Norman Fowler
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| Name | Peter Norman Fowler (born 2 February, 1938) |
| Nicknames | Norman (everyone), Fowlpest (fictional Norman Tebbit), Fowlup (haters blaming him for the split over Europe) |
| Politics | |
| Party | Conservative |
| Constituency | Sutton Coldfield (February 1974 - 2001) Nottingham South (1970 - February 1974) |
| Positions | • Secretary of State for Employment (1987-1990) • Secretary of State for Social Services (1981-1987) • Secretary of State for Transport (1981) |
| Likes | Privatisating things, gay rights, sports cars, giant glasses, his children |
| Dislikes | Unions, pensions, AIDS, News International |
| Friends | John Major, Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine (sort of) |
| Enemies | Eurosceptics, Rupert Murdoch |
| Relationships | |
| Partners | Linda Christmas (1968 -1976) Fiona Poole (1979 - present) |
| Children | Oliver (stepson, 1973), Kate Genevieve (1981), Isobel Geraldine (1984) |
| Personal Attributes | |
| Nationality | English |
| Religion | ? |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Height | 5' 11" |
| Eye Colour | Grey |
| Handedness | ? |
| Accent | RP with pronounced rhotacism |
| Languages | ? |
Blandly competent.~ Michael White
The Conservatives' safest pair of hands.
Life and Career[edit | edit source]
Early Life[edit | edit source]
Peter Fowler was born to N. F. Fowler and his wife Katherine. He attended the King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford, Essex, where he distinguished himself in the Fleur de Lys debating society and managed to make it onto the first eleven, suggesting an athleticism unhinted at in later photographs. He was also a prefect, and according to one former charge once abused his authority by attempting to give out a two hour detention. When the unfortunate miscreant pointed out that prefects were only allowed to assign hour-long detentions, Peter spent the next few days stalking him in order to catch him in some wrongdoing so he could assign the other hour.
After graduating he did his national service as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment, a less posh option than most of his Tory peers. Afterward he went on to attend Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he became chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. In Michaelmas term of 1960 he entertained both the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the Home Secretary Rab Butler. Sometime during this period he made the inexplicable decision to ditch his prosaic given name and adopt the much hipper "Norman."
Pre-political Career[edit | edit source]
1961 -1970, hack for The Times. He was special correspondent from 1962-1966 and home affairs correspondent from 1966 until 1970. Perhaps the most exciting event of his career occurred on May 15, 1967, when five robbers attacked the security detail delivering the weekly wage packets to the paper's cashier and made off with £49,000. Norman chased their Jaguar for over a mile before losing them in traffic.
Early Political Career[edit | edit source]
Parliamentary Career[edit | edit source]
Disease was disease, suffering was suffering, and we had a moral and a human obligation to treat a sexual disease just like any other.~ Norman Fowler
Inherited £19m debt from fuckwit predecessor Chris Patten, reduced it to £16m, by halving the staff and slashing spending on campaigns, to produce a surplus for the year of pounds 2m.
Sunday, 6 May, 2001 - had his briefcase stolen on a train.
2016 he was elected Speaker of the House of Lords, the first man in British political history to hold the role.
| Full List of Appointments |
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| • Secretary of State for Transport (1981) |
| • Secretary of State for Social Services (1981-1987) |
| • Secretary of State for Employment (1987-1990) |
