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Gerald Kaufman

Bedsaddick
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Has Died aged 86
Proper politician and a great Labour man.
RIP
Proper politician and a great Labour man.
RIP
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RIP, decent as any politician has ever been.4
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Father of the house.
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A true Labour man and also one of those rare things, a principled politician.
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Nevertheless..... RIP Gerald.....RIP.0
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RIP
Very sharp wit and master of the waspish remark.0 -
Old school. RIP0
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Could do with a few more like him.
RIP and great respect to his memory0 -
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not quite the 'principled' MP as many have said, he was up well past his neck in the expenses 'scandal' .. but a shrewd man who kept the Tories on their toes .. RIP0
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I may not have agreed with all of his political stances, but he was a politician who thought about what his view would be, rather than let others decide for him (whether it be the media, focus groups, etc.) - which may well be a dying art.
Less prominent in recent years than he might have been.
Not just Labour's loss.
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agree with all of the above a thoroughly decent and principled politician who became less fashionable under Blair as he was probably too decent and principled
may he rest in peace
forthcoming election for his seat may create a few problems for Labour though
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Pretty safe Labour seat. Corbyn will be gone if they lose this one.lolwray said:agree with all of the above a thoroughly decent and principled politician who became less fashionable under Blair as he was probably too decent and principled
may he rest in peace
forthcoming election for his seat may create a few problems for Labour though
Met Gerald Kaufman a few times when he was Eric Varley's no 2 at the Dept of Industry. Very bright man. Shame he never got the Cabinet position he deserved.
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