Burgess, Guy, ref1
Burns, John, ref1, ref2
Burton, Richard, ref1
buses, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Bush, George, ref1, ref2
Bush, George W., ref1
Butler, R. A. (Rab), ref1, ref2, ref3
Butlin, Billy, ref1
Caine, Michael, ref1, ref2, ref3
Calder Hall nuclear power station, ref1, ref2
Callaghan, James: home secretary, ref1; opposition to ‘In Place of Strife’, ref1; sends troops to Northern Ireland, ref1; indifference to referendum, ref1; Wilson’s resignation, ref1, ref2; Labour leadership, ref1; IMF negotiations, ref1; tribute to Wilson, ref1; economic policy, ref1; on disruption of society, ref1; monarchist, ref1; pay policy, ref1; ‘Winter of Discontent’, ref1; appearance, ref1; message for unions, ref1
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), ref1
Campbell, Alastair, ref1, ref2
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry (C-B): election victory (1906), ref1, ref2, ref3; appearance and character, ref1; relationship with Balfour, ref1; relationship with Lloyd George, ref1, ref2; death, ref1
Canada, industry, ref1
cannabis, ref1, ref2
capital punishment, ref1, ref2
Carlyle, Thomas, ref1
Carr, Robert, ref1
Carson, Edward: Ulster Unionist leadership, ref1; relationship with Law, ref1, ref2; Irish Home Rule issue, ref1; coalition cabinet, ref1; response to Easter Rising executions, ref1; Irish Home Rule plan, ref1; supports Lloyd George, ref1; at Admiralty, ref1; threatens civil war, ref1
Cash, Sir Bill, ref1
Castle, Barbara, ref1, ref2
Cat and Mouse Act, ref1
Central Electricity Board, ref1
Central LandOwners Association, ref1
Central Powers, ref1
Chalmers Watson, Mona, ref1
Chamberlain, Austen: on strikes (1911), ref1; on Ireland, ref1; in coalition cabinet, ref1; chancellor, ref1; party leader, ref1, ref2; Law’s government, ref1; foreign secretary, ref1; gloom, ref1
Chamberlain, Joseph: background and character, ref1, ref2, ref3; opposition to Irish Home Rule, ref1, ref2; plan for the empire, ref1, ref2; Boer War policy, ref1; Tariff Reform programme, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; US relationship, ref1; influence, ref1, ref2, ref3; retirement, ref1
Chamberlain, Neville: elected (1918), ref1; career, ref1, ref2; view of Labour minority government, ref1; minister of health, ref1; welfare proposals, ref1; appearance and character, ref1, ref2; opinion of Churchill, ref1; general strike (1926), ref1; election results (1929), ref1; in National Government, ref1; chancellor, ref1, ref2, ref3; protectionist measures, ref1; on unemployment, ref1; view of continental affairs, ref1, ref2; opinion of Hitler, ref1; reduces defence spending, ref1; view of Edward VIII, ref1; advice to Edward VIII, ref1; premiership, ref1; approach to European diplomacy, ref1; appeasement policy, ref1, ref2; relationship with Mussolini, ref1, ref2; protest on Germany’s incorporation of Austria, ref1; Czechoslovakia policy, ref1; discussions with Hitler, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; broadcast to the nation, ref1; Munich Agreement, ref1; preparations for war, ref1; recognition of Franco’s government, ref1; Rome talks, ref1; pledges support for Poland, ref1; negotiations on Danzig, ref1; ultimatum to Germany, ref1; Commons assault on, ref1; resignation, ref1, ref2
Chanel, Coco, ref1
Channel Islands, German occupation, ref1
Channel Tunnel, ref1
Channon, Henry ‘Chips’, ref1
Chaplin, Charlie, ref1, ref2; Modern Times, ref1
Charles, Prince, ref1, ref2
chemical industry, ref1
Chernenko, Konstantin, ref1
Chesterton, G. K., ref1
Children Act (1908), ref1
Children’s Salvage Group, ref1
Choltitz, General von, ref1
Christie, Agatha, ref1
Church of England, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Churchill, Lord Randolph, ref1, ref2, ref3
