Amnesty International 156, 241
Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) 104
Angry Brigade 13
anti-Semitism 7, 18, 26, 46, 81, 130, 132, 153–5, 159, 192–4, 207, 214, 228, 231–41, 245–53, 256, 268–72, 274, 285, 287, 301, 308–9, 316, 323–35, 337, 340
Arkush, Jonathan 239–40, 246, 325–9
Ashcroft, Lord 174
Ashworth, Jon 278
ASLEF see Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) 171, 182, 223, 294–5
Association of London Authorities (ALA) 120
Attlee, Clement 2, 13, 150
AUEW see Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers Auschwitz 154, 340, 341
Austin, Ian 210, 212, 277, 331
Baader Meinhof 13
Baharier, Michelle 286
Bahrain 155–6
Bailey, Rebecca Long 199
Banks, Tony 22, 83
Barghouti, Marwan 292
Barlow, David 46
Barnett, Emma 308
Bataclan theatre attack, Paris (November 2015) 212
Bateman, Marilyn 65
BBC 156, 159, 166, 175, 176, 180, 187, 193, 196, 200, 201, 213, 214, 221, 236, 261, 268, 272, 282, 283, 296, 303, 308, 311, 314, 318, 321
Beckett, Jasmin 235
Beckett, Margaret 164, 167, 179
Begg, Moazzam 272–3
Begin, Menachem 131
Benn, Emily 163
Benn, Hilary 190, 199, 212, 213, 219–22, 225, 257, 259–62
Benn, Tony 42, 176, 186, 267, 275; socialist beliefs 21, 37, 55, 58, 102; acclaims Wilson’s election win 24; family background 29; relationship with Corbyn 29, 58, 67–70, 85, 104; Wilson’s comment on 30; as possible Labour leader 34, 54, 59, 104; blames Foot for SDP success 61; programme for socialism 68–70; loses Bristol South-East seat 77; 1983 Labour deputy leadership contest 83; walks out of Labour conference 93; linked to LAP 97; organises convention in Chesterfield 103
Bennett, Ronan 185–6
Bergen-Belsen 341
Berger, Luciana 239, 269, 316, 324–6, 340
Berlin Wall 105
bin Laden, Osama 128–30, 156, 206
Birmingham Six 95
Bishop, Maurice 85
Black Lives Matter 290
Black Power movement 7, 8, 30
Black September 192
Blackburn, Robin 68
Blair, Tony 147, 168, 300; opposition to 114–16, 118, 120, 139, 143–4, 162, 171; attempts to deselect MPs 121–2; ‘ethical foreign policy’ 124–5; decision to bomb Iraq 134–7, 219, 277; wins 2001 general election 138–40; resigns as Labour leader 144; after leaving office 149; attempts to prevent Corbyn’s election as Labour leader 175, 179; and 2005 London bomb attacks 216–17; fails to speak out against Corbyn 284; warns Britain becoming a one-party state 293
Blakelock, PC Keith 93, 95
Blanchflower, David 182–3, 284, 296–7
Blower, Christine 228, 230
Blunkett, David 191, 280, 293
BMA see British Medical Association BNP see British National Party
Board of Deputies of British Jews 239, 324, 326, 328
Boateng, Paul 76
Bolívar House, Fitzrovia 141
Borough Market attack (June 2017) 309
Botmeh, Jawad 133
Bottomley, Virginia 111
Bouattia, Malia 246–7
Boutle, Clive 76, 115
BP (British Petroleum) 157
Bracchitta, Claudia: breakdown of marriage to Corbyn xix–xxii, xxiii–xxiv, 118, 123, 161; marriage to Corbyn 100, 101; informs Corbyn of his mother’s death 103; accompanies Corbyn to Cuba 108
Bradshaw, Ben 290
