1985 Norman Tebbit is seriously injured in the Brighton bombing. His wife Margaret is crippled.
June 1989 Margaret Thatcher retires after getting Tebbit's assurance he'll stand. Tebbit is elected unopposed. He appoints Douglas Hurd as Foreign Secretary, John Major as Defence Secretary and Alan Clark as NI Secretary.
October 1989. Police in Castleblaney in the Irish Republic are called after shots are heard. They find that the IRA leadership has been assassinated.
Tebbit makes a statement to the Commons saying that event is unexpected but the chance of a end to the conflict should not be discounted
June 1989 Margaret Thatcher retires after getting Tebbit's assurance he'll stand. Tebbit is elected unopposed. He appoints Douglas Hurd as Foreign Secretary, John Major as Defence Secretary and Alan Clark as NI Secretary.
October 1989. Police in Castleblaney in the Irish Republic are called after shots are heard. They find that the IRA leadership has been assassinated.
Tebbit makes a statement to the Commons saying that event is unexpected but the chance of a end to the conflict should not be discounted