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Abramovich, Roman, 297
Adams, Gerry, 156
Adlington, Rebecca, 25–6
advertising: AT&T’s commercial (mid-1990s), 61–2; ‘identity brands,’ 82–3, 103–4; L’Oréal’s ‘Because I’m worth it,’ 82; ‘mind-share branding,’ 81–2; and optimism, 72; ‘smashable’ brands, 102–3
Afzal, Nazir, 336, 337
Aitken, Max, 175
Alexander, Douglas, 403
Ali, Muhammad, 231, 232–5
Ali, Tariq, 153–4, 155
Allan, Liam, 343
Allen, Woody, 23
American Beauty (film, 1999), 16
American revolution, 228–9, 298–300
Amicus, 356
apartheid, 240–1, 243, 441–2
Arafat, Yasser, 380
Armstrong, Sir William, 244, 245
Ashcroft, Lord, 67
Asquith, Herbert, 228, 318–19, 425
Assad, Bashar, 118, 120, 122
assisted dying, 338–41
AT&T, 60–1
Atlanticism, 41, 197
Attlee, Clement, 167, 173, 174, 195–8
Attlee, Violet, 173, 198
Austen, Jane, 318
austerity programme, 108, 247, 394, 397
award ceremonies, 309–11
Baldwin, James, 234
Baldwin, Stanley, 167, 433
Balls, Ed, 63, 360
bankers, 37, 110, 111–12, 126, 444; Libor scandal, 112–13; remuneration issue, 37, 113, 140; Vickers report, 113
Banks, Arron, 431
Bannon, Steve, 142, 143
Barwell, Gavin, 351
baseball, 91–2
basketball referees, 119
Bassey, Shirley, 284
Bay of Pigs fiasco, 205
BBC, 36, 105, 258, 399, 409
Beach Boys, 293
Beane, Billy, 91–2
the Beatles, 43, 69, 201, 259; and Brian Epstein, 252–3, 254–5; and George Martin, 281–2, 283, 284–7, 288; as product of capitalism, 254, 255; and taxation, 255
Becker, Gary, 223–6
Begley, Louis, Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters, 333
Belsen concentration camp, 3, 19–20, 41, 151, 377–8
benefits system, 2, 49–50, 126, 369
Bengal famine (1943-4), 230
Benn, Hilary, 381
Benn, Tony, 170, 258, 390, 438, 452, 453
Berger, Luciana, 265–8, 441, 443, 445
Berlin, Sir Isaiah, 135–6, 152
Berlusconi, Silvio, 169, 170–1, 172
Berman, Paul, 154
Bernstein, Carl, 194
Berry, Chuck, 199–202
Bevan, Aneurin, 196, 197, 198
Bevin, Ernest, 128
Bew, John, 195–8
Birmingham Six, 331
Black, Cilla, 253
Black, Mhairi, 403
Blackwell, Norman, 367
Blair, Tony: ability to communicate with Middle England, 58–9, 63, 64, 274, 356, 382–3; abolishes Clause Four, 359, 365–6; changes the basis of political debate, 67, 359, 365–6, 368; conflict with Brown, 62–3, 64, 211–14, 361–2, 364; on divide between open and closed, 151; failure of New Labour project, 41–2; final party conference speech (2006), 164, 362; ‘gets’ the Tories, 382–3; as insurgent candidate (1997), 125; and intervention against Serbia, 83, 119; Iraq War, 83, 119, 160, 164, 350; and the Kinnock Test, 166; lunch with Social Market Foundation (1993), 353–4; political brilliance of, 46, 59, 64, 356, 359, 365–6, 368; political legacy, 161, 163–4; political views of, 41, 46, 353–6, 362–3, 364; and taxation, 75; use of focus groups, 58–9; view of centre ground, 384
Blitz, James, 136, 137
Bloch, Michael, 278–80
The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis film), 257–8
Bolan, Marc, 258
Boles, Nick, 409
Bonar Law, Andrew, 176, 319
Bonham Carter, Mark, 175
Bono, 304
Borden, Harry, 19
Botha, P. W., 441
Boutroux, Émile, 257
Bowie, David, 256–7, 258–60
Brady, Graham, 365, 367–8
Bramwell, Tony, 254–5
Brent Cross Shopping Centre, 17, 30, 43, 151
Brexit: and applications for dual nationality, 52; Article 50 and the courts, 428–9, 431; customs issue, 182, 183; economics of Leave campaign, 421–3; European Reform Group (ERG), 183; groups opposing, 144, 421; groups supporting, 143, 144, 421, 423; May’s EU withdrawal deal, 181, 182–3, 274, 276; and populism of Leave, 428–30, 431; and realignment in politics, 433, 434; referendum (2016), 22, 116, 144, 416, 420–3, 433; reflected in Hamilton and Jefferson debate, 301
British values: bourgeois stability, 17–18; conservatism and tradition, 43, 46, 387; DF’s father’s view of, 29, 30; entrepreneurial spirit, 45; equality for women, 218; Isaiah Berlin on need for choices, 135–6, 152; liberty, 20, 30, 45–6, 54, 135–6, 150, 260; national mood of anger and blame, 35–8; political moderation, 3, 19, 21, 41, 42, 67, 238–9, 356, 408–10; pragmatism, 17–18, 356; questioning of as important, 230; and suburban life, 15–18, 30; suspicion of big ideas, 17–18, 22, 24; Thatcher’s view of, 250
Broadbent, Jim, 310
Brown, Derren, 161, 162–3
Brown, Gordon: 2007 conference speech, 86–8; and Adam Smith, 327; and business talent in politics, 220; conflict with Blair, 62–3, 64, 211–14, 361–2, 364; expected leadership challenge to (2009), 98, 99–101; and financial crisis, 36; My Life, Our Times, 211–14; as New Labour, 363–4; political strategy as PM, 73–4, 86–7, 88–9, 92–3, 351; political style of, 62–3, 64, 162, 363, 364; popularity in summer 2007 period, 86, 88–9, 90, 92; populism of, 87–9; and professionalism in politics, 360; snap election rumours (2007), 86, 87, 89, 90; tax and spend policies, 42, 59, 75, 213–14; unpopularity in winter 2007 period, 90–1, 92–3
