Norman Tebbitt RIP
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A good man, caring and compassionate, but was never afraid to tell it as he saw it, even if it made people uncomfortable when they had to face reality.
And he really was as tough as old boots! Not only surviving the Brighton bomb (which left him and his wife with long term disabilities), but I also believe he survived a high speed ejection from a Meteor fighter when he was in the RAF!
Oh to have men of his calibre in our politics today (in any party!)
And he really was as tough as old boots! Not only surviving the Brighton bomb (which left him and his wife with long term disabilities), but I also believe he survived a high speed ejection from a Meteor fighter when he was in the RAF!
Oh to have men of his calibre in our politics today (in any party!)
I never had much time for the 79-90 tories, and I remember slagging off Tebbit, Brittain, Howe, Lawson, Parkinson et al.
Little did I know that 40 years later, we'd have so many dimwits in politics that I'd give my right arm for the politicians of the 70s and 80s, Labour & Tory.
Tells you something when people like Tebbit never really got a sniff at being PM, yet Liz f
king Truss and Boris the Sex Yeti made it.
Little did I know that 40 years later, we'd have so many dimwits in politics that I'd give my right arm for the politicians of the 70s and 80s, Labour & Tory.
Tells you something when people like Tebbit never really got a sniff at being PM, yet Liz f
king Truss and Boris the Sex Yeti made it. Back in the 1990’s my office was round the corner from his London home and we would regularly exchange a good morning greeting etc. Once he exploded at a colleague for riding his bicycle on the pavement, much to everyones amusement.
He had a lift installed from the street level to his front door for Mrs T who sustained horrific injuries thanks to the IRA. Often seen lifting her out of her wheelchair into their mid 80s blue Range Rover. No security detail requested/required.
Always struck me a very decent hard working caring politician. Sad so few remain.
He had a lift installed from the street level to his front door for Mrs T who sustained horrific injuries thanks to the IRA. Often seen lifting her out of her wheelchair into their mid 80s blue Range Rover. No security detail requested/required.
Always struck me a very decent hard working caring politician. Sad so few remain.
seawise said:
Back in the 1990 s my office was round the corner from his London home and we would regularly exchange a good morning greeting etc. Once he exploded at a colleague for riding his bicycle on the pavement, much to everyones amusement.
He had a lift installed from the street level to his front door for Mrs T who sustained horrific injuries thanks to the IRA. Often seen lifting her out of her wheelchair into their mid 80s blue Range Rover. No security detail requested/required.
Always struck me a very decent hard working caring politician. Sad none remain.
FTFY.He had a lift installed from the street level to his front door for Mrs T who sustained horrific injuries thanks to the IRA. Often seen lifting her out of her wheelchair into their mid 80s blue Range Rover. No security detail requested/required.
Always struck me a very decent hard working caring politician. Sad none remain.
Norman Tebbitt used to have a column in the Telegraph with a comments section.
He would engage with people, whether they agreed with him or not, listen and justify his point of view.
Few people of his quality in politics today.
To paraphrase NTOCN...
Any friend of Mrs Thatcher can't be all that bad?
He would engage with people, whether they agreed with him or not, listen and justify his point of view.
Few people of his quality in politics today.
To paraphrase NTOCN...
Any friend of Mrs Thatcher can't be all that bad?
He was a legend - Mrs Thatcher's natural successor in an ideal world. The IRA put an end to that.
Someone suggested that he was 'somewhat right wing' until he mentioned Iain Duncan Smith who he was quite pally with.
He didn't get on with Major, was more supportive of Heseltine (I had a lot of time for both) and absolutely loathed Blair which only improved his standing in my eyes.
It's funny; I'm an old Tory boy myself but I still have a sneaking admiration for Neil Kinnock (FFS) and still regard John Smith as possibly the best PM we never had.
R.I.P Norman.
"Yes Leader".
Someone suggested that he was 'somewhat right wing' until he mentioned Iain Duncan Smith who he was quite pally with.
He didn't get on with Major, was more supportive of Heseltine (I had a lot of time for both) and absolutely loathed Blair which only improved his standing in my eyes.
It's funny; I'm an old Tory boy myself but I still have a sneaking admiration for Neil Kinnock (FFS) and still regard John Smith as possibly the best PM we never had.
R.I.P Norman.
"Yes Leader".
808 Estate said:
I always liked his Spitting Image persona. RIP.
I suspect he wouldn’t have minded it either.Proper working class grafter which very much shaped his politics, a bit like Thatcher. I didn’t agree with a lot of his policies but he clearly felt exasperated by the workshyness of a fair portion of the population and had a point. Never hid his Essex accent and always seemed genuine. Without the Brighton bomb he could well have succeeded Thatcher.
It’s remarkable to think how ministers used to be serious people back then- Howe, Whitelaw, Heseltine, Hurd, Joseph, Carrington, Clarke, Major. You might not agree with their politics but at least they were proper heavyweights.
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