Churchill, Winston: on Edward VII, ref1; on Joseph Chamberlain, ref1, ref2; on Asquith, ref1; Board of Trade appointment, ref1, ref2; background, character and career, ref1; relationship with Lloyd George, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; ‘People’s Budget’ crisis, ref1; suggests abolition of Lords, ref1; home secretary, ref1, ref2; response to strikes (1910–11), ref1, ref2; response to suffragettes, ref1; on Conservative Irish policy, ref1; on outbreak of WWI, ref1; First Lord of the Admiralty, ref1, ref2; Dardanelles strategy, ref1, ref2; demoted, ref1; Law’s view of, ref1; on Lloyd George seizing power, ref1; minister of munitions, ref1; coalition Liberal position, ref1; rejoins Conservative party, ref1; chancellor, ref1; return to gold standard, ref1, ref2; reduces supertax, ref1; increases public spending, ref1; opinion of Chamberlain, ref1; actions during general strike (1926), ref1, ref2; tax relief for mortgage payments, ref1; election results (1929), ref1; defence spending, ref1; opinion of Mussolini, ref1, ref2; opinion of Nazism, ref1; opinion of Hitler, ref1; opinion of Baldwin, ref1; views on India, ref1; opinion of Gandhi, ref1; isolated in Commons, ref1; response to remilitarization of Rhineland, ref1; on abdication crisis, ref1; warns Chamberlain about Hitler, ref1; concern about Chamberlain’s advisers, ref1; view of appeasement policy, ref1; on Czechoslovakia, ref1; on Munich Agreement, ref1; on Russian involvement, ref1; prime minister and minister for defence, ref1, ref2; forms coalition war cabinet (1940), ref1; ‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’ speech, ref1; on German advance, ref1, ref2; election campaign (1945), ref1, ref2; on nationalization, ref1; retirement, ref1; on Suez crisis, ref1; on hydrogen bomb, ref1
cigarettes, ref1, ref2
cinema, ref1, ref2, ref3; Rock Around the Clock, ref1; The Italian Job, ref1; Carry On series, ref1
Citizen’s Charter, ref1
City of London, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Civil Rights Bill, ref1
civil service: open competition for places, ref1; ‘marriage bar’, ref1; preparations for war, ref1; enlargement, ref1
Clark, Alan, ref1
Clarke, Kenneth, ref1
class (social): divisions, ref1, ref2; see also aristocracy; middle class; working class
Clean Air Act (1955), ref1
Clegg, Lee, ref1
Clinton, Bill, ref1
clothes: women’s, ref1, ref2, ref3; flappers, ref1; bright young men, ref1; youth in the Thirties, ref1; Teddy boys, ref1; Mods, ref1; Sixties fashion, ref1, ref2
Clynes, John, ref1, ref2
coaclass="underline" industry, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; WWI, ref1; strikes, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; working conditions, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; nationalization of royalties, ref1; fall in price, ref1; unemployment, ref1; fall in production, ref1; stocks, ref1, ref2, ref3; pit closures, ref1, ref2; National Coal Board, ref1, ref2, ref3
Coal Act (1938), ref1
Coal Mines Act (1930), ref1
cocaine, ref1, ref2, ref3
coffee bars, ref1, ref2
Cold War, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Collins, Michael, ref1, ref2
Combat ref1, ref2
Committee of Imperial Defence, ref1
Common Agricultural Policy, ref1
Common Fisheries Policy, ref1, ref2
Common Market see European Economic Community
Commons, House of: unpaid MPs, ref1; salary for MPs, ref1; cash for questions, ref1, ref2; MPs’ declaration of benefits, ref1; Sinn Féin MPs refuse seats, ref1
Commonwealth: troops, ref1; queen’s title, ref1; role in Britain’s European policy, ref1, ref2; smaller nations, ref1; South Africa withdrawal, ref1; immigration, ref1; relationship with Britain, ref1
Communist party, British, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
community charge (poll tax), ref1, ref2, ref3
Concorde supersonic aeroplane, ref1
Condon, Sir Paul, ref1
Conservative party: coalition with Liberal Unionists, ref1, ref2; policies, ref1, ref2; ‘values’, ref1; protectionism issue, ref1; ‘onenation’ Toryism, ref1, ref2, ref3; ‘die-hards’, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; name, ref1, ref2; Irish policy, ref1; support for war declaration, ref1; attacks on conduct of war, ref1; new men with new ideas, ref1; attitude to central government, ref1; electoral base, ref1; National Government, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; view of disarmament, ref1; views of Hitler, ref1; view of League of Nations, ref1; opposition to NHS, ref1; by-election defeats (1962), ref1; leadership election (1979), ref1; ‘Back to Basics’ campaign, ref1, ref2; ‘sexual shenanigans’, ref1, ref2; ‘cash for questions’, ref1, ref2, ref3; by-election defeats, ref1, ref2, ref3; defections, ref1; loss of majority, ref1; Hague leadership, ref1