The name Norman Tebbit won’t mean much to most Canadians but for those of a certain age who followed British politics in the 1980s, the news of his death last week was an occasion for rejoicing or regret, and not much in between. Tebbit, whom Labour leader Michael Foot famously branded “a semi-house-trained polecat,” was not a man for half measures and his demise will leave few people on the fence about his legacy.
