thumb|upright|Tebbit giving a talk for the Edinburgh University Politics Society in 2008 In February 2008, after a magazine article written by shadow education secretary Michael Gove, Tebbit publicly criticised what he characterised as "the poisonous tree of Blairism", which he said had been "planted" in the Conservative Party front bench.Andrew Porter "Lord Tebbit warns on worship of Tony Blair", The Daily Telegraph, 18 April 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
thumb|upright|Tebbit giving a talk for the Edinburgh University Politics Society in 2008 In February 2008, after a magazine article written by shadow education secretary Michael Gove, Tebbit publicly criticised what he characterised as "the, poisonous tree of Blairism", which he said had been "planted" in the Conservative Party front bench.Andrew Porter "Lord Tebbit warns on worship of Tony Blair", The Daily Telegraph 18 April 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.