Bragg, Billy 332
Bramall, Field Marshal Lord 220
Branson, Richard 288–9
Brenner, Lenni 247
Brexit 259, 261, 263, 283, 285, 293, 297–9, 312, 314–15, 330, 336–8, 342–7
Brighton bombing (1984) 89–90, 95, 196
Bristol 81
British Army 129, 195, 211
British Leyland 29–30
British Medical Association (BMA) 230, 243
British National Party (BNP) 226
British Rail 295
British Steel 86–7
British Union of Fascists 1
Brittan, Leon 220
Brixton, London 62, 81
Broadwater Farm, Tottenham 41–2, 94, 229
Brockway, Fenner 67
Brown, Gordon 114, 120–1, 144–7, 164, 172, 180, 220, 284
Brown, Jane 115
Brown, Nick 292
Brunel University 65
Bryant, Chris 261, 264
Bseiso, Atef 192
Buddan, Robert 5
Burnham, Andy 170, 173, 175, 183, 185, 190, 221, 261, 265, 302, 307
Bush, George H.W. 107
Bush, George W. 134, 135
Cable, Vince 197
Cage 272
Calais, France 228–9
Callaghan, James 34, 37, 39–40, 47, 54, 58–9, 67, 150, 180
Camden council 47, 66
Camden and Islington Trust 187
Cameron, David 12, 145–7, 156–9, 168, 186, 197, 204, 206, 211, 213, 215, 219, 222, 241–4, 255–6, 267, 274, 278, 284, 286
Cameron, Ian 243
Campaign Group 165
Campaign for Labour Party Democracy 21, 55, 242
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) 3, 13, 129, 176, 226
Campbell, Alastair 137, 183
Carden, Dan 302
Carlile, Lord 310
Carmichael, Stokely 6
Carr, John 89
Casey, Anthony 288
Casey, Louise 310–11
Castro, Fidel 6, 8, 11, 73, 83, 105–6, 108, 292
Cesek, Ann 160
Chakrabarti, Shami 252–3, 269–74, 276, 285–6, 292, 304
Chalmers, Alex 235
Chang, Victor 7, 9
Channel 4 10–11, 200, 221, 258, 259, 318
Chapman, Jane; character and description 24, 38–9; meets and marries Corbyn 24–6; political interests and career 25–7, 32, 38, 41–2; relationship with Corbyn’s parents 25; comment on Corbyn’s lack of books 27; comments on Corbyn’s character 30; on strained holidays with Corbyn 34–6; breakdown of marriage to Corbyn 37, 41, 50–1; removal of school governors 47; dismissed from position in Haringey 48; confrontation with Abbott 56–7; votes against Corbyn 282
Charlie Hebdo attack (January 2015) 212
Chávez, Hugo 140–2, 151, 176, 182, 204–5, 281, 306
Chessum, Michael 228
Chilcott, Sir John 277
Chile 11, 106, 124; Chilean Committee for Justice 100
Church, Charlotte 173–4
Church, Frank 22
Churchill, Winston 17
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 8, 11, 22
Clark, Katy 209, 225, 235, 242, 260, 278
Clarke, Charles 143
Class War 163
Clause 4 (of Labour constitution) 114, 205
Clay Cross, Derbyshire 25
Coaker, Vernon 261
Coffey, Ann 259
Cold War 36–7, 105
Cole, G.D.H. 301
Coleman, Neale 176, 203, 208–9, 226–7
Collier, David 323
Collins, Philip 183, 217, 299
Common Good group 188–9
Communication Workers’ Union 165
communism, communists 16–18, 20–1, 67, 105, 134, 214, 218, 300; The Communist Manifesto 21; Communist Party 129, 134, 296; Communist Party of Great Britain 16
Conquest, Robert 53, 177
Conservative Central Office 67, 68
Consett steelworks, County Durham 86–7
Cook, Robin 232
Cooke, Leroy 7
