“I’m not sure. He ought to. Things would work better.”

— Norman Tebbit

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

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