Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s (105 page)

broadcasting deregulation
277
,
470–1

Broadgate
273
,
396

Broadsword
, HMS
150

Brocklebank-Fowler, Christopher
119

Brookside
(TV programme)
236

Broughton, Sir Alfred ‘Doc’
27

Brown, George
119

Brown, Gordon
177
,
185
,
402
,
467
,
468
,
472

Bruges Group
447

Bruinvels, Peter
330

BSkyB
242
;
see also
Sky

Buchan, Norman
244

budget (1975)
14
; (1979)
52–6
; (1981)
58–60
; (1984)
180
; (1988)
402

budget deficit
15–16
,
58

budget surpluses
184–5

Buerk, Michael
336

building societies
422–3

Bush, George H.W.
454

by-elections
127–9
,
174–5
,
329
,
427
,
453

Cabinet: and the Falklands War
139
; leaks
74
; and the poll tax
438–9
; reshuffle, (1981)
74–6
; Thatcher’s (1983)
179
; Thatchers first
62–4
; Thatcher’s relationship with
65–6

Cable & Wireless
383

Callaghan, Audrey
8

Callaghan, James: announces resignation
109
; background
7
,
9–11
; comparison with Thatcher
30–1
; corporatist government
17–18
; decision not to call election (1978)
6–9
,
11–12
; desire for national revival
5–6
; desperation
24
; economic policy
104
; economic situation facing
12–18
; education
10
; and the Falkland Islands
135
,
136
; and the Falklands War
154
; general election (1979)
31
,
34
,
37–8
,
40–2
; as Home Secretary
10–11
; Labour Party conference (1976)
16
; lack of parliamentary majority
24–5
; as leader of Labour Party
5–6
; lost chance
471
; political career
9
; popularity
7
; and public spending
50
; replaced as party leader
105–14
; Second World War service
10
; take over as PM
7
; TUC conference speech (1978)
11
; TUC links
8
; vote of no confidence in
26–8
; Winter of Discontent
18
,
19–24
; world leaders’ summit, Guadeloupe
22

Cambridge University
340

Cameron, David
312

Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD)
112–13

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
123
,
167
,
199–201
,
219
,
334

Campaign for Quality Television
244–5

Campbell, Alastair
452

Campbell, Beatrix
81–2

Campbell, Duncan
243

Campbell, John
42

Canada
145

Canary Wharf
274
,
372–3
,
396

Canberra
(liner)
140
,
158

capital expenditure
59

capital punishment
317

car industry
72

care in the community
421

Carlisle, John
236

Carlisle, Mark
63
,
75

Carrington, Lord
62
,
63–4
,
143

Casey, John
70

Cashman, Michael
329–30

Castle, Barbara
8

Cazenove
408

CBI
73

Central Electricity Generating Board
359

Central Policy Review Staff
70

Centre for Public Studies (CPS)
68–9

Challenge of Europe, The
(Heseltine)
458

Chambers, Quentin
304
,
305

Channel 4
235–7
,
246
,
249–50
,
256
,
277
,
470–1

Channel Four Films
256–7

Channon, Paul
260

Chariots of Fire
(film)
255
,
257

charities
335–8
,
338

Charity Commission
335

Charles, Prince of Wales
94
,
262
,
263
,
267–70
,
271
,
275

Chas ’n’ Dave
293

Chelsea Barracks, bomb attack
102

Chequers
66

Chernenko, Konstantin
216
,
217
,
355

Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster
219
,
296

Chernyaev, Anatoly
111

Chicago School
68

Child Poverty Action Group
83

Child Support Act (1991)
314

Chile
68

China
22
,
466

Chisholm, Sam
241
,
242

Church of England
330–5

Church of Scotland, General Assembly
333

Churchill, Caryl
226–7
,
229–30

Churchill, Winston
62

cinemas
260–1

Citibank
396

City, the
387–95
; salaries
409–12

Clapp, Commodore Michael
138
,
157

Clark, Alan
441
,
446
,
457
,
458

Clarke, Vince
279–80

Cleese, John
380

Clegg commission
52

Clinton, Bill
215

Clowes, Peter
403

Clydebank
98

coal industry
187
; subsidies
343–4
; workforce
344–5
,
359
;
see also
miners’ trike (1984)

