Editing Norman Tebbit (section)

===="Foreigners" speech====
In 2017, Lord Tebbit criticised a Lords amendment to the [[European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017|Brexit bill]] which would guarantee the rights of EU citizens to live and work within the UK after [[Brexit]]. He also criticised the Lords for "thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners" and "[looking] after the foreigners and not the British",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bienkov|first1=Adam|title=Lord Tebbit: 'We seem to be thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lord-tebbit-norman-rights-of-foreigners-eu-citizens-british-brexit-2017-3|access-date=5 March 2017|work=Business Insider|date=1 March 2017|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404001230/http://uk.businessinsider.com/lord-tebbit-norman-rights-of-foreigners-eu-citizens-british-brexit-2017-3|url-status=live}}</ref> as [[Theresa May]] had hoped to leave this amendment out of the bill to secure the rights of British citizens living in EU countries post-Brexit. His comments produced "loud gasps" from the majority of peers<ref>{{cite news|last1=Merrick|first1=Rob|title=Lord Tebbit accuses peers trying to guarantee EU nationals' rights of 'thinking of nothing but the rights of foreigners'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bill-lord-tebbit-right-eu-nationals-foreigners-comments-a7606456.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-bill-lord-tebbit-right-eu-nationals-foreigners-comments-a7606456.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=1 March 2017}}</ref> (but gained audible support by a number on the Conservative benches),<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rayner|first1=Gordon|last2=Hope|first2=Christopher|last3=McCann|first3=Kate|title=Theresa May plans to trigger Brexit in two weeks despite defeat by 'posturing' Lords over rights of EU citizens|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/01/brexit-lords-vote-debate-theresa-may-pmqs-live/|access-date=5 March 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=2 March 2017}}</ref> adding that "Of course we don't have the power to look after our citizens overseas, not in these days when we don't have many gunboats".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Craig|first1=Jon|title=Not even Lloyd Webber can save the Tories|url=http://news.sky.com/story/not-even-sir-andrew-lloyd-webber-can-save-the-tories-10786966|access-date=5 March 2017|publisher=Sky News|date=2 March 2017}}</ref>