Norman Tebbit citations

Norman Beresford Tebbit, baron Tebbit, est un homme politique britannique né le 29 mars 1931. Il occupe les fonctions ministérielles de secrétaire d'État pour l'Emploi puis secrétaire d'État au Commerce et à l’Industrie dans le gouvernement Thatcher. Il devient ensuite président du Parti conservateur . Wikipedia  

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Norman Tebbit: Citations en anglais

“It is really time for him to try to let the nicer side of his nature emerge. It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat.”

Michael Foot in the House of Commons (2 March, 1978). http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=103629
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“I’m not sure. He ought to. Things would work better.”

On the existence of God, remarks to The Daily Telegraph in March 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8422956/Lord-Tebbit-why-I-admire-Clegg-more-than-Cameron.html

“The BBC is another part of the destruction of Great Britain.”

The Daily Telegraph (9 February 2009) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4560371/BBC-faces-fresh-criticism-over-offensive-remarks-about-Baroness-Thatcher.html.

“[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.”

On the BBC (16 November, 2000). http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1025000/audio/_1026366_tebbit.ram

“A typical piece of BBC anti-Tory propaganda.”

From an article published in a 1985 edition of the Monday Club magazine 'Right Ahead' which was heavily critical of the BBC and of what Tebbit regarded as the corporation's left-wing bias. Tebbit was referring to an episode of the popular BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who entitled 'Pyramids of Mars' which he had recently seen - he perceived a "wasteland version of 1980" featured in the episode to be a symbolic, allegorical and propagandistic attack on the Thatcher government. Tebbit was apparently completely unaware that the episode in question was actually filmed in 1975, four years before Thatcher had even come to power. [Eric Luskin, Doctor Who in the 80s (Virgin, 1996)]

“I'm a hawk— but no kamikaze. And Jim's a dove— but he's not chicken.”

On Jim Prior, Shadow Employment Secretary, in a speech to the Conservative Party Conference (October, 1977).
Tebbit, p. 196.

“He (John Major) has the mulishness of a weak man with stupidity.”

[Source: The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt: Volume 3, p. 437.]

“Go away and have another heart attack!”

According to Francis Wheen, Tebbit shouted this at left-wing Labour MP Tom Litterick during a House of Commons debate in the late 1970s, on the day of Litterick's return to the commons after a lengthy abscence following a heart attack and extensive heart surgery. Litterick did in fact die of another heart attack shortly afterwards http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,444195,00.html

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