Czytaj książkę: «Cameron at 10: From Election to Brexit»

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Frontispiece

Dedication

List of Illustrations

Dramatis Personae

Introduction to the Paperback Edition: Cameron at 10: 2010–16: The Verdict

1 First Night in Downing Street: 11 May 2010

2 Origin of ‘Plan A’: September 2008– February 2010

3 ‘If we win’: 6–12 May 2010

4 Delivering Plan A: May–October 2010

5 Bloody Sunday Statement: 15 June 2010

6 Chequers Summit on Afghanistan: June 2010

7 Life and Death in the Cameron Family: February 2009–September 2010

8 Coulson Departure: May 2010–February 2011

9 Taking on Gaddafi: February–September 2011

10 AV Referendum: Coalition Buckles: January–May 2011

11 Scottish Referendum Call: May 2011–February 2012

12 London Riots: August 2011

13 The Big Society and Beyond: May 2010–April 2012

14 The EU: Back Burner to Veto: May 2010–December 2011

15 The NHS Debacle: November 2009–September 2012

16 Cameron and Obama: March 2012

17 Omnishambles Budget: March 2012

18 Olympian Summer, Olympian Difficulties: May–September 2012

19 Lords and Boundaries: January–December 2012

20 Halfway Point: Autumn Blues: September–December 2012

21 Cameron Pledges a Referendum: April 2012–February 2013

22 Gay Marriage Saga: October 2011–July 2013

23 Lynton to the Rescue?: January 2013–October 2014

24 Warfare Over Welfare: May 2010–December 2014

25 The Darkest Hour Before Dawn: January–June 2013

26 The Iron Lady’s Long Shadow: April 2013

27 Maximum Danger: Syria Vote: August 2013

28 Essay Crisis Autumn: September 2013–February 2014

29 China Warms, Russia Cools: October 2013–March 2014

30 2014 Budget: Powering the North: March 2014–February 2015

31 The UKIP Challenge: 2013–2014

32 The Gove Reshuffle: July 2014

33 Scotland Decides: September 2014

34 EU Tribulations: January–June 2014

35 Final Autumn: September–December 2014

36 Controlling Immigration: November 2014

37 Farewell Washington: January 2015

38 A Diminished Britain?: September 2014–March 2015

39 The Coalition Endures: November 2014–March 2015

40 ‘If we lose’: March–May 2015

41 ‘The sweetest victory’: 7–8 May 2015

42 Road to Nowhere: May 2015–June 2016

43 Full Circle: 23–24 June 2016

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Notes

Index

By Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon

About the Publisher

List of Illustrations

Frontispiece: Cameron and his team inside Number 10 on the morning after the Scottish Referendum, 19 September 2014. Craig Oliver and Kate Fall are on the left of the picture (© Crown Copyright/Arron Hoare)

Chapter 1: David and Samantha Cameron enter Number 10 after winning the general election, 11 May 2010 (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 2: David Cameron and William Hague at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, 30 September 2008 (© Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Chapter 3: David Cameron and Nick Clegg inside Number 10 (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 4: George Osborne leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver his first Budget as chancellor, 22 June 2010 (© ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy)

Chapter 5: People cheer outside the Guild Hall in Londonderry, Northern Ireland as David Cameron reads a statement on the Bloody Sunday inquiry, 15 June 2010 (© Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 6: David Cameron addresses British soldiers at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on 11 June 2010 (© Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 7: David Cameron embraces his father Ian in Swindon, 18 April 2010 (© Toby Melville/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 8: Andy Coulson leaves Number 10 following his resignation on 21 January 2011 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Chapter 9 : Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the crowd in Benghazi as David Cameron listens, 15 September 2011 (© Philippe Wojazer/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 10: David Cameron before delivering a speech against a proposed change to the UK voting system on 18 April 2011 (© Oli Scarff/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 11: David Cameron meets Alex Salmond during talks on the Scottish independence referendum in St Andrews House in Edinburgh, 16 February 2012 (© David Cheskin/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 12: David Cameron talks to Acting Borough Commander Police Superintendent Jo Oakley in Croydon on 9 August 2011, following the London riots (© Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 13: Steve Hilton arrives in Downing Street on 21 February 2012 (© Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Chapter 14: David Cameron greets Angela Merkel outside Chequers, 30 October 2010 (© Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 15: David Cameron, press officer Gabby Bertin and operations head Liz Sugg leave after meeting workers at Dudley Ambulance Station on 5 May 2010 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Chapter 16: David Cameron and Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House, 14 March 2012 (© Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Chapter 17: George Osborne is shown making his Budget speech on television screens in an electrical store, 21 March 2012 (© David Moir/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 18: David Cameron and Boris Johnson in London, 16 April 2012 (© Olivia Harris/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 19: David Cameron and Nick Clegg at the Olympic Park, 12 May 2011 (© Pool/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 20: David Cameron with his wife Samantha before delivering his speech on the last day of the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, 9 October 2012 (© Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Chapter 21: David Cameron, Jeremy Heywood and Ed Llewellyn (standing) during a cabinet meeting in the Olympic handball arena, 9 January 2012 (© REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 22: Rainbow flag flies over Victoria Tower in support of gay marriage, June 2013 (© Nicolas Chinardet/Demotix/Corbis)

