Norman Tebbit, Forgiveness and My Father, the IRA Bomber

Norman Tebbit, forgiveness and my father, the IRA bomber

My dad met Tebbit several times, earning his 'hero of the week' nod in his Sun column for exposing the IRA

Obituary: Norman Tebbit, tough-taking Tory MP who survived IRA bomb that left wife paralysed

Norman Tebbit, who has died aged 94, was a British polit­ical bruiser who, unexpectedly for many, proved a highly effective cabinet minister for Margaret Thatcher.

What was the Tebbit Test and why was it controversial?

LORD NORMAN TEBBIT, the former cabinet minister who introduced the controversial “cricket test” to question the loyalty of migrants, has died at the age of 94. The test, later known as the “Tebbit Test,” suggested that immigrants who supported cricket teams from their countries of origin instead of England were not fully integrated into British society. His death was confirmed on Monday by his son, William, who asked for privacy for the family.T…