And, hypocritically given what he subsequently did to the unions, he was an airline pilots' union rep ( when he was a commercial pilot Also, way back, was in favour of a United States of Europe, but come the time was a brexiteer...
He, and more so his wife (paralysed from the chest down in the Brighton bombing), paid a heavy price for a life in politics. Tory or not, no-one deserves that. RIP
Tebbit, love him or loathe him, one of many political titans from years gone by. A world away from the low voltage fuckwits we have today.
Exactly - old school politicians who had particular beliefs and could debate them in an intelligent, civilised & respectful manner. A little off topic but here's a 1975 50 minute debate between Roy Jenkins & Tony Benn on the merits or other wise of EU membership.
Ha, Tony Benn. Couldn’t have agreed less with him but I still liked his style. Bit like Gorgeous George (Galloway)
And it's always a surprise to learn that Tony Benn was a staunch eurosceptic and his speech to the House of Commons just before the signing of the Maastricht Treaty was praised by many and fittingly enough, in this particular instance, was described by Norman Tebbit as the best speech he had ever heard in the house. https://medium.com/@WhiteWednesday/tony-benn-on-democracy-and-the-eu-20th-november-1991-2f734f163ddf
Say what you like about Tebbit: he made the trains run on time! This is part of a series, including: say what you like about the Thatcher Government, they were apologists for Augusto Pinochet; say what you like about Hitler, he had the Valkyrie plotters strung up with piano wire from hooks; and say what you like about Starmer, he probably thinks if anyone can make Trump see sense, it's him!
Say what you like about Tebbit, he was a man's man. Admittedly of the snidey little shitbag variety, but nobody's perfect.
RIP Roman Starovoit. Russian government minister sacked by Putin. Soon afterwards found to have been "suicided", in the customary way.
