Former Labour leader Michael Foot has died

[T_i_B]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8547228.stm

Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot has died, aged 96.

Mr Foot was elected Labour leader in 1980, succeeding Jim Callaghan, but stood down after losing the 1983 election to Margaret Thatcher.

Mr Foot, who was also a prolific writer, was first elected to Parliament in 1945 and was an MP for 47 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/932797.stm

[LeftishBrit]

1. Oh, I am so sorry. One of my favourites.

But he did live to a good old age. I had no idea he was that old!

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. So sad. A good, decent man

who was much maligned by Tory tabloids.

[non sociopath skin]

3. A sad, sad day ...

... and another of my heroes gone.

But a life well lived: I suspect that history will be kinder to Michael Foot - as campaigning journalist and scholar as well as politician - than to many who reached the top of the greasy pole.

Sleep well, Michael.

The Skin