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August 06, 2005
Robin Cook dies
Robin Cook died today after collapsing while walking on Ben Stack in Sutherland. A great loss. We have few politicians with integrity. He was one of them.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4127654.stm
UPDATE 9 August 2005
Fraser Nelson has an impressive ‘analysis’ of the political side of Robin Cook’s funeral at St Giles’ Cathedral on Friday.
Mentioning Blair’s presumed absence, he remembers the fatal non-appearance of Trotsky at Lenin’s funeral, which reminds reminds me that in Chinese politics trouble always starts after a prominent reformer has ‘gone to meet Marx’.
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1749382005
Posted by Simon Holledge at August 6, 2005 11:26 PM
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Uh-huh. Second that.
Posted by: Mark Gamon at August 8, 2005 10:56 AM