I was very sad when I heard, and am again just now to hear that he has died. I never met him, but I always enjoyed hearing him on the radio, and as you say he struck me as a politician who had not lost himself on the way.
'A decent bloke who laughed a lot' is not a bad epitaph.
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Date: 2006-01-08 10:24 pm (UTC)'A decent bloke who laughed a lot' is not a bad epitaph.