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…
Bookmark this from Andy Burnham:
2029: “that’s when the next election will be.”
May 2027: “Absolutely not.”
“No election any time soon.”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”