| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:34 - Jul 8 with 2113 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Cycling off into the sunset on his bike no doubt! |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:41 - Jul 8 with 2075 views | BlueBadger |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:34 - Jul 8 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Cycling off into the sunset on his bike no doubt! |
We should go outdoors and kick a child in fancy dress. It's what he would have wanted. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:42 - Jul 8 with 2065 views | Ryorry |
Finally got on his bike.
Cared devotedly for his wife who had life changing injuries from the Brighton bombing, in contrast to his hard hearted politics. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:48 - Jul 8 with 2022 views | baxterbasics |
Ledge. RIP, not just to him but to his generation and school of conservative. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:51 - Jul 8 with 2003 views | Herbivore |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:48 - Jul 8 by baxterbasics |
Ledge. RIP, not just to him but to his generation and school of conservative. |
They ruined the country, mate. Most of our current economic and social issues are traceable to the damage done by Thatcher and her cabal. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:57 - Jul 8 with 1962 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:42 - Jul 8 by Ryorry |
Finally got on his bike.
Cared devotedly for his wife who had life changing injuries from the Brighton bombing, in contrast to his hard hearted politics. |
Yep, a complicated back story. Showed great courage and devotion to his wife after the bombing but also helped caused misery to many through his heartless ideology, and some would say he betrayed his working class roots in favour of big businesses.
RIP. A significant figure whatever one’s views of his politics. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:01 - Jul 8 with 1922 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:51 - Jul 8 by Herbivore |
They ruined the country, mate. Most of our current economic and social issues are traceable to the damage done by Thatcher and her cabal. |
As if he hadn’t caused enough damage first time around, he was also a big Brexit supporter.
A great irony of political discourse today is that Thatcher’s biggest fans are often the one’s shouting most loudly that we shouldn’t have foreigners working here, should be making things ourselves rather than outsourcing to Asia, shouldn’t be in the EU. Basically, they want the opposite of Thatcher’s legacy and what she believed in. | |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:27 - Jul 8 with 1805 views | WeWereZombies |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:57 - Jul 8 by Swansea_Blue |
Yep, a complicated back story. Showed great courage and devotion to his wife after the bombing but also helped caused misery to many through his heartless ideology, and some would say he betrayed his working class roots in favour of big businesses.
RIP. A significant figure whatever one’s views of his politics. |
Typically what I remember about him is Alan Davies on an episode of QI saying that as a student at the University of Kent he did something like send a turd in the post to Tebbit, later in life at, maybe, an Essex cricket match he found himself sitting next to Tebbit and admitted his youthful prank. Tebbit didn't fly off the handle but talked about it in an open and reasonable manner.
Then I read the BBC article and remembered the 'get on your bike' to striking miners and
his 'cricket test' for migrants. Sad to see anyone go but a reminder that anecdotes can give a favourable slant to someone who didn't seem to often favour other people. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:50 - Jul 8 with 1715 views | baxterbasics |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:27 - Jul 8 by WeWereZombies |
Typically what I remember about him is Alan Davies on an episode of QI saying that as a student at the University of Kent he did something like send a turd in the post to Tebbit, later in life at, maybe, an Essex cricket match he found himself sitting next to Tebbit and admitted his youthful prank. Tebbit didn't fly off the handle but talked about it in an open and reasonable manner.
Then I read the BBC article and remembered the 'get on your bike' to striking miners and
his 'cricket test' for migrants. Sad to see anyone go but a reminder that anecdotes can give a favourable slant to someone who didn't seem to often favour other people. |
The "get on your bike" thing is a tabloid derived mis-quote.
What he actually said was:
"I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it."
Might seem like a small difference but it wasn't delivered as a command. Probably a useful example too for *some* in that situation. | |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:55 - Jul 8 with 1667 views | Herbivore |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:50 - Jul 8 by baxterbasics |
The "get on your bike" thing is a tabloid derived mis-quote.
What he actually said was:
"I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it."