Brundage, Avery, 25
Buckton, Ray, 1
Burnham, Andy, 178, 180
Burr, Aaron, 299
Bush, George W., 125, 224
Butler, Rab, 352, 390
Byers, Stephen, 77, 79, 166
Cable, Vince, 92
Callaghan, James, 249, 317, 390, 426
Cameron, David: 2006 party conference, 81, 85; 2007 party conference, 31–4; 2010 election, 103–5; becomes Tory leader (2005), 357–60; and Blue Skies party, 71–2; brand decontamination under, 32–4, 104–5; and business talent in politics, 220; Cabinet reshuffle (summer 2014), 261, 262–3, 264; and calling of EU referendum, 411, 420; calls himself the ‘heir to Blair,’ 42, 353; and CRD, 358–60; EU renegotiation (2015-16), 411, 413–15; and gay marriage, 45, 46; leadership election (2005), 65, 66–8, 70–2, 353, 356; and Liam Fox scandal (2011), 106, 107–8, 109; and lowball strategy, 73–6; marriage policy, 369–72, 387–8; as moderniser, 6, 32, 42, 46, 66, 67, 68, 365–8, 409–10; problems in early 2013 period, 114–17; rides a bicycle, 87; and Scottish independence referendum, 400–1, 405; and ‘show, don’t tell’ strategy, 34, 66–8; and ‘shy Tories,’ 407–10; sky black vs sky blue debate, 70–2; and snap election rumours (2007), 89; style and substance, 81–2, 85; and tax promises, 447; view of centre ground, 366, 367, 382–3, 384, 409–10; ‘we’re all in this together’ comment, 104; willingness to adapt to the voters, 383, 384, 408–10, 433, 434
Camp David summit (2000), 380
Campbell, Alastair, 166, 350
Campbell, John, 173
Campbell, Ming, 36
Canter, Professor David, 332, 333
Canzini, David, 359
capital punishment, 324–5
capitalism: and Alexander Hamilton, 300, 301; Ayn Rand’s view of, 209–10; the Beatles as product of, 254, 255; Becker’s view of, 226; benefits of, 4, 29–30, 190; and David Bowie, 256–7, 258–60; DF’s father’s view of, 27, 28–30; and Karl Marx, 28, 30, 207–9, 210; lack of alternative to, 438–9; Left’s view of, 28, 30, 438–40, 443, 444; and Walt Disney, 187–90
Carter, Jimmy, 125
Castro, Fidel, 443
Catholicism, 404, 426
Chamberlain, Joseph, 433
Chávez, Hugo, 429, 439, 443
Chelsea FC, 20, 158–9, 294, 295–6, 297
Cheney, Dick, 446–7
Chernow, Ron, 228–9; Alexander Hamilton, 299, 301
Chess, Marshall, 199
Chilcot, Sir John, 9–10
Christie, John Reginald Halliday, 324–5
Churchill, Winston, 21, 119, 197, 218; diehard views on Indian independence, 229; ‘mass murderer’ allegations, 229–30; in May 1940, 227–8, 229; as white supremacist, 228, 229–30
Cialdini, Robert, 66, 74, 137–8, 139, 382
cinema: the Baftas, 310; the Oscars, 309, 310; violent or sexually explicit content, 304, 305; and Walt Disney, 187–90
citizenship, 51–4, 197–8, 217–18
civil partnerships, 372, 387–8
clairvoyance, 326–9
Clarke, Charles, 166, 364
Clarke, Ken, 58, 355
Clarke, Thurston: Ask Not, 205; The Last Campaign, 99
class system: British tribal political loyalty, 39–41; and David Bowie, 259; and debates on fairness, 375; decline of party identification with class, 88, 351–2; development of in Victorian era, 184, 387; and Jenkins-Owen SDP/Liberal debate, 425–6; and Jews, 39–40; and Macmillan, 417; and post-2016 realignment in politics, 433–6; and race in USA, 242; and support for Brexit, 144, 184, 421; and technological development, 150; and Tory modernisation, 33, 67, 351–2; and tuition fees, 225–6
Clegg, Nick, 280
Clinton, Bill, 55, 108, 119, 124, 193, 194, 396; Mandela story, 240, 241; narrative of, 161; and optimism, 71–2; personal life, 171
Clinton, Hillary, 171, 191–4, 270, 434
Clynes, John, 129
CND, 4
Coalition government (2010-15), 39, 50, 381, 409
Coca-Cola, 87–8, 102–3
Coe, Sebastian, 24
Cogan, Alma, 253
Cohn, Roy, 269–70, 271
Cold War, 3, 121, 159–60, 205–6, 250
Cole, Nat King, 200
communications strategies, 34, 61, 63–4, 66–8, 111
Compton, Spencer, 317
Connor, Nicky, 11, 52, 291, 323, 388
conservatism: and dogmatic obsessions, 24, 25; egg-and-spoon race analogy, 24; fiscal, 4, 205, 446–7, 449; fogeyism as bad, 387; and Labour tradition, 426; and liberty, 45–6; sadness at change, 43–4; and tradition, 43, 44–5, 46, 387
Conservative Party: adaptation to change, 45–6, 433; brand decontamination under Cameron, 32–4, 104–5; branding of, 103–5; Cameron becomes leader (2005), 357–60; and compassion, 48–50; core-vote strategy, 33, 351–2; DF joins, 4–5, 41; and DF’s parents, 2, 3; European Reform Group (ERG), 183; and focus groups, 57–60; gay marriage issue, 44–5, 46, 264, 386–8; ideological fervour of 1980s, 41; leadership challenges, 100; leadership election (2005), 65, 66–8, 70–2, 349–50, 353, 354–6, 359, 447, 448; and lowball strategy, 74, 75–6; marriage policy, 44–5, 46, 369–72, 387–8; and modern middle class, 33, 351–2; modernisation of, 31–4, 42, 45–6, 66–8, 366–8, 409–10; need to like voters, 382–4; policy unit, 84; and post-2016 realignment in politics, 433–4, 435–6; problems in early 2013 period, 114–17; problems in post-1997 period, 5–6, 366–8, 383–4; Salisbury’s ‘villa Toryism,’ 433; Scotland issue during 2015 campaign, 402–6; ‘show, don’t tell’ strategy, 34, 66–8; ‘shy Tories,’ 407–10; sky black vs sky blue debate, 70–2; split over Corn Laws, 181–2, 183–4; and tax promises, 447–9; tensions between traditions and modern world, 44–6, 263–4, 387; Tonies vs Phonies over Blair, 355–6; Tory ‘wets’ label, 31, 355; and women, 33, 34, 352
