An Etonian and young Conservative who became a Socialist and remained so. He called Thatcher a liar, deceiver, cheat and crook and he probably thought even less of Blair, opposing his backing of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Tam was a good 'un and I raise a glass to him tonight.
An Etonian and young Conservative who became a Socialist and remained so. He called Thatcher a liar, deceiver, cheat, crook and disgrace to the House of Commons and he probably thought even less of Blair, opposing his backing of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Tam was a good 'un and I raise a glass to him tonight.
I've no doubt she didn't have a good word to say about him either.
I did meet him once when we tried to save a hospital in Milnathort. It was not his constituency but he tried to help us out. The tories of coursef course closed it, despite thousands petioning to keep it open.
“Tam Dalyell will be remembered as one of this country's greatest ever campaigning MPs,” adding: “He was unique; thoughtful, gracious, decent and utterly tenacious.”
A decent man, and someone to whom I owe vast swathes of my knowledge on devolution to via my two years studying Politics at A Level.
His West Lothian question was pretty much the trigger point from which I associated everything I knew regarding the regional assemblies and parliaments. So I suppose I'd like to indirectly thank him for 1) my G&P grade; and 2) my now at-best tenuous grasp on regional politics...
Anyway - his unrelenting pursuit of truth and due process in Parliamentary procedure was only a good thing.
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Which are sadly lacking in the current crop of politicians.
Can we not have one big thread unless it's someone really famous?
R.I.P. Tam
I wonder which way he was facing ?
“Tam Dalyell will be remembered as one of this country's greatest ever campaigning MPs,” adding: “He was unique; thoughtful, gracious, decent and utterly tenacious.”
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader
RIP
His West Lothian question was pretty much the trigger point from which I associated everything I knew regarding the regional assemblies and parliaments. So I suppose I'd like to indirectly thank him for 1) my G&P grade; and 2) my now at-best tenuous grasp on regional politics...
Anyway - his unrelenting pursuit of truth and due process in Parliamentary procedure was only a good thing.
RIP.