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Iain Duncan Smith has revealed the wise advice he once received from his predecessor as MP for Chingford, Norman Tebbit. ‘Norman said: “It’s as simple as this. If you’re speaking [in the House] and the other side are smiling and cheering at you, sit down. If you’re speaking and the other side are shouting at you, keep going. You’re doing the right thing.” ’ Not for nothing was Tebbit dubbed by then deputy Labour leader Michael Foot a ‘semi-house-trained polecat’.