Norman Tebbit: All David Cameron stands for are gay weddings in Westminster Abbey

In an extraordinary rant, the former chairman of the Conservative party, Lord Norman Tebbit has said that apart from a �big society gay wedding in Westminster Abbey�, he has no idea where prime minister David Cameron wants to take Britain.

Lord Tebbit, an outspoken critic of gay rights used a blog on the Daily Telegraph website to rail against the Arab world because they �do not �do� democracy�, criticises the government for backing down on plans to sell off forests and describes Ken Clarke as a �Euro-collaborator.�

Lord Tebbit wrote: �Of course the Prime Minister�s ambition to restore our national finances, to improve the NHS, deal with the cancer of welfare dependency and restore education to our schools are plainly right and deserve support.

�But every Prime Minister has set out to do that. I still do not know where, apart from to a Big Society gay wedding in Westminster Abbey, the Prime Minister really wants to go��

Last week, the government announced that civil partnerships would be allowed to be held in religious buildings, including Westminster Abbey. It was also announced that a consultation will begin on the introduction of same-sex marriages and opening civil partnerships up to heterosexual couples, measures that PinkNews.co.uk understands both Mr Cameron and the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg are in favour of.

LeftFootForward, a left of centre blog points out that it is not the first time that Lord Tebbit had criticised David Cameron�s approach to gay rights. In a previous blog he wrote: �David Cameron has the brains to turn the tables and come back to win. But he has to inspire the electors to believe he would make a difference not over the trivialities of dress sense or political asylum for African homosexuals��

In 2008, Lord Tebbit railed against gay couples adopting children. He said: �Too often we look at these things from the point of view of the adult rather than the child. I think that adoption by homosexual couples is unsatisfactory for the child.

�What homosexual people choose to do under their duvets is up to them, but the example they set to children is of interest to society as a whole.�

Lord Tebbit told the New Statesman that no gay minister should be Home Secretary because �the Home Office is responsible for laws affecting society � the adoption of children and the strengthening of the family. It is better not in the care of someone who doesn�t feel for those issues.�

He also told the magazine that there are too many gays in the government: �If you accept that the male homosexual population is 2 per cent, it does seem to be a bit over quota.�

Lord Tebbit also told the New Statesman that he knew one or two ministers who are �very good� but that he suspects are gay and that �[a] daft thing about politics is that you can�t be celibate without people saying you�re homosexual. For example, there�s Ted Heath. He was celibate. But Ted wasn�t a raving queer.