Lord Tebbit, who has died aged 94, was an uncompromising supporter of Margaret Thatcher during her years in power, in a political career that would change his life in ways he could never have anticipated.
Although his staunch defence of the UK’s first female prime minister did not sit well with some in his early years at the cabinet table, he won universal admiration for his courage in surviving the Brighton bomb IRA assassination attempt on Mrs Thatcher.
