A Fortunate Life (68 page)

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Authors: Paddy Ashdown

  • Atkinson, Max,
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  • Auberson, M.,
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  • Augustine, St,
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  • Auschwitz,
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  • Australia,
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  • Auxerre,
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  • Avgas,
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  • Axminster,
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  • Ayrshire,
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  • Ba Tsin mountains,
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  • ‘Baby May’ (motor car),
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  • Baghdad,
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  • Bailey, Bella,
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  • Bailey, John,
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  • Bailey, Steph,
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  • Baker, Kenneth,
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  • Baker, Mary,
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  • Baker, Wilf,
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  • Bakewell, Cathy,
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  • Baldwin, Stanley,
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    • see also
      Yugolsavia and its constituent parts
  • Ban Ki Moon,
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  • Bangkok,
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  • Banja Luka,
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  • Baram River,
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  • Barbados,
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  • Barber, Chris,
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  • Barlen, Michael,
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  • Barnes, Rosie,
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  • Barney,
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  • Barnfield,
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  • Bartlett, Jim,
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  • ‘Batch, The’,
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  • Bath, 6th Marquess of,
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  • Beatles,
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  • Beaulieu,
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  • Bedayuh tribe,
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  • Bedford High School,
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  • Bedford Modern,
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  • Bedford School,
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  • Bedford Upper School,
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  • Bedouin,
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  • Beijing,
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  • Beith, Alan conventional approach of,
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    • leadership contest,
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    • mentioned,
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    • rebels against Ashdown,
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    • teams up with Ashdown,
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  • Belfast,
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  • Belfast Anglers Association,
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  • Belfast Lough,
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  • Belfast Royal Infirmary,
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  • Bell, Steve,
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  • Belloc, Hilaire,
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  • Belotti, David,
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  • Ben Hur,
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  • Bergen rucksacks,
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  • Berita Harian,
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  • Berlin Wall,
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  • Besançon,
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  • Beyond Westminster
    (Paddy Ashdown),
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  • Bickleigh,
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  • bilharzia,
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  • Billinge, Rosemary,
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  • Billinge, Roy,
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  • Black and Tans,
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  • ‘Black Wednesday’,
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  • Blair, Cherie,
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  • Blair, Tony,
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    • Ashdown feels ground cut from under him,
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    • Ashdown goes on seeing,
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    • Ashdown’s critique of,
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    • Ashdown’s resignation,
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    • Ashdown’s views on,
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    • attack dogs,
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    • becomes Labour leader,
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    • coalition and PR thoughts,
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    • comparisons with Ashdown,
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    • Cook criticises,
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    • co-operation with Ashdown over PMQ,
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    • ‘cuckoo strategy’,
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    • Downing Street,
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    • Iraq,
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    • Jenkins Report,
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    • Karzai,
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    • lost opportunity for centre left,
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    • love or respect,
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    • merger with Lib Dems required,
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    • 1997 partnership discussions,
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    • Northern Ireland,
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    • persuades Clinton on Kosovo,
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    • Princess Diana’s death,
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    • re-aligning the left,
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    • Richard Holme,
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    • Saddam Hussein,
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    • visions of what it takes to be great,
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    • VJ Day 50th anniversary,
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  • Blake, George,
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  • Blaškić, Tinomir,
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  • Bloody Sunday,
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  • Blunkett, David,
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  • Bogomils,
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  • Bombay,
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  • Boney (cat),
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  • Bootle,
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  • Borneo,
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  • Bosna River,
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  • Bosnia,
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    • Alan Leaman’s influence,
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    • Ashdown leaves,
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    • Ashdown’s role,
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    • calls on Bosnian President,
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    • Dayton,
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    • diary keeping,
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    • ethnicity,
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    • Fitzroy MacLean,
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    • flashpoint,
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    • geography,
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    • international community,
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    • Larry Hollingworth,
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    • obsession over,
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    • proximity of violence, effects of,
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    • rape of Muslim women,
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    • reconstruction,
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    • Srebrenica memorial,
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    • Tudjman dismisses,
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    • winter sports,
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  • Bosniaks ethnic grouping,
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    • flashpoint for,
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    • safe havens,
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    • Sarajevo repulse,
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    • search for indentity,
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  • Bosnian Serbs,
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  • Boston,
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  • Boundary Commission,
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  • Bournemouth,
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  • Bovisand Fort,
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  • Boyce, Admiral the Lord Michael,
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  • Boyne, Battle of the,
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  • Braithwaite, Julian,
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  • Brandt, Willy,
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  • Bren guns,
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  • Brent Knoll,
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  • Bridie,
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  • British Army Review,
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  • British Embassy, Jakarta,
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  • British Embassy, Peking,
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  • British Expeditionary Force,
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  • British Military Hospital,
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  • Brittan, Leon,
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  • Broadstone,
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  • Brown, Gordon
    • Blair’s charm and,
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    • Downing St accommodation,
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    • Ming Campbell talks,
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    • Novosibirsk,
