In April 1990 , he proposed the " Cricket test " , also known as the " Tebbit Test " , when he argued that whether people from ethnic minorities in Britain supported the England cricket team ( rather than the team from their country of ancestry ) should be considered a barometer — but not the sole indicator — of whether they are truly British : " A large proportion of Britain 's Asian population fail to pass the cricket test . Which side do they cheer for ? It 's an interesting test . Are you still harking back to where you came from or where you are ? " Tebbit told Woodrow Wyatt in 1991 that he did not think certain immigrant communities would assimilate " because some of them insist on sticking to their own culture , like the Muslims in Bradford and so forth , and they are extremely dangerous " . In August 2005 , after the 7 July 2005 London bombings , which were carried out by three young men of Pakistani descent and one of Jamaican descent , Tebbit claimed that his fifteen years-hence assertions had finally been vindicated
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Norman Tebbit