Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality (111 page)

     private income
517–18

     and ‘toffs for Thatcher’ splinter group
4
,
160

mortgage policy
144
,
147
,
251

Mount, Sir Ferdinand
385–6
,
451

Mountbatten of Burma, Earl
407

Murdoch, Rupert
244
,
275–7

Murray, Tricia (biographer)
16
,
41
,
64

music, MT’s love for
15–16
,
43

Nally, Dermot
415–18
,
425

National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS), crisis involving
452–4

National Coal Board (NCB)
116
,
442–4
,
448
,
454–6

National Health Service (NHS)
378–80
,
402
,
523
,
535–6

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
138–9
,
483
,
456

     miners’ strike (1984–85)
5
,
439
,
445
,
447
,
454–5

     power of
441–2

     Scargill as President
445
,
447

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
201
,
327
,
478
,
492

Nazi Germany
27–8
,
298
,
314

Neave, Airey
77
,
167–8
,
180
,
205
,
230

     assassination (1979)
164
,
229–30

     as head of office (1975–79)
164
,
178

     leadership contest of 1975
163
,
173–4

          campaign manager for MT as Leader of Opposition
4
,
164
,
167–9
,
178–9

     Northern Ireland Shadow Secretary
179
,
223–4
,
230

1922 Committee
143
,
149
,
158
,
162
,
223
,
515
,
531
,
537
,
630

     Executive of
517
,
615

Nixon, Richard M.
6
,
137
,
205
,
427
,
475
,
671

     Watergate scandal (1972)
240
,
474
,
655

no confidence debate (March 1979)
224–9

North Parade, Grantham (birthplace and early childhood home)
9
,
11–15
,
25

     and Second World War
28–9
,
461

Northern Ireland

     assassination of Neave (1979)
164
,
229–30

     Good Friday Agreement (1998)
425

     terrorism in
272
,
407–15

     United Ulster Unionists
224–5

Nott, (Sir) John
160
,
192
,
250
,
314

     Falklands War
324–5
,
327–8
,
331
,
333
,
344–5
,
347–8
,
356
,
361
,
367
,
371
,
383

nuclear and atomic weapons
383
,
426
,
483
,
491–2

     Tornado nuclear issue
432–4

      Trident (C4) nuclear weapons system
297
,
344
,
383
,
486
,
491–2

Onslow, Cranley (
later
Baron Onslow of Woking)
180–1
,
588
,
633–4

opinion polls
201
,
219–20
,
319
,
500
,
602
,
646

     election campaign of 1979
229
,
235
,
244

     election campaign of 1987
527–8

     Falklands War (1982)
329
,
384–5

     following Westland crisis
518–19

Owen, David (
later
Baron Owen)
240
,
312
,
384
,
516
,
608

Oxford University

     early unhappiness at
40–7
,
52

     honorary degree, refusal to grant to MT
41
,
53
,
658

     loneliness of MT at
41
,
43

     social snobbery
41
,
52

     Somerville College
36
,
38
,
40–1
,
44

     winning place at
31
,
36
,
38–9

Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA)
40
,
44
,
47–52

Paisley, Reverend Ian (Baron Bannside)
225
,
416
,
419

Palliser, Sir Michael
258–9
,
283–5
,
356

Parkinson, Cecil (
later
Baron Parkinson)
45
,
259
,
344
,
384–6
,
388
,
390–1
,
393
,
405
,
503
,
530
,
638
,
640

     Falklands War
344–5
,
348
,
371

     relationship with Sara Keays
390–1
,
405

Parliamentary Questions
100–1
,
273
,
325

Parsons, Sir Anthony
335
,
339
,
356
,
405

party political broadcasts (PPBs)
147
,
313
,
524

     in 1979
5
,
216
,
218
,
221–2

Patten, Christopher (
later
Baron Patten of Barnes)
192
,
196
,
221
,
583
,
602
,
657

     informing MT of lack of support
637
,
651

Pearson, Malcolm (
later
Baron Pearson of Rannoch)
675–7

Peyton, John (
later
Baron Peyton of Yeovil)
162
,
249

     and leadership contest of 1975
176–7

picketing, secondary
221
,
233
,
304–5
,
441

poetry, love of
17–18
,
20–1

Policy Unit (Prime Minister)
216
,
309
,
441

Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), occupation and recapture
362
,
365
,
367–8