Might seem like a small difference but it wasn't delivered as a command. Probably a useful example too for *some* in that situation. |
Yes, when you're part of a government destroying the livelihood of whole communities with no plans to invest in those communities to replace lost jobs, it's definitely a good idea to suggest they just need to work harder to find alternative employment. [Post edited 8 Jul 12:11]
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 11:30 - Jul 8 with 1563 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 09:48 - Jul 8 by baxterbasics |
Ledge. RIP, not just to him but to his generation and school of conservative. |
Tebbit quote “Jimmy did a great deal of good, as well as wrong. And in anybody's life, you have to look at both sides of the ledger." I’d make an exception for Savile personally. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 12:27 - Jul 8 with 1379 views | wischip |
For me, his Spitting Image puppet always springs to mind before him.
"Hi. I saw the gap under the door. I thought I'd come in" [Post edited 8 Jul 12:35]
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 12:27 - Jul 8 with 1377 views | NthQldITFC |
He's been reanimated before... |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 12:29 - Jul 8 with 1354 views | Ryorry |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 12:27 - Jul 8 by NthQldITFC |
He's been reanimated before... |
Ouch! | |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 14:31 - Jul 8 with 1103 views | bluelagos |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:27 - Jul 8 by WeWereZombies |
Typically what I remember about him is Alan Davies on an episode of QI saying that as a student at the University of Kent he did something like send a turd in the post to Tebbit, later in life at, maybe, an Essex cricket match he found himself sitting next to Tebbit and admitted his youthful prank. Tebbit didn't fly off the handle but talked about it in an open and reasonable manner.
Then I read the BBC article and remembered the 'get on your bike' to striking miners and
his 'cricket test' for migrants. Sad to see anyone go but a reminder that anecdotes can give a favourable slant to someone who didn't seem to often favour other people. |
Some of his comments during the lords debate on gay marriage spoke to the type of person he was. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 14:33 - Jul 8 with 1092 views | Pendejo |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 10:50 - Jul 8 by baxterbasics |
The "get on your bike" thing is a tabloid derived mis-quote.
What he actually said was:
"I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it."
Might seem like a small difference but it wasn't delivered as a command. Probably a useful example too for *some* in that situation. |
A tabloid newspaper sensationalising a misquote, who'd have thunk it?
As for the principle; it's amazing that X is full of people proposing boycotts of the app food delivery companies because of who they employ. The employees are quite literally getting on their bikes to earn money to support themselves and families (simplified slightly) and that's after many have metaphorically got on their bikes to leave areas of unemployment, or, indeed, war.
Wonder what cricket team they support? |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 14:44 - Jul 8 with 1050 views | tcblue |
I wonder if he ever married his son to escape inheritance tax.
Not sad about this one |  | | |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 16:13 - Jul 8 with 914 views | ford6600 |
At least he didn't boast about getting someone the sack... | | | |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 16:45 - Jul 8 with 802 views | Radlett_blue |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 14:31 - Jul 8 by bluelagos |
Some of his comments during the lords debate on gay marriage spoke to the type of person he was. |
Many men of his background & age (Tebbit was born in 1931) are very traditional, often support the Royal family & now seem very out of touch. However, he was certainly representative of his class & his generation. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 17:09 - Jul 8 with 762 views | FBI |
Horrible person with vile politics. But a proper heavyweight, as many of the postwar generation politicians were, unlike the lightweights and chancers in there now. Hardly any 'serious' politicians there in government or opposition anymore. |  |
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| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 17:13 - Jul 8 with 745 views | tcblue |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 16:45 - Jul 8 by Radlett_blue |
Many men of his background & age (Tebbit was born in 1931) are very traditional, often support the Royal family & now seem very out of touch. However, he was certainly representative of his class & his generation. |
Probably a good example of why people like that have no place in the HoL | | | |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 17:13 - Jul 8 with 743 views | Radlett_blue |
| Norman Tebbit is dead. on 17:09 - Jul 8 by FBI |
Horrible person with vile politics. But a proper heavyweight, as many of the postwar generation politicians were, unlike the lightweights and chancers in there now. Hardly any 'serious' politicians there in government or opposition anymore. |
Indeed, although you disliked Tebbit & his politics, it seems you respected him. Tebbit also did "proper jobs" for over 20 years so had considerable experience of real life, unlike most modern politicians. | |
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