Cooper, Yvette 170, 173, 175, 185, 301
Copeland by-election (2017) 296, 298
Corbyn, Andrew 2
Corbyn, David Jnr 2, 100
Corbyn, David Snr 1–2
CORBYN, JEREMY: character and description xv–xxvi, 3, 4, 6, 9–10, 19–20, 49–51, 71–2, 82, 101, 185, 193–4, 197, 259, 262, 299; breakdown of marriage to Bracchitta xix–xxix, 118, 123; financial problems xix–xxi, xxiii, xxv; affairs xxii, 51–2, 57, 160; attitude to education xxiv–xxv, 115–16, 122, 200; biographical discrepancies xxiv–xxvi, 1, 4–5, 11–13, 17–19, 27, 54, 193, 288–9; rarely reads books xxv, 2–3, 11–12, 27, 176, 282; birth, family background and education 1–3; disdain for materialism, culture and spirituality 3, 7–8, 19, 20, 30, 34–5, 122; socialist influences and beliefs 3, 8, 10–14, 16, 19–20, 27–31, 36–8, 46, 58, 59, 67–70, 83, 90–1, 122–4, 129, 134, 148, 150–1, 257–8, 292; sings ‘The Red Flag’ 4, 38, 114, 147, 186, 187, 196; in Jamaica 4–10; unsociableness of 6, 31, 52–3, 83; in Guyana and South America 11–13; unable to analyse political and economic issues 12, 29–30, 32, 69, 103, 106–8, 114, 123, 130, 152–3, 177, 180–2, 201, 223–4, 244, 296–7; attends camp in Skegness 13–14; anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist tendencies 18, 19, 26, 46, 81–2, 107, 130–4, 153–5, 159, 178, 192–4, 231–53, 268–75, 301, 308–9, 323–35, 340–2; works for NUTGW 18–19; political ambitions 21–2, 30–2, 38–9, 44–7, 49–50, 55–6, 70–1, 72, 75–8, 117; becomes researcher for Tony Banks at AUEW 22; dislike of American imperialism 22, 83, 85, 106, 106–7, 125; marriage to Jane Chapman 24–7, 30, 34–6; elected to Haringey council 25–8; affinity towards immigrants 26, 28, 31, 38, 45–6, 55, 71–2, 79, 80, 83–4, 101, 110, 113–14, 123, 126, 146, 147; hatred of middle classes 27–8, 53; and Tony Benn 28, 58, 67–70, 85; attitude to women 30, 35, 37, 116, 122, 190, 191; fired by AUEW and hired by NUPE 32–3; interest in manhole covers 36; breakdown of marriage to Chapman 37, 41, 50–1; in election campaigns 38, 99–101, 118, 146–7, 287; involved in plots and skirmishes in Haringey 41–63, 66–7, 70–3, 74–5, 102; supports strikes and unrest 41–50, 54, 57–8, 60–2, 88, 90, 149, 298; prefers others to do the dirty work 44, 62, 88, 105, 187, 199; attitude to police 45, 60, 62, 74–5, 93–5, 212–13, 229, 307–8, 310, 319; and Labour’s 1979 and 1983 general election defeats 48, 101; helps execute coup at GLC 53–6, 62–3, 66; attitude to Falklands conflict 73–4; elected MP for Islington North 76–7, 113, 119, 146–7; conduct at Westminster 79–80, 83–5, 187–8, 191; confused views 82, 115–16, 124–7, 211–14, 292–4; dislike of media 84, 112, 115, 122, 147, 179, 245, 302; enjoys foreign travel 84–5, 106, 108, 117, 224–5; fails to criticise council corruption or incompetence 84, 110–12, 119; encourages direct action against capitalism 86; response to Brighton bombing 89–90; supports IRA 90, 95–6, 103–4, 116–17; walks out of Labour conference 93; arrested in 1986 95; penchant for revolutionaries and tyrants 96–7, 105–6, 140–2, 176, 178, 192–3, 196; linked