Saturday
06Aug2005
Robin Cook dies aged 59.
Saturday, August 6, 2005 at 10:56AM
Today the British Left has been rocked by the news that Robin Cook has died unexpectedly.
Look up Robin's articles in The Guardian...astonishingly beautiful prose and a fearsome intellect.
British politics and especially the Labour Party will never quite be the same. He was a politician that gave up his cabinet post - in tears - because he had principles, the only ovation I have ever seen in the Commons.
I am deeply saddened that someone who I admired so much has passed away; there are so many politicians that could never ever hold a candle to Mr Cook. The Left in Britain will be devastated by this news.
As a parliamentarian he was unsurpassed in my lifetime.
A sad day, a desperately sad day.
Look up Robin's articles in The Guardian...astonishingly beautiful prose and a fearsome intellect.
British politics and especially the Labour Party will never quite be the same. He was a politician that gave up his cabinet post - in tears - because he had principles, the only ovation I have ever seen in the Commons.
I am deeply saddened that someone who I admired so much has passed away; there are so many politicians that could never ever hold a candle to Mr Cook. The Left in Britain will be devastated by this news.
As a parliamentarian he was unsurpassed in my lifetime.
A sad day, a desperately sad day.
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