Downing Street Years - Margaret Thatcher [551]
Gorbachev, Raisa, 459, 461, 470, 478, 480, 483–4, 773, 786
Gordievsky, Oleg, 470, 476, 774
Gormley, Joe (President NUM 1971–82), 140
Gould, Bryan, 581
Gow, Ian (PPS to Prime Minister 1979–83): PPS, 29–30; memo on backbench morale, 132;. Cabinet reshuffle, 151; frames quotations from Powell, 184n; Falklands, 185; election campaign (1983), 285, 288; Anglo-Irish proposals, 394; resignation, 403; murder, 414–15, 822; leadership election campaign (1989), 830
Gow, Jane, 414–15
Gowrie, Grey, Lord (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1984–85), 420
Granada 500, 293
grant-maintained schools, 570–1, 578, 592–3, 597
grant-related expenditure assessments (GREAs), 643
Greater London Council (GLC), 284, 305
Greece: EC membership, 545–6; support for German EC proposals, 763
Greenham Common, 243
Grenada: Bishop government, 166; military coup, 328–9; US invasion, 328–32, 334–5, 818
Griffiths, Professor Brian (Head of Prime Minister’s Policy Unit 1985–90): Strategy Group, 565; education proposals, 570, 592, 597–9; Manifesto Committee, 572; education in Scotland, 620–1; ERM question, 700
Griffiths Report, 47
Gromyko, Andrei (Soviet Foreign Minister 1957–85), 242, 458, 451, 468, 469
G7 (Group of Seven) summits:
Tokyo (1979), 65–71
Ottawa (1981), 164–6, 739
Versailles (1982), 192, 231–2, 256–8
Williamsburg (1983), 290, 299–301, 586
Tokyo (1986), 498–9
Venice (1987), 586
Toronto (1988), 737, 738–40
Paris (1989), 752, 754, 759
Houston (1990), 762, 763–4
Guardian, 43, 52, 561
Guise, George, 640
Gulbenkian Collection, 633
Gulf: British withdrawal from (1970), 8, 162; Armilla Patrol, 91, 164, 816; MT’s visit (1981), 162–4, 817
Gulf Co-operation Council, 163
Gulf War: Belgian policy, 414; scud missile attacks on Israel, 507; Anglo-American relations, 769; build-up to, 822–8
Gummer, John (Party Chairman 1983–85, Agriculture Minister 1989–92): election campaign (1983), 292; Party Chairman, 310, 311, 421; Brighton bomb (1984), 380, 381; local government finance review, 646; Agriculture Minister, 757, 758; leadership election campaign (1990), 849, 851; MT’s resignation, 856
Gummer, Penny, 379, 380
Habibie, Professor BJ., 503
Hadfields, 107, 112
Hague, Professor Douglas, 126
Haig, Alexander (Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974–79, US Secretary of State 1981–82): MT’s Washington visit (1981), 158; Falklands crisis, 176, 178; shuttle diplomacy, 181; Falklands negotiations, 188, 190, 191–200, 202–8, 210–11, 216, 217, 222–3, 224, 229–30; Falklands proposals, 194–8; Peruvian peace plan, 216, 217; British Falklands landings, 229, 230; UN vote, 232; NATO, 240; Polish crisis, 253, 255
Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, Lord (Lord Chancellor 1979–87), 28, 37
Hamilton, Archie (PPS to the Prime Minister 1987–88), 411, 822
Hammond, Eric, 363
Hanna, Vincent, 588
Hanrahan, Brian, 214
Harlech, Lord, 72–3
Harper, Ross, 621
Harris, Robin, 565, 570, 572
Harrison, Margaret, 630
Harrods bomb (1983), 397
Hart, David, 365
Hassan, King of Morocco (1961-), 526
Hastings, Sir Stephen, 212
Haughey, Charles (Irish Prime Minister 1979–81, 1982–83, 1987–92): relationship with MT, 388, 410; compared with FitzGerald, 388, 393; hunger strikers, 390; Anglo-Irish Agreement, 405, 409- 10; extradition issue, 407; US speech (1988), 408–9; EC, 760, 762
Havel, Václav (President of Czechoslovakia 1989–92), 789–90, 808–9, 813, 826
Havers, Michael (Attorney General 1979–87, Lord Chancellor 1987): picketing issue, 107, 346, 348; Falklands, 189, 214, 228–9; miners’ strike (1984–5), 346–8, 374; NUM funds, 374
Hawke, Bob (Australian Prime Minister