Following the Brighton hotel bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army , the editorial board of '' London Labour Briefing '' said the bombings showed that " the British only sit up and take notice of Ireland when they are bombed into it " . In December 1984 , the magazine carried a reader ’s letter praising the " audacity " of the IRA attack and stating : " What do you call four dead Tories ? A start . " It mocked Norman Tebbit , the trade secretary who was dug out of the rubble of the Grand Hotel and whose wife was left permanently paralysed , saying : " Try riding your bike now , Norman " ( in reference to an earlier speech made by Tebbit ) . The same issue carried a piece from the editorial board which " disassociated itself " from an article the previous month criticising the bombing , saying the criticism was a " serious political misjudgment "
Brighton hotel bombing
Brighton hotel bombing
Labour Briefing