Conservative Research Department (CRD), 358–60
consumerism, 17, 29, 201, 250, 255, 256–7, 258–60, 352
Conway, Noel, 338–41
Cook, Robin, 405
Cool Britannia, 87
Cooper, Andrew, 5
Cooper, Duff, 229
Cooper, Yvette, 18, 178, 180
cooperation, 138–40, 241
Corbyn, Jeremy: 2017 election, 432, 435; anti-Semitism issue, 52, 53, 265–8, 441–5; and anti-Zionism, 444; as consequence of Brown, 214; contrast with Attlee, 197; and Hugo Chávez, 439; and sovereignty of Labour Party, 451–2, 453; survival prospects as leader (2015), 128, 129–31; tax and spend policies, 449; as unpopular with Labour MPs, 131, 424, 425, 426–7; view of 1970s, 452
Corn Laws, 181–2, 183–4
Corona (beer), 82
Cousins, Frank, 390
Cowell, Simon, 287
Cox, Doug, 271
Crampton, Robert, 292
Criado-Perez, Caroline, 215–16
Cribbins, Bernard, 283, 284
crime: banal lives of killers, 323–4; Becker’s influential analysis of, 224, 225; ‘Brides in the Bath Murders,’ 334–5, 336; capital punishment, 324–5; Fraudulent Mediums Act (1951), 328–9; Makin case, 336; and sky black vs sky blue debate, 70–1
Cripps, Stafford, 197
Crosby, Lynton, 351
Crossley, Joseph, 334–5
Cruddas, Jon, 58–9
Cuban Missile Crisis, 119, 160, 205, 221
Czechoslovakia, 202, 250
Daily Mail, 84, 176, 385–6
Davis, David: on focus-groups, 58; leadership election (2005), 65, 68, 70, 353, 355, 359, 447, 448; resigns from May Cabinet, 181
Davis Jr, Sammy, 295
Day, Robin, 279
Dayvilles ice cream parlour, 123–4
de Gaulle, Charles, 21, 416–17
Deafness Research UK, 287
defence policy, 41, 427
DeMille, Cecil B., 207
democracy, 3, 20, 29, 53, 168, 197; and Alexander Hamilton, 300; and Corbyn’s Labour Party, 451–3; crisis of May 1940, 227–30; and EU membership, 419, 431; and eurozone, 391–2; idea of a ‘political class,’ 173–6; legal status of women, 216–17; and protests of 1968, 154; and rock ’n’ roll, 199–202, 257; and technological development, 150
Democratic Party, US, 396, 434; Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 campaign, 98–9, 100
demographics: equity between generations, 375–6, 448; and protests of 1968, 154–5, 156; and rock ’n’ roll, 202; and violence, 154–6
Derby, Earl of (Lord Stanley), 181–2, 183, 184, 218, 317, 318
d’Estaing, Giscard, 1–2
Diana, Princess, death of, 35–6
Dictionary of National Biography, 317
Diddley, Bo, 201
Diet Coke, 291, 307
dinner-jacket events, 309–11
disabled people, 340–1
Disney, Roy, 187, 188, 189
Disney, Walt, 109, 187–90
Disney Corporation, 304–5
Disraeli, Benjamin, 162, 183, 184, 218, 318, 387, 433
Dixit, Avinash, The Art of Strategy (with Nalebuff), 116
Dobson, Frank, 356
Dodd, Ken, 110
Drake, Charlie, 283
dress, 67, 309–11
Dreyfus, Alfred, 330–1, 333, 378
Drogba, Didier, 296
drugs policy, 59
Duncan, Helen, 329
Duncan Smith, Iain, 131
economics: advantages of international trade, 142, 144–5; austerity programme, 108, 247, 394, 397; battle over globalisation, 142–6; Becker’s contribution, 223–6; economic nationalism, 142, 144–5; economics of Leave campaign, 421–3; and election campaigns, 124–5; inflation, 108, 245–6; and the Left, 28–9, 30, 41, 42, 145, 247, 438–40, 443, 444; non-market systems, 226; planned economy, 2, 3; public borrowing, 395–7; rise of new powers, 150; Thatcher’s reforms, 4, 41, 66, 246, 251; TTIP (proposed transatlantic trade deal), 145 see also capitalism
education, 105, 225–6, 365, 366, 367–8, 433
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 124
Elijah Muhammad, 232–3
Ellis, Dr Frank, 78–9
entertainment industry, 108–9, 199–202, 252–5, 256–9 see also cinema
environmental debate, 376
Epstein, Brian, 252–4, 255
equality, 136, 139, 143, 145
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 429
eugenics, 228
European elections (June 2009), 98
European Union: bilateral trade deals replacing, 145; Britain’s efforts to join Common Market, 389–90; British growth since joining, 418, 419; Cameron’s renegotiation (2015-16), 411, 413–15; de Gaulle’s ‘Non’ to Britain (1963), 416–17; eurozone crisis, 389, 390–3, 411, 412–13, 414; Gaitskell’s speech (1962), 389–90, 391; Greek financial crisis, 389, 390–1, 411, 412–13, 414; Major’s speech on (November 2014), 237; move to ‘greater fiscal union,’ 391–3; political mainstream’s support of, 389, 390–1; referendum on EEC (1975), 390; single market, 292, 418, 422; why Britain joined EEC, 417–19 see also Brexit
Evans, Timothy, 324–5
evolutionary science, 139, 140–2, 241
exercise, 306–8
fairness norms, 139–40, 143–4, 375–6
Fall, Catherine, 359
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (television show), 16