Chapter 23: David Cameron and Lynton Crosby (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 24: Iain Duncan Smith leaves Number 10 after a Cabinet meeting, 19 March 2014 (© Paul Marriott/Alamy)

Chapter 25: George Osborne arrives at Downing Street with Rupert Harrison, 28 February 2011 (© Steve Back/REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 26: David Cameron and Margaret Thatcher outside Number 10, 8 June 2010 (© Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 27: David Cameron addresses the House of Commons during the Syria debate, 29 August 2013 (© Pool/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 28: David Cameron in Fordgate, Somerset, 7 February 2014 (© Tim Ireland/epa/Corbis)

Chapter 29: David Cameron and Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit at Lough Erne, 17 June 2013 (© Yves Herman/Reuters/Corbis)

Chapter 30: George Osborne delivers a speech in Salford on the Northern Powerhouse in May 2015 (© Christopher Furlong – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 31: Douglas Carswell and Nigel Farage in Clacton-on-Sea, 10 October 2014 (© Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 32: Michael Gove leaves Downing Street on the day of the reshuffle, 15 July 2014 (© Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Chapter 33: Cameron and his core team inside Number 10 on the morning after the Scottish Referendum at about 5 a.m., 19 September 2014. Chris Martin, Kate Fall and Ed Llewellyn standing (l–r), George Osborne sitting, Craig Oliver to the right of Cameron (© Crown Copyright/Arron Hoare)

Chapter 34: David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker at the EU summit in Brussels, 30 August 2014 (© John Thys/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 35: George Osborne leaves the Treasury for Parliament, 3 December 2014 (© WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 36: David Cameron delivers a speech on immigration in Rocester, 28 November 2014 (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 37: David Cameron and Barack Obama in the White House, 16 January 2015 (© Ron Sachs/Corbis)

Chapter 38: David Cameron at the NATO summit in Newport, 3 September 2014 (© Ben Gurr – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 39: Oliver Letwin and Danny Alexander, 26 February 2013 (© REX Shutterstock)

Chapter 40: David Cameron campaigns in Carlisle, 6 May 2015 (© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Chapter 41: David and Samantha Cameron celebrate the general election results, 8 May 2015 (© Andrew Parsons/i-Images)

Chapter 42: David Cameron delivers a speech on the EU at the British Museum, 9 May 2016 (© Jack Hill/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Chapter 43: David Cameron resigns outside 10 Downing Street, 24 June 2016 (© Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Dramatis Personae

The lists below are not exhaustive, and only contain names that appear in the book.

‘LD’ = Liberal Democrat

‘2015’ = Still in position at the time of the 2015 general election

The Quad

CAMERON, DAVID – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2010–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 2005–15.

CLEGG, NICK – Deputy Prime Minister, 2010–15. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2007–15.

OSBORNE, GEORGE – Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2010–15. Shadow Chancellor, 2005–10.

ALEXANDER, DANNY – Secretary of State for Scotland, 12–29 May 2010. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2010–15. LD.

No 10 (Officials and Political Staff)

BERTIN, GABBY – Press Secretary, 2005–12. Director of External Relations, 2013–15.

BOWLER, JAMES – Principal Private Secretary, 2010–12.

CASE, SIMON – Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2012–13. Deputy Principal Private Secretary, 2013–14. Executive Director, Implementation Group at the Cabinet Office, 2014–15.

CASEY, NIGEL – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2014–15.

CASSON, JOHN – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2011–14.

CHAMBERS, MAX – Policy Unit, 2014–15.

CHATWIN, TIM – Head of Strategic Communications, 2010–11.

