Lord Tebbit Plays with Fire ; Orman Tebbit's Irresponsibility Was Breathtaking. He Was Angry. Naturally. We Are All Angry. Indeed, at This Rate It Is Going to Be a Minor Miracle If an Mp Doesn't End Up Getting Thumped. The Public Rage and Sense of Betrayal Over the Westminster Expenses Scandal Is Immense.

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Orman Tebbit's irresponsibility was breathtaking. He was angry. Naturally. We are all angry. Indeed, at this rate it is going to be a minor miracle if an MP doesn't end up getting thumped. The public rage and sense of betrayal over the Westminster expenses scandal is immense.

But for Lord Tebbit, a former Conservative Cabinet minister, to gallop on to the airwaves to urge the public to punish those money- grubbing, expense-fiddling MPs by not voting for any of the major parties in next month's European elections is madness.

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Lord Tebbit Plays with Fire ; Orman Tebbit's Irresponsibility Was Breathtaking. He Was Angry. Naturally. We Are All Angry. Indeed, at This Rate It Is Going to Be a Minor Miracle If an Mp Doesn't End Up Getting Thumped. The Public Rage and Sense of Betrayal Over the Westminster Expenses Scandal Is Immense.

It is mad at multiple levels. The noble lord is playing with fire - and he knows it.

It would be very easy to lash out and punish the mainstream political parties by voting for minor parties on June 4, but d...

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