Pacific Rim, 498, 598
pacifists, 28, 31, 33
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 602
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, Shah of Iran, 365, 380–3, 393
pairing arrangements, 313–14
Pakistan, MT’s visit (1976), 383–4
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), 373, 376, 378–9
Pandolfi, Filippo, 345
Pannell, Charles, 107–8
Panorama, 279, 363
Pardoe, John, 131–2
Paris, liberation (1945), 38
Parris, Matthew, 294
Parsons, Anthony, 381
Partnership for Peace, 532–3
Pascal, Blaise, 365
Pasqua, Charles, 494
Paterson, Tessa Jardine, 441, 455
patrials, 212
Patten, Chris: CRD, 292, 410; speech writing, 306, 427; The Right Approach, 316; Stepping Stones discussions, 422; manifesto (1978–79), 435, 447; general election (1979), 443, 444, 450
Paul VI, Pope, 345
Pay Board, 225, 227, 234, 235, 236
pay policy, see incomes policies
Peace Ballot (1935), 10–11, 26
Pearl Harbor (1941), 33
pensioners, 115, 121, 440, 450, 548
pensions: Beveridge Report, 120–1; earnings rule, 121, 123–4; public expenditure, 543; age of retirement, 548–9; scaling back SERPS, 573
Pensions and National Insurance, Ministry of, 119–25
Pepper, Gordon, 303
Percival, Ian, 426
Peres, Shimon, 379
Perth Declaration (1968), 321
Peru, economy, 581, 583
petrol coupons, 230
Peyton, John, 278, 28on, 284, 421
Philby, Kim, 126
Philippines, US involvement, 521, 528
Phillips Curve, 567
picketing, 216–18, 437–8, see also Grunwick dispute
Pike, Mervyn, 112
Pile, Sir William (Bill), 165, 168, 176, 182
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, 530, 581
Pitt, Edith, 112
Pitt, William (the Younger), 15, 506
Plaza Agreement (1985), 478
Plowden Report, 184
Pöhl, Karl-Otto, 479
Poland: elections (1989), 508; NATO membership, 532–3; economy, 591–2, 593; MT’s visit (1993), 602–4
police: miners’ picketing (1972), 217–18; confidence in, 541
Policy Search group (‘Stepping Stones’), 421, 422
political correctness, 540
Pompidou, Georges, 207
Poos, Jacques, 495
Popper, Karl, 58–9
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 198
Portillo, Michael, 443
Portugal, party politics, 340–1
Post Office unions, 399, 400
Potsdam Conference (1945), 45, 54
Poulson, John, 199n, 286
Powell, Anthony, 42
Powell, Enoch: One Nation, 86; Change is our Ally, 86; resignation (1958), 92; dining club speeches, 114; hospital building programme, 115; MT’s opinion of, 129, 162; refuses to join Home Government, 129; rejection of incomes policy, 141–2; immigration issue, 144–7, 212, 405; general election (1970), 162; opinion of U- turns, 196, 206, 221; on MT’s leadership, 196; opposition to EC entry, 207, 210; general election (February 1974), 237; member for South Down, 328
Pre-Retirement Choice, 258, 268
Pre-school Playgroups Association, 547
Prentice, Reg, 449
Presley, Elvis, 77
pressure groups, 111–12
price restraint, 223–4
prices and incomes policy, see incomes policies
Prices Commission, 225
Priestley, J.B., 22, 44
primary schools, 158–9, 167, 182–5, 192
Prior, James: memoirs, 137; relationship with Heath, 201–2; Agriculture Minister, 201–2; Leader of House, 225; manifesto (October 1974), 249; leadership election (1975), 278, 28on, 284; Shadow Employment Secretary, 288–9; trade union policy, 288–9, 301, 311–12, 368, 401–3,404–5, 422–3, 424–5, 428, 436–7; disagreements with Joseph, 301, 303, 368, 402, 416, 423, 430; incomes policy, 303, 311, 415, 416; Heseltine Mace incident, 314; The Right Approach, 316; Grunwick dispute, 368, 399, 401–2; The Right Approach to the Economy, 404; Stepping Stones discussions, 421–3; manifesto (1978–79), 436–7, 447
