; US 64, 66

Mutola, Maria 288

Nadin, Jo 303, 304

al-Nahyan, Sheikh Zayed 47

Naish, Liz 657

Năstase, Adrian 164

National Association of Head Teachers 581

National Executive Committee, Labour (NEC) 308, 374, 521, 651, 659

National Health Service 95; GB and funding 96–102
passim
, 175, 191, 192; BBC NHS Day (2002) 116, 172, 173, 175; Rose Addis case 147–8, 149; TB on 150, 151
and n
, 210; GB’s campaign 206, 207, 208, 210, 211; and NICs 211; Soho walk-in centre 231; foundation hospitals 310–11, 312, 313, 318–24
passim
, 472, 542, 548, 553, 561–7
passim
, 610; PFI 310; consultants’ contracts 348; reviews 541, 542;
see also
Milburn, Alan

National Policy Forum 84–5

National Union of Teachers (NUT) 412

NATO 9, 68, 72, 90, 121, 187, 236, 366, 370, 454, 590

Naughtie, James 264, 319, 628;
The Rivals
serialised 14

NEC
see
National Executive Committee

Negroponte, John 295

Neil, Andrew 394

Nelson, Nigel 149

Neville, Gary 553

New Statesman
228, 581

New York Post
594

New York Times
500

News International 142, 394, 426, 490, 661, 664, 667;
see also
Murdoch, Rupert

News of the World
75, 84, 90, 109
n
, 161, 212, 385, 386, 453

Newspaper Society: TB’s speech 565
and n

Newsweek
25

Nicholson, Lindsay (
formerly
Merritt) 426, 432

Noriega, Manuel 24

Normington, David 310

Northern Alliance (NA) 16, 21, 43, 50
,
54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66, 70, 71, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94–5, 114, 154

Northern Echo
208

Northern Ireland 110, 251, 279, 316, 321–5
passim
, 337, 365, 454; TB’s Belfast speech 332,
and n
; TB in 474; GWB’s visit (2003) 531, 532, 534, 536–40; J. Powell fails to do deal 543; cancellation of elections 560;
see also
IRA; Sinn Fein

Nujoma, Sam, President of Namibia 290

Nye, Sue 13
n
, 135, 356, 381, 448

Oake, Stephen 407
n
, 417
n

Oakley, Robin 201, 622

Obama, Barack, US President xvi

Obasanjo, Olusegun, President of Nigeria 192, 260

Oborne, Peter 206, 208, 215, 216, 250, 416

O’Brien, Anne-Marie 174

O’Brien, Mike 118
and n
, 179
n
, 292, 403, 481

Observer
172, 209, 225, 266, 271, 312, 350, 359, 385, 592, 599, 630
and n
; article on AC running marathon 402, 414, 423

O’Donnell, Gus 128, 320, 350–51, 354, 356, 361, 564

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) 527, 531, 535, 544, 554, 560, 569, 571, 580

OK!
magazine 104

Oliver, Jamie 428

Oliver, Jonathan 650

Olner, Bill 632

Olympic Games: British bid 374, 402, 403, 417, 419, 423, 425, 430, 432, 438–9, 443, 560, 572, 573, 574–5, 576

Omaar, Rageh 84, 512, 530

Omagh bomb inquiry 110

Oman (2001) 47–9

Omand, Sir David; and threat on Posts 361; and fire strike 363; gives terrorism briefing 399; sends out new rules re intelligence 456–7; and WMD dossier 595, 596, 599, 601; and Gilligan’s source 625, 631, 632, 633; and ISC Inquiry 634; and Hutton Inquiry 654, 658, 662, 668, 673, 689, 690

Omar, Mullah Mohammed 19, 38, 45, 61, 89, 102, 103

O’Neill, Terry 218

ORHA
see
Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance

Ottaway, Richard 625

Owen, Ed 620

Oxfam 260

PA
see
Press Association

Paddington rail crash (1999) 241–2

Pakenham, Michael 590

Pakistan 12, 14, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 34, 36, 37, 45, 69, 70, 72, 80, 84, 85, 92–3, 125; and US 19, 30, 56, 68, 81, 82; relations with India 35, 38, 40, 41, 124, 126, 128, 130, 131, 136, 137, 557; and OBL 76, 108, 137; and invasion of Iraq 486, 491; see also Islamabad; Musharraf, General Pervez

Palestine 28, 43, 49, 50, 60, 76, 77, 409, 496, 499; Army 376
n
;
see also
Arafat, Yasser

Paris Match
376, 377

Parkinson, Stephen 681

Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) 11; and TB 141, 418, 559, 635; and Byers 178, 179; and Budget 206, 207, 211; and Iraq 279; and GB 351, 490; confusion in 358; and Iraq 398, 427, 454, 469, 479, 485, 488; criticism of 429, 430; and AC’s helpful notes 492–3; and CC 572; and AC 601; Peter M’s embarrassing speech 604, 608; worried about governmental competence 608–9; Hilary Armstrong on 616, 637; BC on 641; mentioned 392

