One of Thatcher’s most loyal Cabinet ministers, Lord Tebbit, who has died age 94, served as Conservative Party Chairman and Employment Secretary. From a working class background in Essex, Lord Tebbit embodied Thatcher’s combative approach to the unions…
Tebbit once said of his father who became unemployed that he did not riot: “he got on his bike and looked for work.” If only today’s Tory party had more Norman Tebbits…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”