Powell, Carla
476–7
,
494
,
647

Powell, Charles (
later
Baron Powell of Bayswater)
268
,
424
,
471
,
477
,
482
,
504
,
523
,
560
,
561
,
615
,
617
,
628
,
656
,
689

     European integration
560–1

     Soviet relationship with the West
476–7
,
482
,
484
,
486
,
490

     Westland crisis (1986)
510
,
514–15
,
517

Powell, Enoch
110
,
122
,
138
,
160
,
174
,
206–7
,
225
,
270

     European integration
556
,
608

     Falklands War
330–1
,
345
,
349
,
356

     relations with MT and opinions of each about the other
116–18
,
204–5
,
252–3
,
349
,
372

     ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech (1968)
117
,
200

press
90–4

     
see also
media, MT’s relations with

prices and incomes policies
138
,
203
,
233

     5 per cent pay limit
219–20

Prime Minister’s Questions
4
,
18
,
135

     performance of MT as Leader of Opposition
180–1
,
185
,
192

     performance of MT as Prime Minister
318
,
372
,
472
,
547–8
,
609
,
640
,
647

Prior, James (
later
Baron Prior)
146
,
179
,
182
,
249–50
,
258
,
301
,
304–5
,
307–8
,
317–18
,
379
,
441
,
506

     on economy
203
,
303–8
,
314

     Employment Bill 1980
303–4
,
305–6

     outflanking by MT
303–8

     trade-union reform, ‘softly softly’ approach (mid-1970s)
219
,
233
,
303
,
305
,
440
,
446

privatisation, MT’s policies regarding
117–18
,
380–2
,
403–4
,
501

public expenditure, controlling/reducing
265–6
,
301
,
388
,
402

     Central Policy Review Staff paper (1982)
378–80

Public Sector Borrowing Requirement (PSBR)
309–11

Pym, Francis (
later
Baron Pym)
162
,
172
,
203
,
249–50
,
299
,
301
,
314
,
334
,
383
,
392
,
395–6

      Falklands War
323
,
333
,
335
,
338–9
,
344–6
,
353
,
356–7
,
396

rating system, MT’s policy on
144
,
399
,
517
,
531

     and Community Charge (poll tax)
154–5
,
400
,
537
,
591
,
602–4

     ‘rate capping’
400

Rawlinson, Peter (
later
Baron Rawlinson of Ewell)
95
,
116
,
305

Reagan, Ronald

     Radio Address to the Nation on Terrorism
473

     ‘special relationship’ with
299
,
460–73
,
486

          gold seam and fault-line
460–2

          personal chemistry
462–5

     tensions with MT and solving of
461
,
465–70

          Falklands War (1982)
336
,
351
,
354–6
,
363–4
,
367
,
465–6

          Grenada invasion (1983)
465–8

          Libya bombing (1986)
470–3

          SDI (Strategic Defence Initiative)
488–93

Redmayne, Martin (Chief Whip)
89
,
98
,
166

Reece, (Sir) Gordon
147
,
160
,
196
,
208
,
214
,
242
,
385
,
640

     argument with MT (BBC debates, 1978)
217–18

     as Director of Publicity
214

     and election campaign of 1979
235–6

     as ‘laughing boy’
211
,
213–14
,
216
,
222

Rees, Peter, (
later
Baron Rees)
4
,
161

     miners’ strike (1984–85)
443–4

Rees-Davies, William (Billy)
95
,
167
,
190–1

religious faith of MT
35
,
43

     childhood influences
15
,
21–3
,
691

     in retirement
679–82

     
see also
Methodism

Renton, Ronald Timothy (
later
Baron Renton of Mount Harry)
624
,
633–4

Rentschler, James
336–7
,
364

Reykjavik (Reagan–Gorbachev summit, 1986)
466
,
491–3

Rhodesia
110
,
219
,
289–91
,
298
,
477

     disagreements with MT and Lord Carrington on handling
271
,
288

     renaming as Zimbabwe (1980)
291

     Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), 1965
253
,
288

Ridley, Nicholas (
later
Baron Ridley of Liddesdale)
95
,
149
,
152
,
160
,
447
,
503
,
542
,
594

     Falklands War
322
,
323–4
,
331
,
341

Rifkind, (Sir) Malcolm
103
,
518
,
530

     informing MT of lack of support
637
,
651

‘Right to Buy’ policy
144
,
250–1
,
382

rioting (1981)
312–13
,
317
,
518

Roberts, Alfred
22–3
,
31
,
42
,
104
,
127
,
246