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RIP Tam Dalyell

Chizz
Chizz Posts: 28,341
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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    RIP Tam a man of conviction and never sold them.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    edited January 2017
    RIP. Met him once. Bonkers but well mannered and charming.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,040
    Right on many things. I admired him as a man of principles.
    Which are sadly lacking in the current crop of politicians.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,150
    Rip
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    RIP.
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    edited January 2017
    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.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,483
    Anna_Kissed said:

    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.
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    edited January 2017
    These RIP threads are beyond a joke.

    Can we not have one big thread unless it's someone really famous?
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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    edited January 2017
    I think you need acourage to tell a truth that nobody wants to hear. His books Thatcher's Torpedo and Misrule were very influential to me. R.I.P.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,150
    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.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    stonewallpenalty said:

    These RIP threads are beyond a joke.

    Can we not have one big thread unless it's someone really famous?

    Who decides who is really famous? I've not heard of lots mentioned in these threads but doesn't mean they are not well known to others.

    R.I.P. Tam
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    RIP
    I wonder which way he was facing ?
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    “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
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    RIP
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,008
    RIP. A decent man sadly missing in politics today.
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    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.

    RIP.
  • Daggs
    Daggs Posts: 1,344
    He recognised the disadvantage to England with the creation of the Scottish Parliament. So I suppose I should thank him for that.

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