COOPER, ANDREW – Director of Strategy, 2011–13.

COULSON, ANDY – Director of Communications, 2010–11.

DOWDEN, OLIVER – Political Adviser, 2010–13. Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2013–14.

DUNLOP, ANDREW – Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Scotland, 2011–15.

FALL, KATE – Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2010–15

FELDMAN, ANDREW – Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2010–15.

FIELD, STEVE – Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman, 2010–12.

FLETCHER, TOM – Foreign Affairs Private Secretary, 2010–11.

FOGES, CLARE – Speechwriter, 2009–15.

GILBERT, STEPHEN – Political Secretary, 2010–15.

GILL, AMEET – Special Adviser, Head of ‘Grid’ Planning, 2010–15.

GLOVER, JULIAN – Speechwriter, 2011–12. Special Adviser, Department of Transport, 2012–15.

HEYWOOD, JEREMY – Downing Street Permanent Secretary, 2010–11. Cabinet Secretary, 2012–15.

HILTON, STEVE – Director of Strategy, 2010–12.

JOHNSON, JO – Head of the Policy Unit, 2013–15. Cabinet Office Minister, 2013–15.

KIDDELL, TIM – Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and Speechwriter, 2010–15.

KIRBY, PAUL – Head of Policy Unit, 2011–13.

KORSKI, DAN – Special Adviser, 2013–15.

LLEWELLYN, ED – Downing Street Chief of Staff, 2010–15.

LOCKWOOD, CHRIS – Deputy Head, Policy Unit, 2013–15.

MANN, LAURENCE – Political Private Secretary, 2010–15.

MARTIN, CHRIS – Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2012–15.

MCDONALD, SIMON – Foreign Policy Adviser, 2010–11. Ambassador to Germany, 2011–15.

O’DONNELL, GUS – Cabinet Secretary, 2005–11.

O’SHAUGHNESSY, JAMES – Director of Policy, 2007–11.

OLIVER, CRAIG – Director of Communications, 2011–15.

SALTER, MICHAEL – Political Head of Broadcasting, 2010–15.

SCHOLAR, TOM – Second Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, 2009–13. Adviser, European and Global Issues, 2013–15.

SEDDON, NICK – Policy Unit, 2013–15.

SILVA, ROHAN – Senior Policy Adviser, 2010–13.

SUGG, LIZ – Head of Operations, 2010–15.

WILLIAMSON, GAVIN – Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 2013–15.

WORTH, SEAN – Special Adviser, 2010–12. LD.

Cabinet

CABLE, VINCE – Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2010–15. LD.

CARMICHAEL, ALISTAIR – Secretary of State for Scotland, 2013–15. LD.

CLARKE, KENNETH – Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2010–12. Minister without Portfolio, 2012–14. Chancellor, 1993–7.

DUNCAN SMITH, IAIN – Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 2010–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–3.

FALLON, MICHAEL – Secretary of State for Defence, 2014–15.

FOX, LIAM – Secretary of State for Defence, 2010–11.

GOVE, MICHAEL – Secretary of State for Education, 2010–14. Chief Whip, 2014–15. Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2015.

GRAYLING, CHRIS – Minister for Employment, 2010–12. Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice, 2012–15.

GREENING, JUSTINE – Secretary of State for Transport, 2011–12. Secretary of State for International Development, 2012–15.

HAGUE, WILLIAM – Foreign Secretary, 2010–14. First Secretary of State, 2010–15. Leader of the House of Commons, 2014–15. Leader of the Conservative Party, 1997–2001.

HAMMOND, PHILIP – Secretary of State for Transport, 2010–11. Secretary of State for Defence, 2011–14. Foreign Secretary, 2014–15.

HILL, JONATHAN – Leader of the House of Lords, 2013–14. European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, 2014–15.

HUHNE, CHRIS – Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 2010–12. LD.

HUNT, JEREMY – Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, 2010–12. Secretary of State for Health, 2012–15.

JAVID, SAJID – Secretary to the Treasury, 2012–14. Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, 2014–15.

LANSLEY, ANDREW – Secretary of State for Health, 2010–12. Leader of the House of Commons, 2012–14.

MAY, THERESA – Home Secretary, 2010–15.

MCLOUGHLIN, PATRICK – Chief Whip, 2010–12. Secretary of State for Transport, 2012–15.

MILLER, MARIA – Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 2012–14.

MITCHELL, ANDREW – Secretary of State for International Development, 2010–12. Chief Whip, 2012.

