Farewell Dennis Healey.

[slowmotion]

I always rather liked him. He seemed easy in his own skin.

 

[TVC]

He was my MP when I was a kid in Leeds. He came to my primary school and sat playing the piano for my class whilst giving some of us a chance to sit at the instrument and play a duet with him (poke an appropriate key each time he nodded). I remember him as a really nice chap who was fun to spend time with.
A full worthwhile life, and he seved his country well.

 

[swee'pea99]

Old school. A thoroughly decent chap, and a man of integrity. (A surprisingly good photographer toboot.) RIP.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Yes, RIP.
The Labour party is missing somebody like him already.

 

[alicat]

He was my MP when I was a kid in Leeds.

And mine. I had a lot of respect for him. His autobiography 'The time of my life' is a very good read.

Velvet Curtain - where did you grow up? I lived in Crossgates then Halton and went to St Theresa's then St Mary's College.

 

[beachy]

Officer in ww2 then served his country in politics. Another big labour party member of the old school gone. R.I.P. old fella.

 

[TVC]

And mine. I had a lot of respect for him. His autobiography 'The time of my life' is a very good read.

Velvet Curtain - where did you grow up? I lived in Crossgates then Halton and went to St Theresa's then St Mary's College.

I was in Roundhay, it was Asket Hill school in possibly 72 or 73. I don't think the school is there now, I moved south when I was 10.

 

[growingvegetables]

RIP.

 

[alicat]

I was in Roundhay, it was Asket Hill school in possibly 72 or 73. I don't think the school is there now, I moved south when I was 10.

Oh, the constituency was bigger than I thought.

 

[rich p]

I remember him saying on the radio a few years ago that he became very fond of, and friendly with, Margaret Thatcher in their dotage. I'm not sure if I was impressed or appalled!

 

[Accy cyclist]

How come he didn't toddle off to the House of Lords and die in his sleep, like some do?

 

[slowmotion]

How come he didn't toddle off to the House of Lords and die in his sleep, like some do?

He did the latter.

 

[vernon]

How come he didn't toddle off to the House of Lords and die in his sleep, like some do?

He did the latter.

He also did the former.

 

[howard2107]

I'm not really into politics, but i remember him being one of a few from that era on both sides that actually had balls, unlike the wet farts who we have had to endure since the mid 1990's, and can't make a decent decision between them.

 

[slowmotion]

He also did the former.

I imagine that the ermine must have matched his magnificent eyebrows.