to LAP 97; as sympathiser of Soviet system 97–8, 177; marries Claudia Bracchitta 100–1; detachment from mainstream Britain 101–2; harmless image 102, 109; oratory of 103, 185–6, 195–6, 200, 204–6, 224, 255, 256, 291; response to mother’s death 103; lack of sympathy for oppressed people 104–8; mistrust of 104, 187, 218, 299; slide into obscurity 104, 109, 111–12, 115–17, 123–4, 127; reaction to Glasnost 105; foreign affairs beliefs 106–8; response to abuse of children in Islington 110–11; rebellion, opposition and attempted coups against 119, 189, 197–9, 201, 217–18, 221–3, 240, 242, 251, 259–68, 272–4, 277–90, 298–300; Blair’s attempts to deselect 121–2; opposes Labour leadership 121–2, 135–41, 143, 149–51; distrust of IT and the internet 123; supports immigration, multiculturalism, pacifism and anti-globalisation 126–7, 146, 151–3, 155, 156, 176, 212–14, 219–21, 224, 228–9, 245, 257–8, 294, 297–8, 303; extreme convictions 128–42; Muslim sympathies 134–8, 143–4, 155, 159, 192, 271, 310–11; attitude to Middle East 136–8, 155–9, 178; relationship with McDonnell 148–9; marries Laura Alvarez 160–1; election to Labour leadership 162–84; supports McDonnell’s economic plans 180–1, 284, 296–7, 303; first months as leader 185–210; appointments and resignations 188–91; at St Paul’s Cathedral commemoration 194–5; dismissal and deselection of opponents 199, 225–8, 241, 276, 290, 292, 315–16, 337–8; and oath of allegiance to Queen 207–8; refuses to condemn terrorist activities 212–16, 291, 310–11; and shoot-to-kill policy 213, 215–16; and TV documentary 227; hostility towards EU 255–9, 297; challenge to leadership of 281–90; 2017 general election 304–15; reaction to Grenfell fire 317–20; vacillation over Brexit 343–7; ‘Stupid woman’ controversy 346–7
Corbyn, Naomi Josling 1–3, 25, 100, 244
Corbyn, Piers 2, 13, 17–18, 25, 34, 41, 235, 251, 286
Corbyn, Seb 165, 201, 207, 216
Corbyn, Tommy 236
Cotton, Dany 319
Cox, Jo 211, 254, 263
Coyne, Gerard 171, 287, 289, 302
Creasy, Stella 273, 334
Croft, Peter 7
Crosby, Lynton 304
Crosland, Tony 114
Crossman, Richard 114
Cuba 6, 8, 85, 105–6, 108, 123–4, 292, 296; Cuba Solidarity 26; Cuba Solidarity Committee 278
Cunningham, George 76–7
Curtice, John 293, 300, 303
Czechoslovakia 36, 131, 177; Czech intelligence 96–7
Daily Mail 299
Daily Mirror 168, 183, 205, 241, 253, 261, 265, 279, 296, 341
Daily Telegraph 217, 271, 311
Daley, Janet 218
Damascus, Syria 158
Daniels, Judith 64
Davies, Andrea 13
Davies, Liz 110, 111
Dawes, Dennis 6
de Beauvoir, Simone 50
de Chassiron, Charles 106
de Piero, Gloria 261
Dearlove, Richard 136, 311
Debbonaire, Thangam 280, 285
Deir Yassin Remembered (DYR) 133–4, 238
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 315, 342, 345
Dick, Cressida 310
Dickens, Geoffrey 110, 111
Dicks, Terry 77, 120
Doherty, Hugh 95
Downing, Gerry 236
Dromey, Jack 264
Dryden, John 343
Dugdale, Kezia 218–19, 292–3, 316
Duggan, Mark 229
Dugher, Michael 225
Duke, David 251
Duncan, D.K. 6–7
Duncan Smith, Iain 241, 242
