Broken Vows (73 page)
- Brown, Professor Margaret,
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- Brown, Nick,
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- Brown, Sarah (née Macaulay),
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- Browne, Des: appointed immigration minister,
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- and immigration policy,
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- appointed defence secretary,
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- and expansion of Afghanistan mission,
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- and Iraq,
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- unable to push successfully for more military funding,
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- discusses Dannatt insurrection with TB,
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- Browne, John,
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- Buckley, Edgar,
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- Buhari, President Muhammadu,
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- Bulgarian immigrants,
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- Burns, Terry,
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- Burridge, Air Marshal Brian,
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- Bush, George W.: meets TB,
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- discussions with TB in immediate wake of
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- ‘axis of evil’ speech,
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- tries to raise support for Iraq war,
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- TB in constant contact with,
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- commitment to regime change,
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- TB meets to discuss Iraq,
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- TB’s unconditional guarantees to,
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- TB fails to persuade to go UN route,
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- calls on Saddam to surrender WMDs,
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- takes final decision to invade Iraq,
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- relationship with TB changes,
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- endorses Ulster peace plans,
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- TB dines with,
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- initiates report into US intelligence agencies’ errors over WMDs,
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- at G
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Gleneagles summit,
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- TB’s subservient relationship with,
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- video conference with TB to discuss Iraq,
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- ‘Yo, Blair’ greeting,
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- rejects TB’s offer to act as Rice’s advance man in Middle East,
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- TB fails to influence on Middle East peace plan,
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- TB’s public farewell,
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- helps TB get job as Quartet envoy,
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- Butler, Brigadier Ed,
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- Butler, Robin: character,
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- inquiries into Hamilton’s and Aitken’s probity,
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- first encounters with TB,
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- on immigration,
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- selection of successor,
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- clash with Blunkett,
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- and CB,
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- on Dearlove,
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- on protocol for prime ministerial meetings with MI
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- on TB’s character,
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- Butler inquiry and report,
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- Byers, Stephen: appointed trade and industry secretary,
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- and trade and industry policy,
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- approves Desmond’s takeover of
Express
,
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- loyalty to TB,
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- appoints administrators for Railtrack,
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- accused of misleading House of Commons,
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- criticises Brown at TB’s behest,
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- Cabinet: TB’s style for meetings,
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- ignorance of full Iraq situation,
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- Boyce addresses on extent of UK involvement in Iraq invasion,
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- told troops are to go to Middle East,
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- level of support for Iraq war,
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- given précis only of Goldsmith’s opinion of legality of war,
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- shackled by TB,
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- committee to discuss health,
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- discusses Afghanistan mission,
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- TB’s last meeting,
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- advance knowledge of Iraq war queried by Chilcot inquiry,
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- Calais
see
Sangatte refugee camp
- Callaghan, James,
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- Camarano, Erik,
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- Cameron, David: and Hutton report,
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- takes over leadership of Tories,
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- asks TB if backs Brown as successor,
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- and TB’s farewell to Commons,
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- and Rwanda,
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- and Libya,
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- TB asks for help to become EU president,
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- TB encourages to visit Kazakhstan,
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- and Vietnam,
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- and Nigeria,
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- Campbell, Alastair: background and character,
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- diaries,
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- author’s attitude to,
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- appointed by TB,
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- on Butler,
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- role on TB’s staff,
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- on Wilson,
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- importance to TB,
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- attitude to Mandelson,
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- and Diana’s death,
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- takes TB’s side in row with CB over Hunter,
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- and TB’s European single currency policy,
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- and Ecclestone scandal,
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- working methods and loyalties,
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- Mandelson on,
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- and SAS killing of Serbian warlord,
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- and defence and foreign policy,
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- on TB on world stage,
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- and Robinson scandal,
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- and TB–Brown relationship,
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- promotes Mandelson’s trade and industry strategy,
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- and immigration policy,
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- defends Robinson,
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- blamed by Mandelson for his first resignation,
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- Mandelson’s resignation increases his importance,
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- and TB’s first reshuffle,
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- criticised by Mandelson for spin re. government’s perceived elitism,
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- spin on TB’s foreign policy,
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- on Guthrie,