MOORE, MICHAEL – Secretary of State for Scotland, 2010–13. LD.

MORGAN, NICKY – Secretary of State for Education, 2014–15.

PATERSON, OWEN – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2010–12. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2012–14.

PICKLES, ERIC – Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 2010–15.

SPELMAN, CAROLINE – Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2010–12.

STRATHCLYDE, TOM – Leader of the House of Lords, 2010–13.

TRUSS, LIZ – Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2014–15.

VILLIERS, THERESA – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2012–15.

WARSI, SAYEEDA – Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2010–12. Minister without Portfolio, 2010–12. Minister for Faith and Communities, 2012–14.

Also attending Cabinet:

GRIEVE, DOMINIC – Attorney General, 2010–14.

HANCOCK, MATTHEW – Minister for Business and Enterprise, Minister for Energy, and Minister for Portsmouth, 2014–15.

LAWS, DAVID – Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 12 May–29 May 2010. Minister for Schools, 2012–15. Minister for the Cabinet Officer, 2012–15. LD.

LETWIN, OLIVER – Minister for Government Policy, 2010–15.

MAUDE, FRANCIS – Minister for the Cabinet Office, 2010–15.

MCVEY, ESTHER – Minister for Employment, 2013–15.

SHAPPS, GRANT – Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2012–15. Minister without Portfolio, 2012–15.

STOWELL, TINA – Leader of the House of Lords, 2014–15.

WILLETTS, DAVID – Minister for Universities and Science, 2010–14.

WRIGHT, JEREMY – Attorney General, 2014–15.

YOUNG, GEORGE – Leader of the House of Commons, 2010–12. Chief Whip, 2012–14.

Other Ministers

BOLES, NICK – Minister for Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government, 2012–14. Minister for Skills and Equalities, 2014–15.

DUNCAN, ALAN – Minister for International Development, 2010–14.

FEATHERSTONE, LYNNE – Minister for the Home Office, 2014–15. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for International Development, 2012–14. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Equalities, 2010–12. LD.

HERBERT, NICK – Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, 2010–12.

WEBB, STEVE – Minister for Pensions, 2010–15. LD.

Office of Deputy Prime Minister (All Liberal Democrats)

ASTLE, JULIAN – Special Adviser, 2010–15.

COLBOURNE, TIM – Special Adviser, 2010–13. Deputy Chief of Staff, 2014–15.

MACKENZIE, POLLY – Senior Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, 2010–15.

OATES, JONNY – Deputy Communications Adviser, 2010. Chief of Staff, 2010–15.

PIETSCH, LENA – Press Secretary, 2010–15.

REEVES, RICHARD – Director of Strategy, 2010–12.

Whitehall (Treasury, Special Advisers, Civil Servants, Military and Security)

CAINE, JONATHAN – Special Adviser to Owen Paterson, 2010–12. Special Adviser to Theresa Villiers, 2012–15.

CARNEY, MARK – Governor of the Bank of England, 2013–15.

CASEY, LOUISE – Director General, Troubled Families, 2011–15.

CHOTE, ROBERT – Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, 2010–15.

COWPER-COLES, SHERARD – UK Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2009–10.

CUMMINGS, DOMINIC – Special Adviser to Michael Gove, 2011–13.

CUNLIFFE, JON – British Permanent Representative to the EU, 2012–13. Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability, 2013–15.

CUNNINGHAM, FIONA – Special Adviser to Theresa May, 2010–14.

DARROCH, KIM – British Permanent Representative to the EU, 2007–12. National Security Adviser, 2012–15.

DEIGHTON, PAUL – Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, 2013–15.

DEVEREUX, ROBERT – Permanent Secretary, Department of Work and Pensions, 2011–15.

EVANS, JONATHAN – Director General of MI5, 2007–13.

FRASER, SIMON – Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, 2010–15.

GEIDT, CHRISTOPHER – Private Secretary to the Sovereign, 2007–15.

HANDS, GREG – Deputy Chief Whip, 2013–15.

HARRISON, RUPERT – Chief of Staff to George Osborne, 2010–15.

HOUGHTON, NICK – Chief of the Defence Staff, 2013–15.

KERSLAKE, BOB – Head of the Home Civil Service, 2012–14.

KING, JULIAN – Ambassador to Ireland, 2009–11. Director General of the Northern Ireland Office, 2011–14.

KING, MERVYN – Governor of the Bank of England, 2003–13.