Parsons, Tony 624

Party of European Socialists (PES) 458

Pascoe-Watson, George 193, 608

Pataki, George 25

Patten, Chris 26, 32, 56

Paxman, Jeremy 62, 64, 227, 474

Payne, Sarah 109
and n

Peat, Sir Michael 362
and n

Peirce, Bob 64

People
86, 149, 150;
see also
Wallis, Neil

Percival, Alan 282

Peres, Shimon 76

Perez, Anna 201, 427

Perkins, Alice 62

Perle, Richard 527

Perricos, Dimitri 484

Persson, Göran 301

Philip, Prince 219

Phillips, Hayden 329

Phillips, Lord 237

Phillis, Bob 418, 664

Pickett’s Lock 41

Pigott, General Anthony 31, 69, 70, 71, 198–9, 294–5

Pilger, John 571

PINDAR 41, 364

Ploetz, Hans-Friedrich von 343

PLP
see
Parliamentary Labour Party

Poland: TB speech (2003) 584, 587, 590
and n

police 6, 8, 45, 174, 183, 376, 410, 417, 455, 526–7, 617

Policy Unit 205, 242, 252, 286, 351;
see also
Adonis, Anthony

Pollard, Nick 271

Pond, Chris 606

Pope, Greg 626

Portillo, Michael 355

Post Office 164

Poston, Jim 151, 172

Potters Bar train crash (2002) 225

Pound, Stephen 386, 389

Powell, Carla 120

Powell, Charles 120, 656

Powell, Colin: post 9/11 14; worried about Pakistan 23; relations with GWB 24; and TB 25; clashes with Rumsfeld/Defense Department 51, 53, 56, 199, 417; and MEPP 62, 81; appears weak 82, 90; causes problems 107; in UK 106, 107; and Guantanamo Bay issue 144, 151; not involved in military planning 278–9; on weapons inspections and UNSCR 316, 317; on war with Iraq 408, 422; respected by Chirac 446; UN presentation 438, 447, 448, 449, 450; and Blix 450, 459, 640; on
Newsnight
454; preferred to Cheney and Rumsfeld 521, 523; in NI 537, 538, 539, 540; and weapons inspectors 640; ‘chirpy’ 648

Powell, Jonathan: post 9/11 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14; and Meyer 22–3; on Thatcher and Bush Sr 23; and TB’s speech on Afghanistan 33, 34; on need for War Cabinet meetings 42; and communications with US 49; and TB’s ‘Syrian humiliation’ 74, 75; and Colin Powell 82; and Mittal affair 164, 165, 166; at ‘Phase 2’ war meeting 172; and Byers 177, 178; feels Richard Wilson is hostile 181; and TB’s Iraq article 182; on the media 188; in Texas 202; and need for new blood in the office 204–5; and Cabinet reshuffle 238; his ‘Save AC Campaign meeting’ 247; at meetings on Iraq 272, 294; pushes for reform 286; on US trip 294, 295; and TB’s Queen’s Speech 361; worried about GB 368; on TB’s current position 430–31, 433; on TB/GWB call 475; on the game of diplomatic chicken 478; on need for second resolution 482; at Camp David 524; and NI negotiations 543, 560, 611; and euro 572, 601; on TB/GB relations xx, 580; and WMD dossier 594; feels AC will regret leaving 601; and reshuffle 606; against AC going on
Channel 4 News
620; and Dr Kelly 634, 649; and AC’s departure 653, 662; and Hutton Inquiry 667, 681; mentioned 25, 53, 69, 161, 187, 319, 414, 419, 453–4, 532, 615