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- and Kosovo intervention,
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- advises Shea on managing media,
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- helps with forces of conservatism speech,
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- attacks Winston for criticism of NHS,
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- Bremner’s portrayal,
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- and health policy,
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- authorises Cockerell film,
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- and fuel-delivery lorry drivers’ protest,
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- and education policy,
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- argument about TB’s staff provokes him to threaten to resign,
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- and Hinduja affair,
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- encourages TB to befriend Desmond,
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- and 2001 election,
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- on Morris,
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- on Boyce,
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- and Iraq war,
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- tries to reconcile TB and Brown,
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- and Mittal donation,
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- support for Moore,
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- and foundation hospitals,
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- urges Morris not to resign,
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- and first Iraq dossier,
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- and foot-and-mouth report,
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- defends CB to media,
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- and Caplin,
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- relationship with CB,
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- advises TB re. Iraq invasion,
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- on TB’s exposure,
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- Boyce on,
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- supervises second Iraq dossier,
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- warns TB off discussing religion,
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- impatience with progress of Iraq war,
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- threatens to resign,
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- shores up TB’s reputation in wake of lack of WMDs in Iraq,
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- on Rumsfeld,
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- Gilligan–Kelly affair,
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- leaves Downing Street,
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- and Hutton report,
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- exonerated by Taylor,
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- advises TB to resign,
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- and Butler inquiry and report,
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- and 2005 election,
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- warns TB party support for him waning,
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- helps TB with his commercial work,
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- promotes Nazarbayev,
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- Campbell-Bannerman, Henry,
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- cancer,
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- Caplin, Carole,
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- car industry,
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- carbon emissions,
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- carbon trading,
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- Care Quality Commission,
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- Carey, George,
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- Carruthers, Ian,
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- Casey, General George,
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- Cassen, Professor Robert,
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- cataracts,
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- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge,
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- Cavanagh, Matt,
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- Chakrabarti, Suma,
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- Chamberlain, Neville,
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- Chaplin, Edward,
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- Charles, Prince of Wales,
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- Chartres, Richard,
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- Cheney, Dick,
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- Chilcot, John,
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- Chilcot inquiry,
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- Chilcott, Dominic,
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- China,
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- Chirac, Jacques: and Kosovo,
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- and Iraq war,
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- TB rejects invitation to meet,
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- Chisholm, John,
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- Churchill, Winston,
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- CIA: and Iraq,
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- and Libya,
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- Senate Intelligence Committee report on WMDs,
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- Civil Partnership Act (2004),
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- civil service: New Labour’s relationship with,
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- selection of Butler’s successor,
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- calibre in MoD,
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- importance to TB’s government,
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- TB introduces new units to manage and modernise,
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- calibre at Foreign Office,
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- Turnbull’s changed role as Cabinet secretary,
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- performance and rewards,
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- at Home Office,
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- changing standards,
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- Clark, Alan,
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- Clark, David,
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- Clarke, Charles: character,
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- on TB as judge of character,
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- moves to Home Office,
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- on Brown,
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- on Roche,
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- on TB’s fears of losing 2001 election,
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- appointed education secretary,
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- and education policy,
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- urges TB to fight over tuition fees,
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- appointed home secretary,
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- and immigration policy,
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- support for TB in run-up to 2005 election,
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- warns TB that government is spending too much,
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- TB asks to question Brown’s fitness to be PM,
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- foreign prisoners debacle,
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- fired,
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- chances of the succession ruined by Brown,
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- Clarke, Ken,
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- Clarke, Nita,
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- climate change: carbon emission reduction commitments,
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- carbon trading,
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- Clinton’s investments,
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- G8 summit (2007),
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- renewables,
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- Schwarzenegger conference for billionaires,
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- taxation,
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- TB’s interest,
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