Cobden, Richard
62

Cockfield, Lord
448

Coggan, Donald, Archbishop of Canterbury
330–1

Cold War
199
,
425
,
462

Coleman, Vernon
302

Coleridge, Nicholas
409

Colquhoun, Maureen
328

Colston-Hayter, Tony
303–4
,
305–6
,
307

comedy, television
250–4
; Alternative comedy
250–1
; satire
251–2
,
253–4

Comedy Store
251

Comic Relief
338

Committee for a Free Britain
304

Common Agricultural Policy
454

Common Market
see
European Economic Community

Commonwealth, and the Falklands War
145

communism: fall of
425
,
454
,
461–2
; spread of
211

Communist Party of Great Britain
201

community care
421

Community Charge
see
poll tax

compact discs (CDs)
288

Companies Act (1980)
403

compulsory competitive tendering
437

computers
78–9
,
85

Confederation of Business Industry
see
CBI

Conqueror
, HMS
150–1

Conservative Party: Brighton bomb attack
296–7
; conference (1980)
74
; conference (1981)
76
; conference (1989)
426
; and crime
316–17
; Crosby by-election result
129
; election campaign (1983)
172–3
; European Parliament election results (1989)
449
; general election results (1979)
41
; general election results (1983)
176–7
; general election results (1987)
427
,
428
; ‘Labour Isn’t Working’ campaign
29–30
; Major becomes leader
459–60
; manifesto (1979)
36
,
38
,
40
; manifesto (1983)
170–1
; media support
40
; policy differences
64
; popular support (1981)
120
; popular support (1990)
453–4
; recovery of support
169–70
; and the SDP
119–20
; Thatcher’s leadership challenge
46–8

Conservative Philosophy Group
70

Conservative Research Department
36
,
67

Constitution of Liberty, The
(Hayek)
67–8

contraception
315

conviction rates
317–18

Cook, Robin
143

Cooper, Sir Frank
158

Corett, Robin
242

Cork, Richard
225
,
234

Coronation Street
(TV programme)
246
,
471

corporate takeovers
396–400

corporatist government
17–18
,
377

Cortonwood colliery
345–6
,
353

Council for Community Relations, Lambeth
89

Council for Social Democracy
114–15

Country
(film)
228

County NatWest
404–5

Coventry
, HMS
162–3

Cowling, Maurice
70

Cox, John
201

Craigie, Jill
124

credit boom
181
,
423–4
,
466–7

Crick, Bernard
152

cricket
485–6

crime
89–90
,
315–20
,
469

Criminal Justice Act (1988)
316–17

Critchley, Julian
119

Crosby by-election
129

Crosland, Anthony
10
,
15
,
136

Crossroads
(TV programme)
246

Croydon North-West by-election
129

cruise missiles
200
,
202–8
,
212
,
221–2

Cullen inquiry
192

Cunningham, George
25

Curry, Chris
78

Curteis, Ian
243–4

CZWG
265

Dahrendorf, Ralf
115

Daily Express
176
,
207
,
234
,
325

Daily Mail
306

Daily Mirror
40
,
155
,
176
,
303
,
363
,
403

Daily Telegraph
43
,
70
,
155
,
364
,
404

Daily Worker
363

Dallas
(TV programme)
246

Dalyell, Tam
25
,
152–3
,
154
,
210–11

Dammers, Jerry
85–6

Davies, Gavyn
6

day of action (22 January 1979)
22–3

DBS UK
238

Dead or Alive
289

Dean, Brenda
365–6
,
368
,
369–70

defence budget
212–13
,
462

defence cuts
135–6
,
137
,
142
,
199

Dell, Edmund
55–6

Delors, Jacques
379
,
444
,
446–8
,
455–6

democratic government, spread of
461–2

Democratic Unionists (DUP)
103

Department of the Environment
432
,
433

Depeche Mode
279
,
280

deprivation
95

Deptford fire (1981)
86

Derer, Vladimir
112

détente
201
,
211–12

Development Corporations
436

devolution
11
,
25–6
,
102–3

Diana, Princess of Wales
94
,
414
,
416
,
473

Dick, Philip K.
278

directors’ salaries
409
,
411

Dire Straits
288

Disley, John
338

Disraeli, Benjamin
61
,
69

Distillers
404

divorce
313
,
315

Do the Right Thing
(film)
228

‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ (song)
209
,
297
,
336–8

Docklands Light Railway
372

Dodd, Ken
34

Donald, Chris
251

Donoughue, Bernard
24
,
41

Donovan, Jason
289–90

Downing College, Cambridge
267

Downing Street Policy Unit
70–1

Doyle Carte Opera Company
223–4

Dozo, General Lami
136
,
137

Drexel Burnham Lambert
234

drugs and drug abuse
301–3
,
307
,
316
,
421

du Cann, Sir Edward
47

Dudley, Anne
280

Duran Duran
285

Durlacher, Nick
407

Dury, Ian
292

Dynasty
(TV programme)
246

Eady Levy
261

East Falkland
156–8
,
163