Farage, Nigel, 116, 173, 429, 430
Farrakhan, Louis, 267
Fawcett, Millicent, 215, 216–18
feminism, 215–16
Festinger, Leon, 343, 344, 345
financial crisis, 38, 214
Finkelstein, Anthony (DF’s brother), 7, 8, 294–5
Finkelstein, Daniel (DF): Aunt Ruth, 377–8; beats Coe in egg-and-spoon race, 24; and books, 7–8; childhood, 1–2, 17, 20–1, 39–40, 43–4, 54; as Comment Editor of The Times, 13; as director of Social Market Foundation, 353–4; as director of Tory policy unit, 84; gives Sir Isaiah Berlin lecture (2016), 133, 135–52; joins Conservative Party, 4–5, 41; joins The Times (2001), 3, 6–7; paternal grandfather, 28–9; political career, 4–6; reads biography of every British PM, 316–19; responding to emails, 312–15; Times weekly column, 8–11
Finkelstein, Ludwik (DF’s father): and books, 7–8, 15; born as Polish citizen, 52–3; and British citizenship, 54; death of, 20, 27–8; deported to Siberia as child, 3, 17, 19, 28, 41, 53, 151; Judaism as intellectual hobby, 7–8, 294; and Labour Party, 2–3, 22; moderation of, 20–1, 22; moves rightwards politically, 3; and science, 2, 3, 28; view of capitalism, 27, 28–30
Finkelstein, Mirjam (DF’s mother): and British citizenship, 54; death of, 19, 22; moderation and sense of proportion, 3, 20, 22; moves rightwards politically, 3; optimism of, 72; and science, 3, 28; stripped of German citizenship, 52; as survivor of Belsen concentration camp, 3, 19–20, 41, 151, 377–8
Finkelstein, Nicky (DF’s wife), see Nicky Connor
Fisher, Marc, Trump Revealed (with Kranish), 272
Five Star Movement, 429
Fletcher, WPC Yvonne, 179
Flowers, Gennifer, 171
Floyd, Pink, 292
focus groups, 57–60, 87–8
The Fog of War (documentary), 221
Foot, Michael, 196, 310, 390
football, 1, 2, 20, 137, 295; Chelsea win the Champions League, 294, 295–6, 297; finances of, 296–7; ‘Fink Tank’ (football-statistics column), 8, 306–7; Iraq War analogy, 157, 158–9; Premier League Manager of the Month, 90, 91, 92; World Cup (2002), 8, 79; World Cup (2006), 101
Ford, Gerald, 307, 446–7
Ford Motor Company, 220
foreign policy: intervention against Serbia, 83, 119; and Macmillan, 417–18; recent history of liberal interventionism, 160; and rise of new powers, 150; Syrian crisis (2013), 118, 119, 120–2 see also Iraq War
Foulkes, George, 404
Fox, Liam, 106, 107–8, 109, 355
Frank, Anne, 377–8
Frank, Margot, 377–8
Fraser, Michael, 416, 417
Fraudulent Mediums Act (1951), 328–9
Frazier, Joe, 234
free schools, 226
free speech, 3, 20
Freeman, Martin, 47–50
Friedman, Milton, 224
Fry, Stephen, 310
Furniss, Bill, 25
Gabler, Neal, Life: the Movie, 108–9
Gaddafi, Colonel, 179
Gaitskell, Dora, 390
Gaitskell, Hugh, 175, 389–90, 391; October 1960 conference speech, 450–1
Galante, Carmine ‘The Cigar,’ 270
Gallagher, Noel, 87
Galloway, George, 440
Galton, Francis, 78–9
game theory, 8, 114, 115, 411–13, 415; the prisoner’s dilemma, 115–17
Gandhi, Mohandas, 218
Gardner, Martin, 243
Garrett Anderson, Elizabeth, 218
Gates, Bill, 149, 310
gay rights, 10, 41, 44–5, 46, 66, 67, 104, 143, 264, 386–8
Geldof, Bob, 104
general elections: 1970 election, 167–8; 1974 elections, 167–8, 280; 1979 election, 75–6; 1987 election, 4; 1992 election, 165–6, 238, 239, 352; 1997 election, 5, 75, 106–7, 125, 136–7, 237–8, 350, 352, 367; 2001 election, 6, 57, 350, 352, 409; 2005 election, 87, 349–52; 2010 election, 39, 40–2, 102, 103–5, 214; 2015 election, 47–50, 123, 124, 402–6, 407–10, 433–4; 2017 election, 274, 275, 432, 435–6; theory that right party always wins, 166–8
genetics, 149–50
Germany, 52, 53
Gilfoyle, Eddie, 331–3
Gillan, Cheryl, 36
Girard, Joe, 65–6
Gladstone, William, 175, 318
Gladwell, Malcolm, Blink, 87–8
Glascoe, Stephen, 343–4
globalisation, 142–6; the Beatles as early pioneers of, 254; and Brexit, 144, 421
Goderich, Viscount, 317
Goldwater, Barry, 358
Gooding Jr, Cuba, 310
Goodwin, Sir Fred, 37
the Goons, 283–4
Gould, Philip, 166, 214
Gove, Michael, 7, 261, 264, 409
Grafton, Duke of, 317
grammar schools, 105, 365, 366, 367–8
Grant, Adam, 413
graphology, 77–8
Gray, Professor John, 135
Greek financial crisis, 389, 390–1, 411, 412–13, 414
Green Party, 127, 228
Greer, Ross, 228
Grenville, George, 317
Grillo, Beppe, 429
Grimond, Jo, 390
Guildford Four, 331
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 282, 283
Hackett, Jeremy, 310–11
Hague, William, 5, 111, 261–4, 358, 382, 407
Halberstam, David, The Best and the Brightest, 219, 222
Hamas, 377, 379
Hamilton (musical), 298, 299, 301
Hamilton, Alexander, 298–300
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 299, 301
Hammond, Philip, 264
Hannan, Daniel, 417
Hardie, Keir, 427
Harker, Joseph, 437–8
Harman, Harriet, 36
Harris, Rolf, 283, 284
Harrison, George, 253, 287
Harrison, Olivia, 288
Harrison, Sidney, 283
Hart, Tony, 287–8
Hassan, Gerry, The Strange Death of Labour Scotland (with Shaw), 404
Hattersley, Roy, 31