PR Week
(magazine) 206

Prague summit (2002) 366, 369–70, 371

Pratt, John 452

Prescott, John (JP): and GB 19, 33, 36, 246, 274, 310, 311, 345, 346, 348, 359, 422, 492, 513; feels he hasn’t been ‘visible’ 29;
Frost
interviews 53, 262, 366, 479, 480; on Mo Mowlam 90; on TB/GB relations xx, 98, 101, 156, 252, 253, 277–8, 280–81, 300, 322, 358–9, 362, 371–2, 650–51; at Cabinet 109; feels lack of support 123; on NHS 141; and renationalisation of railways 141; on Lords reform 148, 161, 413; uneasy re Labour’s future 156; stands in
for TB at Cabinet 161; on disunity over Iraq 185; talks with Cheney 186; and Queen Mother’s death 196; not invited to Callaghan’s birthday reception 206; and child benefit 217, 218; offers premises for press lobby 222; and Cabinet committees 224; has diabetes 229; on DTLR 235; and Cabinet reshuffle 237; on Third Way event 242; ‘declares war’ on TB 247–9, 251; on TB 252–3, 359, 398–9, 636, 638; angry about the Blairs’ tutors 265; ‘pissed off’ 270; and RMT flat 274; agrees to go if TB goes 280, 281; at Johannesburg summit 285, 288; and Iraq 293, 301, 306–7, 476, 492, 507–8, 510, 638; and foundation hospitals 310, 311, 348; nervous about ministerial briefing 330, 331–2; and euro 334; and firemen’s strike 334, 335, 336, 338, 341, 345, 360–67
passim
, 370–76
passim
, 379, 438; and reshuffle 338, 339; concerned about two-tier public services 357; pleased with Cabinet discussion 358; on
Today
371; on
On the Record
372; and TUC 375, 380; on need for Cabinet unity 412, 420; chairs student finance meeting 420, 421; on need for discussion of policy differences 429; and Olympics bid 438, 439, 573; and Irvine’s pay rise 452–3; an embarrassing moment 454; supportive of TB 468; scornful about PPSs 479–80; and CS 481, 483, 485, 488, 506; walks out of Cabinet 567; and leak of Attorney General’s advice 581; a ‘barnstorming performance’ at Cabinet 597; and political strategy 627, 628, 635; and wife’s adopted son 628; and Dr Kelly’s death 648, 649, 670; and AC’s departure 650, 652, 655, 691, 692; mentioned 42, 177, 228, 663

Prescott, Pauline 252, 265, 628
and n
, 649

Press Association (PA) 168, 171, 176, 240, 630, 647, 692

Press Complaints Commission (PCC) 86, 142, 158, 208, 212
and n
, 213, 214, 215, 216, 228, 238–45
passim
, 247, 249, 576

Press Gazette
666

Pridhodko, Sergei 559

Prince, Jonathan 51, 665

Prodi, Romano 550, 612

Pruce, Danny 254, 437, 462, 578, 599, 620, 684

Purnell, James 209

Purvis, Stewart 517

Putin, Vladimir xvi; and 9/11 6, 8, 24; GWB on 23, 24, 514, 522; help needed from 33, 36; meetings with TB 36–7, 119, 120, 121, 325–7; TB on 187; at G8 summit 260; and Iraq 294, 304, 325–6, 327, 355, 433, 444, 475, 543; and Moscow theatre siege 340, 341, 342; and Chirac 455; and UNSCR 477–8, 486, 487, 491; discussions with TB a diplomatic disaster 555–9; wishes him happy birthday 566; lunches at No. 10 619

Puttnam, Lord David 89, 338

Qadir, Haji Abdul 266

Qataris, the 74, 76

Queen’s Speech (2002) 322, 324, 328, 333, 338, 342, 345, 347, 348, 359, 361, 362, 363

Queiroz, Carlos 552

Quinlan, Harriet 108

Qureshi, General Rashid 83

Radcliffe, Paula 571

Raffarin, Jean-Pierre 283–4, 445

Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union (RMT) 274
and n
, 365, 374

Railtrack 19, 51, 53, 96, 99, 242
n

Ralph, Richard 165, 166

Ramadevi, V. S. 128

Ramsden, Dave 533

Ramsey
, HMS 587

Randall, Jeff 161

Rangwala, Dr Glen 451
n

Rania, Queen of Jordan 255

Rasmussen, Anders Fogh 329, 382

Rather, Dan: Saddam interview 467

Rawnsley, Andrew 15, 172, 480

Rayner, Gordon 582

Rayner, Terry 648

Raynsford, Nick 333, 363

Reade, Brian 219

Rebuck, Gail (Gould) 113, 139, 254, 256, 283, 387, 396, 407, 546, 557, 571, 622, 694

Reed, Andy 480

Reedie, Craig 417

Rees, Merlyn 206

Reid, John (JR): briefs on bombing of Afghanistan 78; on Sinn Fein offices 109; and Byers 137; defends Michael Martin 161; on the media 179, 185–6; on PR 216; good on radio and TV 225, 254, 319, 340; at Third Way conference 243; and BC 243; on the state of the party 264–5; supports TB 300; has dig at RC 307; and NI 328; becomes party chairman 338, 339; and JP 340; and GB 340; ‘loquacious’ 346; on political strategy 347–8, 354, 401; ‘a breath of fresh air’ 354; excellent on reform 358; optimistic 410; and Lib Dems 410; and Lords reform 413; and party meetings 417; and CS 438, 476, 483; against Olympics bid 439; and Iraq 450, 507, 519, 520–21, 523, 531; and Irvine’s pay rise 452; misreported 457; tours local parties 463; RC’s view of 498; and euro 578, 581, 597; attacks security services 595, 596, 597; offers to help AC over dossier 600; and reshuffle 531, 604, 605, 609; and Hain 619; supports AC 621, 622, 650; at political Cabinet 636, 638; and AC’s departure 661, 691, 692; mentioned 485, 488, 630