Cricket test

[defender]

The cricket test or Tebbit test was a controversial phrase coined in April 1990 by the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit in referring to the 'loyalty' or 'lack of loyalty' of immigrants and their children from certain parts of Asia and the Caribbean to the England cricket team. Tebbit suggested that those immigrants who root for their native countries rather than Great Britain in sports might not be sufficiently loyal to their new country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_test

LOL, would you pass this test?

[Markhor]

Tebbit, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, said: "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?"

Isn't this the same man who told people to 'get on their bikes' to look for jobs ?

Can't say I like him !

Tebbit caused a great amount of controversy when in April 1988, in front of an audience of South African dignitaries, he accused critics of South African apartheid of cowardice and stinking hypocrisy.