Hawkins, Angus, 317
Healey, Denis, 175, 359
Heath, Edward, 167–8, 244–5, 246; offers Thorpe full coalition deal, 280
Heffer, Simon, 58, 66
Heinsohn, Gunnar, Sons and World Power, 155–6
Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, 115
Hendrix, Jimi, 254
Herzl, Theodor, 378–9, 380
Heseltine, Michael, 95, 100
Hess, Karl, 358
Hezbollah, 120, 379
Hilton, Steve, 359
history’s arrow: apprehension about current turbulence, 150–1; battle over globalisation, 142–6; departures from traditional left–right mould, 145–6, 151–2; determinism, 137; divide between open and closed societies, 151–2; inevitability of change, 43–6; the Kinnock Test, 165–6; political legacies, 161–4; post-2016 realignment in politics, 433–6; and reciprocity, 140–2; and technological development, 140–50; Tory split over Corn Laws, 181–2, 183–4; wrong to judge decisions by their outcomes, 158–60
Ho Chi Minh, 443
Holloway, Adam, 119, 120
Holocaust, 3, 19–20, 41, 377–8
Holt, Douglas, How Brands Become Icons, 82
homosexuality, 66, 67, 251, 271; gay marriage issue, 44–5, 46, 264, 386–8; gay rights, 10, 41, 44–5, 46, 66, 67, 104, 143, 264, 386–8; legalisation of (1967), 386, 426; and Thorpe affair, 278, 279, 280; Wildeblood case (1954), 385–6; Wolfenden Report (1957), 386
Hopper, Dave, 246–7
hotel television, 302–3
Howard, Anthony, 7
Howard, Michael, 59, 349, 358
Howe, Geoffrey, 355, 390
Howells, Kim, 178–9
Huhne, Chris, 223, 225
human capital idea, 143, 144, 225
Hunt, Jeremy, 18
Hurd, Douglas, 358–9
Hyman, Peter, 166
ideology, 30, 41, 170; and protests of 1968, 153–5, 156
immigration policy, 71, 104, 140, 145, 152; and Brexit, 421; and traditional Labour, 426, 427, 435
Indian independence, 198, 229
inheritance tax, 373–6
International Olympic Committee, 25
Iran, 120–1, 380
Iraq War, 83, 119, 120, 164, 350; anti-war movement, 82, 155; Chilcot Report, 9–10; Premiership football analogy, 157, 158–9; reasons for supporting, 157–8, 160; unknown outcome of course not taken, 160; wrong to judge decisions by their outcome, 158–9, 160
Irish potato blight (1845-6), 181–2, 183–4
Isaacs, Michael, 407
Isaacson, Walter, 24
Isaiah Berlin lecture (2016), 133, 135–52
Israel, 377, 378–80
Jackson, Janet, 304
Jackson, Jesse, 242
Jagger, Mick, 201
Janjawid genocide in Darfur, 36
Jarvis, Dan, 131
Javid, Sajid, 207, 209, 210
Jay, Douglas, 250
Jefferson, Thomas, 300–1
Jenkins, Arthur, 173
Jenkins, Roy, 173, 174–5, 176, 386, 390, 425–6
Jews, 59, 143; and British class system, 39–40; and Corbyn’s Labour Party, 52, 53, 265–8, 441–5; Dreyfus Affair, 330–1, 333, 378; Judaism, 7–8, 27; Malcolm X’s ‘Zionist dollar,’ 444; and praying, 388; US anti-Semitism, 38, 267
Jobbik (populist Hungarian party), 431
Jobs, Steve, 24–5, 109
Johnson, Boris, 181, 414; ideas on tax, 446, 447, 448, 449
Johnson, Johnnie, 199–200
Johnson, Lyndon, 99, 124, 221–2, 307
Jones, Reverend Jim, 100
Jong, Erica, Fear of Flying, 420
Kelly, Ruth, 10, 214
Kennedy, Charles, 350
Kennedy, John F., 98–9, 119, 148; as centrist and not a liberal, 203, 204–6; inaugural address, 204, 205–6; and McNamara, 219–21; private life of, 171–2; Sorensen and the Kennedy myth, 204–5, 206
Kennedy, Ludovic, 10 Rillington Place, 325
Kennedy, Robert, 98–9, 100, 204–5, 222
Kennedy, Ted, 204, 206
KGB, 179
Khrushchev, Nikita, 438, 443
Kill Bill: Vol 2. (Tarantino film), 304
King, Martin Luther, 217, 233, 394–5
Kinnock, Neil, 111, 165–6
Kohl, Helmut, 248–9, 250
Korean War, 121
Kranish, Michael, Trump Revealed (with Fisher), 272
Ku Klux Klan, 233
Kurzban, Robert, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind (with Weeden), 143
Labour Party: and 1929 election, 167; and 2015 election, 123, 125–7; absence of coups against leaders, 129, 130–1; anti-Semitism issue, 52, 53, 265–8, 441–5; Attlee Government, 167, 195–8; Better Together campaign, 403; collapse in Scotland, 402–6; and compassion, 48–50; Corbyn’s belief in sovereignty of, 451–2, 453; and DF’s father, 2–3, 22; electoral appeal of, 195–6; expected leadership challenge (2009), 98, 99–101; hatred of Conservatives, 437–8; Lansbury as leader, 128–9, 131; and liberalism, 424–7; ‘old Labour’ label, 31; possible split in 2016 period, 424, 425–7; and post-2016 realignment in politics, 434, 435–6; and public spending, 42; and Scottish sovereign right doctrine, 404–5; traditionalist strand, 425–7 see also New Labour
Laffer, Art, 446–7, 448–9
Lamont, Norman, 58
Lampard, Frank, 296
Lansbury, George, 128–9, 131
Le Tissier, Matt, 294
Leahy, Sir Terry, 45
Leeds, University of, 77, 78–9
legal system: Article 50 and the courts, 428–9, 431; assisted dying, 338–41; failures in the disclosure of evidence, 342–5; legal status of women, 216–17; miscarriages of justice, 324–5, 330–3, 378; rule of law, 3, 20, 30, 150, 300, 428–9, 431; ‘similar-fact evidence,’ 335–7; William Roache case, 334, 335–7 see also crime
Lennon, John, 69, 72, 201, 253, 254, 259, 286–7, 288
