Norman Tebbit was a hero of modern Conservatism. In the early 1980s he liberated the British workforce from the socialist tyranny of the closed shop. He tamed the union bosses, and in so doing he helped pave the way for this country’s revival in the 1980s and 1990s.
At a time when the Labour government is now disastrously reversing those crucial reforms we need to remember what he did and why. In his single most famous phrase he once said that in the 1930s his unemployed father had got on his bike and looked for work. That wasn’t a heartless thing to say - as the Labour Party claimed. It was because he believed in thrift and energy and self-reliance. It was because he rejected a culture of easy entitlement.
We mourn the passing of a great patriot, a great Conservative - and today more than ever we need to restore the values of Norman Tebbit to our politics.
In his interview with @TuckerCarlson, the Islamic Republic's president @drpezeshkian portrayed the regime as peaceful, as if the world has been asleep the last 46 years. No, the world is wide awake to the regime's terrorism, nuclear threat, and barbaric treatment of the Iranian people. No one is fooled by the regime's lies any longer. The end of the Islamic Republic is within reach.
Rachel Reeves previously said her fiscal rules are ‘ironclad’ and ‘non negotiable’. But when I asked her to reiterate those statements today, she failed to do so.
Clearly this is yet another U-turn the Chancellor is now considering. She has completely lost control.
Long live His Majesty Reza Shah II, the legitimate king of Iran. The only hope for the liberation of the nation, captured by the mafia regime of the occupying terrorist mullahs. We will support our king until our last breath.✊
Long live our beloved #KingRezaPahlavi 🫡👑💙
#همکاری_ملی
Boris and I agree.
The barbaric Islamic Republic must end and the international community must support the Iranian people to break free from their oppression.
One day soon I hope to welcome you to Tehran, @BorisJohnson.
Piers you have had me blocked for 18 months . You’ve only unblocked me because you have gone on your own & want views. You are not my number 1 priority . I am working my round people who actually believe what they say. I’ll see you once I’ve had some time with my children @piersmorgan