Sir Teddy Taylor obituary

Conservative MP and Europhobe whose record of dissent confined him to the backbenches for most of his long parliamentary careerThe former Conservative MP Sir Teddy Taylor, who has died aged 80, was not just a Eurosceptic but a Europhobe; almost a single-issue politician defined by his passionate and lifelong opposition to the European Union. Admirers warmed to his eloquent, quickfire attacks on the European project, but to others he seemed obsessive, and in 1996 he admitted: “I am the bigg