Letterman, David, 191–2, 194
Letwin, Oliver, 356
Lévy, Bernard-Henri, 154
Lewis, Michael, Moneyball, 91–2
Liberal Democrats, 95, 350, 386–7, 409, 410
Liberal Party, 168, 277–80, 366, 424–6
liberty, 20, 30, 45–6, 54, 135–6, 150, 260
Liddy, G. Gordon, 296
Lindstrom, Martin, Buyology, 102–3
Liverpool, Lord, 318
Liverpool FC, 297
Livingstone, Ken, 4, 444
Llewellyn, Edward, 359
Lloyd George, David, 175–6, 218, 319
local elections, 94, 95–7, 432, 445
Loftus, Elizabeth, 345
MacDonald, Ramsay, 129, 427
Macleod, Iain, 358
Macmillan, Harold, 2, 246, 390, 416–18, 419
Madison, James, 301
Major, John, 22, 166, 236–9, 251; DF works for, 5, 125, 136–7, 245; Redwood’s challenge to, 100
Malcolm X, 232–3, 443–4
Manchester City FC, 296
Mandela, Nelson, 240–1, 243
Mandelson, Peter, 213
Mann, John, 427, 443
Mao Zedong, 169–70
Marble Collegiate Church (New York), 270
Margaret, Princess, 279
Martin, Dorothy, 342–3
Martin, George, 281–8
Martin, Trayvon, 242
Marx, Karl, 28, 30, 207–9, 210
Mason, Paul, Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future, 439–40
Masters, Brian, Killing for Company, 323–4
Maude, Francis, 66
Maudling, Reggie, 176, 358
May, Theresa: 2017 election, 432; announces departure from office, 10; Brexit means Brexit statement, 274, 275; EU withdrawal deal of, 181, 182–3, 184, 274, 276; reasons for failure of, 273–6
McCarthy, Joe, 205, 270
McCartney, Paul, 201, 254, 285–6, 288
McCluskey, Len, 131
McColm, Euan, 443
McDonnell, John, 130, 131, 214, 451, 452, 453; and anti-Semitism controversy, 267, 268, 444; on Marx, 208
McNamara, Robert, 219–22
Mears, Oliver, 343
media: and idea of a ‘political class,’ 174, 175–6; ‘misrepresentation of politicians, 112; populist attacks on, 430; reporting of politics, 83, 84, 90–1, 92, 93, 106–7; and technological development, 147–8; view of John Major, 237, 238
Medved, Michael, 304
Mencken, H. L., 312
Merchant, Piers, 106–7
Milburn, Alan, 77, 79, 166, 214
Miliband, David, 166, 214, 360, 395
Miliband, Ed, 360, 381–4, 395; 2015 election, 47–50, 123, 124–7, 402–6, 410; media view of, 238; and Scottish independence referendum, 400–1
Miliband, Ralph, 438
Mill, John Stuart, 217
Milligan, Spike, 283–4
Milne, Seumas, 440
miners’ strike (1973-4), 244–5
miners’ strike (1984-5), 4, 177–80, 245, 246
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 299–300, 301
mobile phones, 60–1
Monroe, James, 21–2
Montagu, Lord, 385–6
Montgomery bus boycott, 394
Moore, Charles, 317
Moore, Michael, 304–5
Morgan, Nicky, 264
Morris, Dick, 71
Moskowitz, Tobias, Scorecasting (with Wertheim), 118–19
Mugabe, Robert, 36
Müller, Jan-Werner, What is Populism? 429–30, 431
Mullin, Chris, 442, 445
Munich Agreement (1938), 250
Murphy, Jim, 211
Musicians’ Union, 258
Myers, Laurence, 256–7
NAFTA, 145
Nalebuff, Barry, The Art of Strategy (with Dixit), 116
Nation of Islam, 232–4, 267, 443–4
national insurance, 198
National Union of Mineworkers, 177–80, 244–5, 246–7
Nazi Germany: 1936 Olympics, 25; German anti-Nazi movement, 7, 51–2; Holocaust, 3, 19–20, 41, 377–8; invasion of Soviet Union (1941), 28
Neumann, John Von, 411–12
New Labour, 164, 351, 361–4, 384; Blair-Brown conflict, 62–3, 64, 211–14, 361–2, 364; Blairites and the Kinnock Test, 165, 166; campaign of 1994-7 period, 363; failure of project, 41–2; long-standing disaffection with, 92–3; use of focus groups, 58–9
new Left politics, 438–40; and Khrushchev’s secret speech, 438, 443; Malcolm X’s ‘Zionist dollar,’ 444; and Palestinian cause, 443; pan-Africanism, 443–4; and sovereignty of Labour Party, 451–2, 453
New Statesman, 293
Newcastle, Duke of, 319
Newton, Andrew, 277, 279, 280
NHS, 59, 104, 105, 126, 127, 140, 198, 226
Nilsen, Dennis, 323–4
Nissenbaum, Gerald, 398
Nixon, Richard, 73, 125, 203–4, 412
Nobbs, David, 16
Noonan, Peggy, 193
Northcliffe, Lord, 176
Northcote, Stafford, 318
Northern Ireland, 156
northern powerhouse, 410
Notting Hill set, 359
Oakley, Barbara, Evil Genes, 170
Obama, Barack, 108, 124, 148, 203, 206, 242, 395–6, 430
O’Donnell, Kenny, 206
Oliver, Jamie, 292
Olympics, 25; London (2012), 23–4, 26
Ono, Yoko, 69, 288
opinion polls, 37; as better guide than local elections, 95–7; cod surveys, 94–5, 96; framing of question, 95; politicians’ rejection of, 95
Osborne, George, 5–6, 105, 262, 356, 359, 366; deficit policy, 108, 247, 394, 397; inheritance tax announcement (2007), 373; May’s sacking of, 274; as uber-moderniser, 31, 32, 409
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 326
Oulu, the Fifth Biggest Town in Finland (picture book), 15–16
Ovett, Steve, 24
Owen, David, 4, 172, 425–6, 427
Palestinians in Gaza, 377, 379–80
Palmerston, Lord, 175, 218
pan-Africanism, 443–4
Pankhurst, Christabel, 228
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 217
Parkinson, Michael, 231, 233
Parlophone, 282, 283
Parris, Matthew, 58, 158
Parry, Sir Hubert, 218
Parsons, Sandra, 7
