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–90; trade union reform, 107; coal dispute, 143; urban riots, 143–5; public spending debate, 149; Cabinet reshuffle, 151; Falklands, 185, 207; War Cabinet, 188, 214; Family Policy Group, 279; election campaign (1983), 288; Leader of Lords, 307; Parkinson affair, 311; Grenada, 330; miners’ strike (1984–5), 346, 376; MT holiday communications, 362; Brighton bomb (1984), 381; Cabinet reshuffle (1985), 418, 419; Westland, 428; BL, 440; Gorbachev visit, 460; Strategy Group, 565; election campaign (1987), 572; opposition to Forsyth, 623; BBC policy, 636; illness and resignation, 757; leadership election campaign (1990), 848

Whitmore, Clive, 48, 192, 205

Whittingdale, John, 285, 586, 792, 841, 843

Wicks, Sir Nigel (Prime Minister’s Principal Private Secretary 1985–88, Second Permanent Secretary, Treasury 1989-), 433, 525

Wilkie, David, 371

Williams, Shirley, 153, 298

Williamson, David, 729

Willis, Norman, 372, 376

Wilson, Gordon, 406

Wilson, Harold (Labour Prime Minister 1964–70, 1974–76), 8, 13n, 30n, 162

Wilson, Marie, 406

Wimpey, 457

Windsor, Roger, 36g Winston Churchill Foundation speech, 325

Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture, 79

winter of discontent, 4, 8, 19

Woerner, Manfred, 810

Wolfson, David: Downing St arrival, 24; Chequers lunch, 37; civil service dinner, 48; PSBR discussions, 135; Cabinet reshuffle (September 1981), 152; election campaign (1983), 288, 293; Brighton bomb (1984), 380; election campaign (1987), 584; health policy, 617

Wolfson Foundation, 633

Woodhouse School, Finchley, 225

Woodward, Rear Admiral John ‘Sandy’, 189, 214

World Bank, 169, 170, 526–7

World Climate Conference, Geneva (1990), 836

World War, First, 5

World War, Second, 5, 11, 461

Wyatt, Woodrow, Lord, 370

Yakovlev, Alexander, 460, 772–3

Yazov, Marshal Dmitri, 805–6

Yeltsin, Boris (President of Russia 1991-), 773, 803–4

York, HMS, 816

York, MT’s visit (1984), 365

Young, David, Lord (Minister without portfolio 1984–85, Employment Secretary 1985–87, Trade and Industry Secretary 1987–89): Employment, 28, 420–1; DTI, 28, 505; speeches, 567; advice, 569; manifesto (1987), 572–3; election campaign (1987), 583, 584–5; broadcasting policies, 636; BAe Rover deal, 680; leaves Cabinet, 756

Young, Janet, Lady (Leader HL 1981–83)151–2, 279, 307

Younger, George (Scottish Secretary 1979–86, Defence Secretary 1986–89): Scottish Secretary, 347, 433, 620; miners’ strike (1984–5), 347; IRA report, 405; Nimrod cancellation, 424; Defence, 433; US bombing of Libya, 443, 445; election campaign (1987), 578; opposition to Forsyth, 623; rate revaluation, 647; departure, 756; leadership election campaign (1989), 830, 837; leadership election campaign (1990), 840, 841

young people: policy group, 565–6; homelessness, 603, 627; juvenile delinquency, 626–7; teenage pregnancy, 627

Youth Opportunities Programme, 55n, 128

Youth Training Scheme, 279

Zaid bin Sultan al Nahayyan, Sheik, 163

Zamyatin, Leonid, 460

Zhao Ziyang, 260–1, 488, 489, 490, 492, 493

Zhelev, Zhelyu (President of Bulgaria 1990-), 843

Zia Ul-Haq, Mohammed, 167

Zimbabwe: independence, 73, 78, 523; MT’s visit (1989), 526–7

25 de mayo, 212, 214, 228

Acknowledgements

Many people assisted me in one way or another with the preparation of this book. Some I cannot name for they are still members of the civil service; others I can and do mention in what follows. But there is one person to whom I owe special thanks.

Government officials who prepare the ground for summit meetings are known in the trade as ‘sherpas’ after the Himalayan guides who assist people to climb Everest. My indispensable sherpa in the enterprise of writing this book has been Robin Harris. Robin has descended into the ravines of research for official papers to confirm or challenge my memory; he was a sure-footed guide through blizzards of fact and interpretation; and he ensured that the expedition reached its destination by the most direct route, in good order, and even attired with some elegance. Without his