It’s just been announced that Michael Foot, the ex-leader of the Labour party has died at the age of 96. He has two major distinctions, one for being a towering intellectual on the left of the Labour party during the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s, and secondly as being in charge when Labour produced ‘the longest suicide note in history’ in the form of its 1983 manifesto.
He was a House of Commons man through and through and made some fantastic speeches at the dispatch box. I once nearly knocked him over in The Freemasons Arms in Hampstead and quickly apologized, he was tottering around on two walking sticks with a helper. He loved Hampstead and would often be seen in the area.
Rest In Peach, Michael.
Squiffy.
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