patriotic attachment, 53–4, 195–6
Patterson, Floyd, 233–4
Peale, Norman Vincent, 270–2
Peel, Robert, 175, 181–2, 183–4, 218, 433
Pegg, Bruce, 199
Pepsi-Cola, 87–8
Perceval, Spencer, 318
Pidcock, Laura, 437, 438, 439, 440
Pinter, Harold, 302
pirate radio, 257–8
Pitt the elder, William, 317
Pitt the younger, William, 175
Pitt-Rivers, Michael, 385–6
Plastic People of the Universe, 202
Poland, 53
Police Federation, 242
political correctness, 143–4, 242
political parties: big emblematic policies, 83, 105; election campaigns, 124–7; election manifestos, 83–4; as ‘identity brands,’ 82–3, 103–4; lowball and highball strategies, 74–6; policymaking, 83–5, 105; state funding of, 79, 80; and technological development, 147–8; use of focus groups, 57–60, 87–8
politicians: being ‘in control,’ 106, 107, 108–9; business advice to, 110–11; expenses scandal, 35–7, 112, 146; idea of a ‘political class,’ 173–6; and incompatibility of important values, 135–6, 152, 209–10; increased professionalism in politics, 357–60; independent judgment as rare, 79–80; lessons from entertainment industry, 108–9; liking of voters by, 382–4; and the moment, 394–7; MPs’ behaviour, 126; personal failings of, 169–72; populist attacks on, 430–1; style and substance, 81–2, 85; and technological development, 147–8; as unable to change voters, 384; voters as not following politics, 5, 105, 112–13, 407–10; and why people vote, 88
poll tax, 111
populism: of Gordon Brown, 87–9; and William Hague, 263; and Labour Party, 427; ‘metropolitan’ as a term of abuse, 151; and ‘national interest,’ 429, 430; process of exclusion, 430, 431; of Trump, 270, 429, 430; and ‘will of the people,’ 429–30
Populus, 37, 67, 351
Portillo, Michael, 359, 367
Portland, Duke of, 317
positive-thinking movement, 270–2
Powell, Enoch, 358, 390
Prime Suspect (television show), 304
Proust questionnaire, 257
‘psychic’ industry, 327–9
public services, 3, 74, 104
Pugh, Martin, Speak for Britain! 426
Purnell, James, 32–3, 214
race: barriers to civic equality, 143; Becker’s work on discrimination, 225; and Chuck Berry, 199–200, 201; Churchill as white supremacist, 228, 229–30; civil rights movement in US, 200, 233, 394–5; and Dr Frank Ellis, 78–9; and Hamilton (musical), 298, 299–300; and Muhammad Ali, 231, 232–5; and Nation of Islam, 232, 233–4; and social liberalism, 3, 41; and victim status in USA, 242–3
Rand, Ayn, 207, 208, 209–10
Rawls, John, 44
Rayner, Angela, 268
Reagan, Ronald, 396, 420, 434, 449
‘real world, citizens of,’ 110–11
reciprocity, 139–42, 241, 381–4, 413–15
‘recovered memories,’ 343–4, 345
Redwood, John, 100
Rees-Mogg, Jacob, 181, 182–3, 184
Referendum Party, 239
religious fundamentalism, 145
Remnick, David, King of the World, 234
Republican Party, US, 434; communications strategy, 61, 63–4
retail sector, 43–4, 146–7
Richards, Keith, 201
Riecken, Henry, 343
Rifkind, Malcolm, 356
Roache, William, 334, 335–7
Roberts, Andrew, 433
rock ’n’ roll, 199–202, 252–5, 256–9
Rolling Stones, 201, 254
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 205
Roosevelt, Franklin, 148
Rothermere, Lord, 176
Ruby, Jack, 326
Russell, Bertrand, 412
Russell, Lord John, 175
Russell, Senator Richard, 233
Saatchi, Lord, 58
Saddam, 157, 158, 160
Salerno, ‘Fat Tony,’ 270
Salisbury, Marquess of, 433
Salmond, Alex, 399, 400
Sandinistas, 443
Sands, Bobby, 247
Saunders, Alison, 342, 343–4
scandals, political, 106–8, 109
Scargill, Arthur, 179, 180, 246
Schachter, Stanley, 343
Schlesinger, Arthur, 206
science and technology, 3, 28; evolutionary science, 139, 140–2, 241; technological development, 2, 140–50; Wilson’s ‘white heat of technology,’ 2
Scott, Norman, 277, 278, 279, 280
Scottish Constitutional Convention, 404
Scottish independence, 11
Scottish independence referendum (2014), 398–401, 405
SDP, 3, 4, 22, 266, 268, 424–6
Secombe, Harry, 283
Second World War, 28–9, 119, 197, 227–8, 229; prime ministers who were born before, 249–51
Selfridges, 327
Sellers, Peter, 283, 284
Serbia, 119
Shaftesbury, Lord, 228
Sharansky, Natan, Fear No Evil, 243
Sharpton, Al, 242
Shaw, Eric, The Strange Death of Labour Scotland (with Hassan), 404
Shelburne, Earl of, 317
Shesol, Jeff, Mutual Contempt, 222
Shore, Peter, 359
Siberia, 3, 17, 19, 28–9, 41, 151
Sidmouth, Lord (Henry Addington), 316
Simon, Paul, 253–4
Simon, Sion, 147–8
Simpkins, Graham, 310–11
Sir Ian Gilmour, 175
slavery in USA, 228–9, 299, 300, 301
Smethers, Sam, 216
Smith, Adam, 209–10, 327
Smith, George, 334–5
Smuts, Jan, 218
Snowdon, Peter, Back from the Brink, 104
SNP, 399, 400, 402–6
social care, 435
Social Democratic Party, 246
social liberals, 3, 41, 42, 66–7
Social Market Foundation, 353–4
social media, 148, 213, 430
social policy: Becker’s contribution, 223–6; sky black vs sky blue debate, 70–2