DUP see Democratic Unionist Party
Dyson, James 152
Eagle, Angela 191, 212, 261, 273, 277–8, 280
Eagle, Maria 225, 226, 261
Eastern Europe 36, 79, 104–5, 108, 233
Ecclestone, Bernie 144
The Economist 70
Eden, Douglas 21–2, 34, 47, 54, 55
Eichmann, Adolf 340–1
Eisen, Paul 133, 238, 340
Elizabeth II, Queen 60, 207, 208, 218
Elliott, James 235
Ellis, Marlene 241
Ellman, Louise 231–3, 235, 250, 325
Elthorne estate, Islington 110
Embley, Lloyd 265
Emwazi, Mohammed (‘Jihadi John’) 211–12, 224
Engel, Natascha 149
English Electric 1
Enniskillen massacre (November 1987) 95
EOKA 96
ERM see Exchange Rate Mechanism
EU see European Union
EU referendum (June 2016) 197, 25–9, 263, 267, 292, 297
European Union (EU) 150–1, 188–90, 197, 297
Evening Standard 111, 185, 247, 326
Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) 114
Falconer, Lord 190, 261
Falkland Islands 73–4, 126
Faulkner, Charlie 212
Feingold, Oliver 247
Field, Frank 167, 260, 334, 337
Findlay, Neil 292
Finsberg, Geoffrey 77
Finsbury Park mosque, London 127
Fisher, Alan 32
Fisher, Andrew 163, 203, 209, 214, 227, 273, 300
Fitzgerald, Julia 66
Flello, Robert 263
Fletcher, Harry 82, 168, 170, 188
Fletcher, Kat 168, 176
Fletcher, Simon 81, 134, 168, 176, 188, 191, 204, 208–9, 227
Foot, Michael 34, 59, 61, 69, 71, 72, 74, 77, 81, 83, 201, 225
Formby, Jennie 279, 327, 331, 338
Foster, Michael 239
Foxcroft, Vicky 273
Franchi, Tony 39
Freedland, Jonathan 299
‘Freedom for Humanity’ (mural) 233–4, 324–5
Freeman, Alan 140, 141
Freeson, Reg 247
Fry, Stephen 309
Fullick, Leisha 118–19
Gaddafi, Muammar 66, 88, 156–7
Galeano, Eduardo, Open Veins of Latin America 11–12
Galloway, George 58, 66, 103, 134, 141, 157, 168
Galtieri, General Leopoldo 73–4
Gapes, Mike 294–5
Gardiner, Barry 264
Gaza 154, 233, 234, 237–9, 334
German, Lindsey 129, 130, 135, 222, 224
Germany 163
Gestetner 61
Gibson, Bishop 7
Gilbert, Tony 67, 97
Gisburne House, Islington 110
Glasnost 105
Glastonbury Festival 261, 320–1
GLC see Greater London Council
GMB (trade union) 147, 188–9, 201, 226
Goodman, Helen 264
Goodwin, Barbara 65
Gourtsoyannis, Yannis 230, 243
Gove, Michael 274
GQ magazine 5
Gramsci, Antonio 267
Grant, Bernie 30–1, 39, 42, 49, 53, 57, 66, 71, 75, 93, 105, 257
Grant, Ted 60
The Great British Bake Off (TV programme) 200
Greater London Council (GLC) xxiii, 26, 34, 46–7, 49, 53–6, 62–4, 66, 85–6, 88–9, 91–2, 176, 228
Greatley, Angela 73
Greece 163, 182
Green, Kate 262
Green, Philip 283
Green Party 175
Greenstein, Tony 81
Grenfell Tower, London 317–20, 330
Grunwick dispute (1976) 37
Guardian 88, 125, 134, 166, 167, 176, 177, 183, 198, 203, 205, 208, 232, 251, 266, 288, 289, 298, 299
Guevara, Che 6
Guildford Four 95
The Guinness Book of Records 95
Gulf War (1990) 107
Gurbuz, Aysegul 237
Guyana 11
Haberdashers’ Adams grammar school, Shropshire 2–3
Habeeb, Sameh 285
Hain, Peter 129, 255
Haines, Joe 32, 303
Halabja, Iraq 107
Hamad, King 156
Hamami, Ibrahim 237
Hamas 155, 179, 192, 232, 233, 237–40, 251, 256, 270, 276, 333