LAMB, GRAEME – Commander Field Army, 2007–09.

LEWIS, LEIGH – Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, 2006–11.

LYALL GRANT, MARK – British Ambassador to the United Nations, 2009–15.

MACPHERSON, NICHOLAS – Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, 2005–15.

PARKER, ANDREW – Director General of MI5, 2013–15.

PARKER, NICK – Deputy Commander, International Security Assistance Force, 2009–10. Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces, 2010–11. Commander Land Forces, 2011–12.

PATEY, WILLIAM – British Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2010–12.

POWELL, HUGH – Deputy National Security Adviser, 2013–14.

RICHARDS, DAVID – Chief of the General Staff, 2009–10. Chief of the Defence Staff, 2010–13.

RICKETTS, PETER – National Security Adviser, 2010–12. British Ambassador to France, 2012–15.

ROGERS, IVAN – British Permanent Representative to the European Union, 2013–15.

ROGERS, THEA – Special Adviser to the Chancellor, 2013–15.

RUSSELL, BETH – Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor, 2011–13. Director, Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions, 2013–15.

SANTS, HECTOR – Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority, 2007–12.

SAWERS, JOHN – Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), 2009–14.

SHEINWALD, NIGEL – British Ambassador to the United States, 2007–12.

SHIPLEE, HOWARD – Director General of the Universal Credit Programme, 2013–14.

STANHOPE, MARK – First Sea Lord, 2009–13.

STIRRUP, JOCK – Chief of the Defence Staff, 2006–10.

STROUD, PHILIPPA – Special Adviser to Iain Duncan Smith, 2010–15.

TIMOTHY, NICK – Special Adviser to Theresa May, 2010–15.

TUCKER, PAUL – Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, 2009–13.

VICKERS, JOHN – Chair of the Independent Commission on Banking, 2010–11.

WALL, PETER – Chief of the General Staff, 2010–14.

WESTMACOTT, PETER – British Ambassador to the United States, 2012–15.

WILSHAW, MICHAEL – Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, 2012–15.

WOLFSON (NÉE SHAWCROSS), ELEANOR – Special Adviser to the Chancellor, 2010–15.

YOUNGER, ALEX – Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), 2014–15.

Conservative Party (All members of, or closely aligned with, the Conservative Party)

BRADY, GRAHAM – MP for Altrincham and Sale West. Chairman of the 1922 Committee, 2010–15.

CROSBY, LYNTON – Australian political strategist. Director of 2015 campaign, 2012–15.

CRUDDAS, PETER – Conservative Party Co-treasurer, 2011–12.

DAVIDSON, RUTH – Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, 2011–15.

JOHNSON, BORIS – Mayor of London, 2008–15.

MAJOR, JOHN – Prime Minister, 1990–1997.

NORMAN, JESSE – MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire.

SOAMES, NICHOLAS – MP for Mid Sussex.

SPICER, MICHAEL – MP for West Worcestershire. Chairman of 1922 Committee, 2001–10.

STEWART, RORY – MP for Penrith and The Border. Chair of the Defence Select Committee, 2014–15.

Other UK

ALEXANDER, DOUGLAS – Shadow Foreign Secretary, 2011–15.

BALLS, ED – Shadow Chancellor, 2011–15.

BERCOW, JOHN – Speaker of the House of Commons, 2009–15.

BROWN, GORDON – Prime Minister, 2007–10.

DARLING, ALISTAIR – Chair of the Better Together Campaign, 2012–14.

FARAGE, NIGEL – Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), 2010–15.

HARMAN, HARRIET – Acting Leader of the Labour Party, May–September 2010. Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 2007–15.

LEVESON, BRIAN – Judge. Chairman of the Leveson Inquiry, 2011–12.

LUCAS, CAROLINE – Leader of the Green Party, 2008–12.

MILIBAND, ED – Leader of the Labour Party, 2010–15.

ROBINSON, PETER – First Minister of Northern Ireland, 2008–15. Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, 2008–15.

SALMOND, ALEX – First Minister of Scotland, 2007–14. Leader of the Scottish National Party, 2004–14.

STEVENS, SIMON – CEO of NHS England, 2014–15.

STURGEON, NICOLA – First Minister of Scotland, 2014–15. Leader of the Scottish National Party, 2014–15.

WEI, NAT – Social entrepreneur. Government adviser, 2010–11.

USA

BIDEN, JOE – Vice President, 2009–15.

BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL – Mayor of New York City, 2002–13.

CLINTON, HILLARY – Secretary of State, 2009–13

DONILON, THOMAS – National Security Advisor, 2010–13.

EMANUEL, RAHM – White House Chief of Staff, 2009–10.

GATES, ROBERT – Secretary of Defense, 2006–11.

GIBBS, ROBERT – White House Press Secretary, 2009–11.

KERRY, JOHN – Secretary of State, 2013–15.

KNAPP, BILL – Media strategist and consultant.

OBAMA, BARACK – President of the United States, 2009–15.

RICE, SUSAN – National Security Advisor, 2013–15.

YELLEN, JANET – Chair of the United States Federal Reserve, 2014–15.

Europe

ASHTON, CATHERINE – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, 2009–14. Vice President of the European Commission, 2010–14.

BARNIER, MICHEL – European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, 2010–14.

BERLUSCONI, SILVIO – Prime Minister of Italy, 1994–1995, 2001–06, 2008–11.

DRAGHI, MARIO – President of the European Central Bank, 2011–15.

HOLLANDE, FRANÇOIS – President of France, 2012–15.

JUNCKER, JEAN-CLAUDE – Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1995–13. President of the European Commission, 2014–15.

KATAINEN, JYRKI – Prime Minister of Finland, 2011–14.

KENNY, ENDA – Taoiseach, 2011–15.

LAGARDE, CHRISTINE – Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, 2011–15.

MERKEL, ANGELA – Chancellor of Germany, 2005–15.

MEYER-LANDRUT, NIKOLAUS – Adviser to Angela Merkel on European Affairs, 2011–15.

MONTI, MARIO – Prime Minister of Italy, 2011–13.

ORBÁN, VIKTOR – Prime Minister of Hungary, 2010–15.

RAJOY, MARIANO – Prime Minister of Spain, 2011–15.

REINFELDT, FREDERIK – Prime Minister of Sweden, 2006–14.

RENZI, MATTEO – Prime Minister of Italy, 2014–15.

RUTTE, MARK – Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 2010–15.

SARKOZY, NICOLAS – President of France, 2007–12.

SCHULZ, MARTIN – Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, 2004–12, 2014. President of the European Parliament, 2014–15.

THORNING-SCHMIDT, HELLE – Prime Minister of Denmark, 2011–15.

TUSK, DONALD – Prime Minister of Poland, 2007–14. President of the European Council, 2014–15.

VAN ROMPUY, HERMAN – President of the European Council, 2009–14.

WESTERWELLE, GUIDO – German Foreign Minister, 2009–13.

International (UN, other foreign PMs, etc.)

AL-ABADI, HAIDER – Prime Minister of Iraq, 2014–15.

AL-ASSAD, BASHAR – President of Syria, 2000–15.

AL-MALIKI, NOURI – Prime Minister of Iraq, 2006–14.

AL-THANI, HAMAD BIN JASSIM BIN JABER (‘HBJ’) – Prime Minister of Qatar, 2007–13.

BAN KI-MOON – Secretary General of the United Nations, 2007–15.

DALAI LAMA – Tibetan spiritual leader, 1950–2015.

ERDOGAN, RECEP TAYYIP – Prime Minister of Turkey, 2003–14. President of Turkey, 2014–15.

GADDAFI, MUAMMAR – De facto ruler of Libya, 1969–2011.

HARPER, STEPHEN – Prime Minister of Canada, 2006–15.

JIABAO, WEN – Premier of China, 2003–13.

JINTAO, HU – President of China, 2002–12.

KARZAI, HAMID – President of Afghanistan, 2004–14.

KEQIANG, LI – Premier of China, 2013–15.

LAVROV, SERGEI – Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2004–15.

MEDVEDEV, DMITRI – President of Russia, 2008–12. Prime Minister of Russia, 2012–15.

NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN – Prime Minister of Israel, 2009–15.

POROSHENKO, PETRO – President of Ukraine, 2014–15.

PUTIN, VLADIMIR – President of Russia, 1999–2008, 2012–15. Prime Minister of Russia, 2008–12.

SINGH, MANMOHAN – Prime Minister of India, 2004–14.

USHAKOV, YURI – Adviser to President Putin, 2008–15.

XIAOMING, LIU – Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 2010–15.

YANUKOVYCH, VIKTOR – President of Ukraine, 2010–14.

YI, WANG – Chinese Foreign Minister, 2013–15.