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    • Sarkozy,
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    • views on coalition with Lib Dems,
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    • warned on Afghanistan,
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  • Brown Square, Belfast,
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  • Browning pump-action shotguns,
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  • Bruce, Malcolm,
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  • Brunei,
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  • Brunei Bay,
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  • Brunei People’s Party,
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  • Brunelleschi, Filippo,
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  • Brunson, Michael,
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  • Bruton, John,
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  • Brydon, Doctor,
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  • Buchan, John,
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  • Buckingham Palace,
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  • Buckland St Mary,
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  • Budd, Dick,
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    HMS,
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  • Buna River,
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  • Bunch of Grapes, Chelsea,
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  • Bunyan, John,
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  • Burma,
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  • Burnett, John,
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  • Burton, Sir Michael,
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  • Bush, George H. W.,
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  • Butler, Robin,
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  • Caine, Sir Michael,
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  • Callaghan, Jim,
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  • Calley, William,
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  • Cambridge University Senate House,
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  • Cameron, David,
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  • Campbell, Alastair,
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  • Campbell, Sir Menzies,
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    • see also
      Ming Group Ashdown’s secret work,
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    • becomes leader,
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    • friendship and leadership,
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    • Gulf War,
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    • Ming Group,
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  • Campbell College, Belfast,
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  • Campbeltown,
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  • Canal de Nivernais,
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  • Cantonese language,
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  • Cape Verde Islands,
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  • Carlile, Alex,
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  • Cassidy, Dr Sheila,
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  • Castle, Barbara,
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  • Castle, Dr Maureen,
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  • Castle Martin House,
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  • Castlemaine,
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  • Castlewellan,
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  • Castro, Fidel,
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  • Cathars,
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  • Cathole,
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  • Catholics (Northern Ireland),
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  • Cathy Come Home,
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  • Causeway Bay (Hong Kong),
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  • Čavić, Dragan,
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  • Centre Left,
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  • chamois,
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  • Changi prison,
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  • Chard,
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  • Chard Focus,
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  • ‘Chariots’,
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  • Charles, Prince,
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  • Chechens,
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  • Chen, Mrs,
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  • Cheong, Mrs,
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  • Chidgey, David,
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  • Chile,
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  • China,
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  • Cultural Revolution,
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    • food,
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    • goods with US components and,
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    • Hong Kong,
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    • journalists visit Belfast,
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    • rights of abode in Britain,
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  • Chinese language (Mandarin),
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  • Chinese Language School, Lyemun,
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  • ‘Choice or Privilege’ (Paddy Ashdown and Alan Leaman),
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  • Christ Church, Simla,
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  • Christies,
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  • Chronicles of Narnia, The
    (C. S. Lewis),
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  • Churchill, Winston,
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  • Chusan,
    SS,
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  • Citizen’s Britain
    (Paddy Ashdown),
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  • Civil Services exams,
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  • Clarence Hotel, Exeter,
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  • ‘Clarissa’,
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  • Cleese, John,
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  • Clegg, Nick,
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  • Clifford, Richard (great grandfather),
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  • Clifford family,
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  • Clinton, Bill,
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  • Clough, Peter,
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  • CND,
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  • ‘Cockleshell Heroes’,
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  • Colditz,
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  • Colne Valley,
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  • Comber,
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  • Comber Produce Company,
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  • Comber Whiskey,
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  • Commandos,
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  • Committee on Standards in Public Life,
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  • Common Entrance,
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  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
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  • ‘Confrontation’ (Malaya),
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  • Congo,
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  • Conservative Party death of Ian Gow,
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    • local elections,
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    • new candidate,
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    • rumour mongering,
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    • Yeovil Ashdown’s strategy,
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    • local by-elections, gains from,
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    • 1979 election,
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    • Preston and West ward,
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    • try to prevent Ashdown’s local activities,
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  • Cook, Colonel Mark,
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  • Cook, Robin Blair’s views on coalition,
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    • gets lost in
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      Downing Street,
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    • Jenkins Report,
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    • Kosovo,
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    • reform agenda,
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  • Cooke, Sydney,
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  • Co-ordinating Committee (COCOM),
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  • Coppet,
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  • Cornish Delabole slates,
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  • Coronation,
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  • corporal punishment,
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  • Čosić, Dobrica,
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  • ‘counter lungs’,
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  • Counter Point,
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  • Courtenay, Jane
    see
    Ashdown, Jane (wife)
  • Courtenay, Tim,
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  • Cowper-Coles, Sherard,
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  • Cravant,
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  • Crewe station,
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  • Crewkerne,
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  • Crni Vrh,
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  • Croatia Bosnia,
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    • dislike of Ashdown,
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    • Germanic aspirations,
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    • importance of in situation,
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    • independence,
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    • Operation Storm,
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    • travels through,
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  • Croydon North West,
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  • cruise missiles,
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  • Crumlin Road,
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  • CTCRM (Commando Training Centre Royal Marines),
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  • Cuba,
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  • Cultural Revolution,
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  • Cyprus,
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