Private Members’ Bills, 109
privatization, 574, 605
productivity, 576–8
Profumo, John, 126
Programme Analysis and Review (PAR), 190, 195
property-owning democracy, 75, 243
proportional representation (PR), 322–3, 327, 328
protectionism, 476, 502, 595, 596, 597, 599
proton accelerator, 175
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act (1960), 109–13
public expenditure: Conservative policy (1950s), 86, 92, 115; Treasury resignations (1958), 92; Conservative policy (1960s), 115, 140; cuts (1973), 191–2, 203, 229; cuts (1970), 203; BL rescue, 300; Joseph’s speeches, 317–18; Healey cuts (1976), 320, 568–9; Shadow Cabinet views, 397; (1980s), 571–3
Public Expenditure Survey Committee (PESC), 183
public opinion polls, see opinion polls
Pym, Francis: Macleod’s death, 198; Agriculture, 289, 311; illness, 289, 311; devolution issue, 326; Foreign Affairs spokesman, 418; Stepping Stones discussions, 421; fall of Labour government, 433
Qaddafi, Muammar, 536
Quayle, Dan, 539
Question Time, 125
Rabin, Yitzhak, 379
race prejudice, 30
Race Relations Act (1968), 145
racism, 540
Radcliffe, Lord, 112
Raico, Ralph, 580n
Raison, Timothy, 264, 289
Rantzen, Esther, 144
Rao, Narasimha, 585
rates, 136, 244–5, 247–50, 258
rationing, 70, 77, 86
Rawlinson, Peter, 212
Reagan, Ronald: Republican nomination campaign, 360; Strategic Defence Initiative, 367; MT’s first meeting, 372; Presidential contender, 372; foreign policy, 509, 527–8, 531, 605; doctrine, 527–8; Republican Party attitude, 578–9
Redmayne, Martin, Lord, 268
Reece, Gordon: MT’s first contact with, 254–5; MT’s leadership campaign, 267, 273; joins MT’s staff, 294; advice on appearance and voice, 295–6, 343; advice on speeches, 306–7; MT’s US visit, 358–9; ‘Iron Lady’ image, 362; MT’s Syria visit, 376; MT’s Pakistan visit, 383; Central Office Director of Publicity, 410–11, 443; 1978 non-election, 412; winter of discontent, 424; general election (1979), 443, 444, 445, 458
Reed, Douglas, 29
Rees, Merlyn, 408
Rees-Mogg, William, 42
referendum: on Europe, 330–9; Churchill’s proposal, 332; on trade unions, 402–3; single currency, 480; Maastricht, 494
Referendum White Paper, 331
Regional Development Fund, 208
rent decontrol, 91–2, 95, 102
repatriation, 145–6, 147, 212
research councils, 174
Restart programme, 545, 560
Retail Price Maintenance, 131
Reynolds, Quentin, 22
Rhodesia, 368, 417–18
Richardson, Ruth, 586
Richmond Council, 172
Ridley, Adam, 252, 292, 306, 358, 443
Ridley, Nicholas, 221, 225, 265
Rifkind, Malcolm, 322, 323, 325–6
Right Approach, The, 316–17, 404
Right Approach to the Economy, The, 404–5, 419
Rimington, Stella, 144
Ripon by-election (1973), 226
Rippon, Geoffrey, 201, 208, 285, 290
road haulage, 86
Robbins Report, 193
Roberts, Alfred (MT’s father): family background, 3, 16; first job, 3; grocery trade, 3–4; health, 4, 16, 163; marriage, 4; Grantham shop, 4–5; religion and morality, 5–7, 14, 15, 163–4; music, 9; Rotary Club, 16, 26, 27; interest in education, 17, 19, 36; reading, 19, 28; politics, 21–2, 65, 78–9; MT’s career, 24, 65; ARP, 25; wartime, 34; daughters’ car, 74; wife’s death, 106–7; remarriage, 163; death, 163–4