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Kingman Committee Report, 595

Kinnock, Glenys, 580– 1

Kinnock, Neil (Labour Leader 1983–92): election campaign (1983), 301; miners’ strike (1984–5), 359, 363, 367, 374; Labour leadership, 360; Westland debates, 434, 435; debate on US bombing of Libya, 448; nuclear defence policy, 568; election campaign (1987), 580–1, 583; attack on MT (1990), 837; speeches, 858; MT’s resignation, 858–9

Kinsley, Michael, 312

Kipling, Rudyard, 82

Kirkpatrick, Jeane (US Ambassador to UN 1981–83), 180, 232

Kissinger, Dr Henry (US National Security Adviser 1969–75, Secretary of State 1973–77), 488

Klaus, Václav, 808

Knight, Andrew, 447

Knight, Sir Arthur, 116

Kohl, Helmut (German Chancellor 1982-): EC, 61, 312–14, 337, 537–41, 552, 554, 555–6, 557, 760–1, 763, 767; Chancellor, 257; MT’s visit (1982), 263; MT’s visits (1983), 319, 335; nuclear policy, 323, 335, 587, 747, 774–5, 784–7; US bombing of Libya, 446; Soviet policy, 477; South African debate, 519, 534; Chequers visit (1985), 549; CAP and German farmers, 731, 732–3, 734, 736, 766; London visit (1988), 735; EMU discussions, 740; MT’s visit (1989), 747–8; German reunification, 759, 793–5, 796–7; Hurd meeting, 765–6; MT Frankfurt summit, 785–6; London visit (1990), 799; achievements, 813; CSCE Paris summit, 842–3; MT leadership question, 842–3

Kollek, Teddy, 510–11

Kosygin, Alexei (Soviet Prime Minister 1964–80), 65–6

Krenz, Egon (East German Head of State 1989–90), 793

Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 802

Kuwait, Iraqi invasion, 164, 769, 816–22

Labour Governments: Callaghan’s 3–4; Attlee’s, 5, 12, 355; incomes policy, 42, 126; public spending plans, 51

Labour Party: philosophy, 6; attitude to trade union reform, 40; leadership, 41; EC entry–‘renegotiation’ policy, 62; steel policies, 108, 109; SDP, 153, 265; Falklands policies, 210; Foot leadership, 265, 298; political levy, 274, 275; manifesto drafting, 281; election (1983), 290; manifesto (1983), 290–1, 295; election campaign (1983), 292, 296–7, 301; changes, 298; hard Left, 339; coal nationalization, 340; miners’ strike (1984–5), 359, 360, 362, 367, 374–5; Kinnock leadership, 360; attitude to Prevention of Terrorism Act, 415; opinion poll lead (1985), 416; US bombing of Libya, 446; defence policy, 449, 568, 580; opinion poll lead (1986), 560; public relations, 566; Party Conference (1986), 566, 567, 568; election campaign (1987), 576, 579–80, 583; education testing, 595; health policy, 617; Scottish support, 619; community charge, 661; view of Labour Party–cont. nationalization, 676; opinion poll lead (1990), 832, 836

Lambsdorff, Count Otto von, 68, 69

Lamont, Norman (Chief Secretary 1989–90), 755, 758, 849, 854. 860

Land Rover, 118, 121, 438–9, 441

Landsbergis, Vytautas (President of Lithuania 1990–92), 801

Law, Andrew Bonar (Conservative Prime Minister 1922–23), 34

law and order: spending, 49; urban riots (1981), 143–7; policy group, 282; increased violence, 626, 628; community charge riot (1990), 661; see also police

Law Commission, 630

Lawley, Sue, 296

Lawson, Chris, 287

Lawson, Nigel (Energy Secretary 1981–83, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983–89): MTFS, 96, 151, 309, 566, 688; Energy, 151, 341; Party Conference (1981), 154; Chancellor of Exchequer, 308–9, 418, 693; public spending proposals, 316–17; EC budget, 336; miners’ strike (1984–5), 346; Chief Secretary relationship, 419–20; Westland, 425, 428; BL, 439, 440; Hong Kong negotiations, 489–90; ERM question, 554, 566, 691, 693–700, 709–3, 722, 750; Strategy Group, 565; policy group (1986), 566; speeches, 567; election campaign (1987), 570, 575–6; Health review, 609, 612; broadcasting policies, 636; local government finance, 647; community charge, 649–50, 652, 655, 667; shadowing deutschmark, 668, 675, 690, 697, 699–705, 710, 830; tax reforms, 672–6; relations with MT, 672, 688, 701–4, 705, 713–15, 726, 834; budget (1984), 673, 694; budgets (1985–9), 674–5, 694; gas privatization, 681; Energy Act (1983),