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SO TELL US Lord Tebbit what was it really like?

Conversation to be led by Liz St Clair Norman Tebbit has been described as the Chingford skinhead, a biker and on one occasion as a 'semi house-trained pole cat'. All these descriptions fail to recognise that Norman has a humorous side*, likes a laugh and like Mr Punch enjoys cutting some capers as well as bullying people.

Margaret Tebbit

Norman Tebbit’s Tribute to the late Margaret Thatcher April 11 2013 Tributes to Margaret Thatcher were moving in many respects. Lord Tebbit recalled the Brighton bomb and its tragic consequences for his wife. He said of Margaret Thatcher's compassion and kindness: "I cannot think of a precedent for a secretary of state remaining in office as Secretary of State although absent from the Cabinet for over three months.

She allowed me to run my office from my hospital bed." But he was sorry for one thing: "She, of course, was brought down in the end, not by the electorate but by her colleagues,"

Norman is a sort of enforcer clown to Margaret, a keen follower if a tad buffoonish on occasions. Norman was born in Enfield and worked as a journalist with the Financial Times before spending four years with the RAF and later joining the airline BOAC as a pilot.

He entered politics in 1970. Served as Secretary of State for Employment, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade (October 1983 - September 1985), as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and as party chairman (1985 1987). During the Brighton hotel bombing he was injured and his wife, Margaret, was permanently disabled.

In the aftermath of urban riots in the summer of 1981 , Norman Tebbit responded to a suggestion that the rioting was caused by unemployment by saying:

Liz St Clair works at Conservative Party HQ as Programme Officer for Women2Win and Director of Development for the Conservative Women’s Organisation. Both roles involve training campaigners and candidates seeking roles in public life – especially in Parliament.

She has over 20 years experience as a political researcher and special adviser in Parliament and in local government

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‘I grew up in the 1930s with an unemployed father. He did not riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he went on looking until he found it.’