Five people died and many others, including cabinet minister Norman Tebbit, were seriously injured.

BBC: Obituary: Margaret Thatcher

Veteran trouble maker and Euro hater Lord Norman Tebbit failed to ignite the blue touch paper but instead called on the party to "calm down".

BBC: Back to front - Thatcher and Heath

Norman Tebbit said he was too lazy for front-bench life.

BBC: A heavyweight tempted back by a crisis

In October 1986 the Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit, produced a dossier claiming reporter Kate Adie's TV reports on the US bombing of Libya the previous April had been biased towards Tripoli.

BBC: Obituary: Alasdair Milne

Norman Tebbit, Tony Benn, Ian Paisley, Margaret Thatcher.

BBC: News | UK Politics | Charles Kennedy's speech in full

And she was ably assisted by, amongst others, Lord (Geoffrey) Howe, Lord (Nigel) Lawson, Lord (David) Young and Lord (Norman) Tebbit.

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