Tory curmudgeon Norman Tebbit has told the Politics Show that Conservative activists should be free to campaign against speaker John Bercow in Buckhingham. Numerous opponents are expected to join the fray despite convention that the speaker stands as an independent candidate unopposed by other parties. Tebbit has already rankled Tory high command with his coded endorsement for UKIP in the 2009 [...]
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Norman Tebbit joins the blogosphere!
No, seriously. Really, just look at the screen grab below. Oh, all right then bloody well go and look for yourself if you don’t believe me. Eurosceptic loose-cannon-at-large Norman Tebbit has joined fellow troublemaker Daniel Hannan with his own blog over at the Telegraph (RSS feed here). And it takes him precisely 118 words to [...]
Twitterati muse on fantasy Tory cabinet
The #torynutjobs tag appears to be gaining traction on Twitter, the general idea being suggestions for Tory cabinet appointments: Norman Tebbit as minister for cycling Andrew Lloyd Webber at the DfCMS Fatty Soames in Agriculture, Fisheries and (most importantly) Food. Scrapbook predicts plenty more Labour gallows humour on Twitter in the run up to May [...]