social psychology, 8, 66–8, 74, 100–1; academic work on commitment, 370–1; casting ourselves as the victim, 241–3; ‘confirmation bias,’ 344; ‘omission bias,’ 118–22; post-decision dissonance, 371; prospect theory, 76; reciprocity, 139–42, 241, 381–4, 413–15; social proof concept, 137–9; When Prophecy Fails ( Festinger, Riecken and Schachter), 343, 344, 345
social workers, 37
Something for the Weekend (television show), 302–4
Sony pictures hack, 146
Sorensen, Ted, 98–9, 203–6
Soviet Union, 3, 17, 19, 28–9, 41, 53, 151, 179, 243; idea of preventive war against, 412
Spector, Phil, 254, 287
sporting excellence, 25–6
St John-Stevas, Norman, 1
Starmer, Keir, 131
Starr, Ringo, 288
statistics, 8, 90, 101, 129, 157–60, 345
Steamboat Willie (Disney cartoon), 187–8, 189
Steele, Shelby, The Content of Our Character, 242–3
Stoppard, Tom, 154, 202
Stothard, Peter, 6
suburban life, 15–18, 30
Suez Crisis, 425
Supreme Court, UK, 429
Supreme Court, US, 300
Surowiecki, James, The Wisdom of Crowds, 78–9
Survivor (Harry Borden), 19
Syrian crisis (2013), 118, 119, 120–2
Tabler, Andrew, 120, 121
Tarantino, Quentin, 304
taxation, 50, 60, 74, 83; and ageing population, 448; and the Beatles, 255; Blair-Brown strategy, 75; Cameron-Osborne strategy, 105; inheritance tax, 373–6; Laffer curve, 446–7, 448–9; problems with tax promises, 447–9; Reagan tax cuts (1981), 449; tax avoidance, 126; Thatcher’s strategy, 75–6
Taylor, Matthew, 241–2
television: the Baftas, 310; violent or sexually explicit content, 302–5
Terry, John, 295–6
Tetlock, Philip, Superforecasting, 129
Thatcher, Margaret: Charles Moore’s life of, 317; and EU, 390; funeral of, 249, 251; and Helmut Kohl, 248–9, 250; Heseltine stands against, 100; and legalisation of homosexuality (1967), 386; and lowball strategy, 75–6; as narrative genius, 161–2; political style of, 21, 41, 238–9, 245, 250; reforms of, 4, 41, 66, 246, 251; reputation of as divisive, 245, 246–7; and Second World War, 249–51; willingness to adapt to the voters, 433
The Times: DF as Comment Editor, 13; DF joins (2001), 3, 6–7; DF’s early interest in, 1–2; DF’s weekly column, 8–11
Thomas, Jimmy, 427
Thorpe, Jeremy, 168, 277–80
trade unions, 41, 167–8, 177–8, 244–7
treadmill desks, 306–8
Trivers, Robert, 241
Trump, Donald: 2016 election victory, 191, 270, 433, 434; as appalling, 192, 193, 194; Bannon as chief strategist, 142, 143; influences/mentors, 269–71; and media revolution, 148; and positive-thinking movement, 270–2; and ‘will of the people,’ 430
tuition fees, student, 225–6, 364
UEFA, 297
UKIP, 123, 127, 351, 410, 429
Umunna, Chuka, 427
unilateral disarmament, 128, 450–1
United States: 2016 presidential election, 191–4, 270, 433, 434; African-Americans and victim status, 242–3; anti-Semitism in, 38, 267; assumption of the national debt, 301; Britain as bridge to Europe for, 418; civil rights movement, 200, 233, 394–5; cult groups at airports, 381–2; debt ceiling crisis (2011-12), 395–7; federalism vs local sovereignty, 300–1; founding fathers and slavery, 228–9, 299, 300, 301; and Alexander Hamilton, 298–301; and Iraq War, 160; location of the capital, 301; Monroe presidency, 21–2; presidential campaigns, 124–5, 191–4, 270, 358; Reagan tax cuts (1981), 449; realignment in politics, 434–5
Ustinov, Peter, 283
Vaizey, Ed, 359
Van Outen, Denise, 77, 78, 302–4
Varoufakis, Yanis, 411, 412–13, 415
Vavreck, Lynn, The Message Matters, 124–5, 126
Venezuela, 439
Vickers report, 113
Victoria, Queen, 174
Vietnam War, 99, 100, 159–60, 412; as McNamara’s War, 221–2; protests against, 153–5
Volkswagen, 81, 82
Walinsky, Adam, 99
Walker, Charles, 392–3
Walker, Jackie, 267
Walpole, Sir Robert, 317, 319
War on Terror, 160
warfare, 50, 319
Washington, George, 21–2, 228–9, 298, 299, 300
Watergate affair, 1
Watson, Tom, 147–8, 214, 247
Webster, Richard, 336
Weeden, Jason, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind (with Kurzban), 143
Welch, Joseph, 270
welfare state, 3
Wellington, Duke of, 318
Werritty, Adam, 107–8
Wertheim, Jon, Scorecasting (with Moskowitz), 118–19
Whetstone, Rachel, 359
Wiener, Dr Alfred (DF’s grandfather), 7, 51–2, 53, 378–9
Wikileaks, 146
Wilde, Oscar, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 306
Wildeblood, Peter, 385–6
Wilders, Geert, 429
Wilkie, David (taxi driver), 177–9
Willetts, David, 264, 356, 365, 366, 375, 448
Wilson, Harold, 2, 3, 168, 253, 255, 390, 426
Windsor, Roger, 179
Winston, Dave, 61, 63–4
Witchcraft Act (1735), 328, 329
Wolfenden, Lord, 386
women: attacks on Hillary Clinton, 193; and defence spending, 63–4; equality issues, 3, 143, 215–18; legal status of, 216–17; and mobile phones, 60–1; and Nation of Islam, 234; statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, 215–18; and Tory Party, 33, 34, 352; votes for women campaign, 215–18
Wood, Nick, 359
Woodward, Bob, The Price of Politics, 395–6
World Trade Organisation, 145
Wright, Robert, 140–1
The X Factor (television show), 287
Yeo, Tim, 356
Zionism, 378–80, 444