Superphil
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Plymouth squad player wasn't he?
Michael Foot Died
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readingstockport
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I think so.
Also without a doubt one of the greatest post-war orrators.
Also without a doubt one of the greatest post-war orrators.
Norman Potting
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I believe he was a Plymouth STH. Remembering him brings it home how much "socialism" has changed in this country over a fairly short period. Whatever you think of the politics I consider that he was in it for what he believed rather than for the power and the glory.
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Rakehell
- Feb 19, 2010
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Absolutely. A great man from a better time when politics wasn't all about spin, soundbites and looking 'good' on camera.
Man of Harveys
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I saw him outside the north stand at Withdean just before the last time we played Plymouth. He looked ANCIENT.
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Ive shagged his granddaughter.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Very Sad. A Man who stood by his convictions and football team his whole life.
RIP
RIP
Hungry Joe
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Very sad news. Not in respect of his age as 94 is a great knock but he was one of the last of a dying breed of politician.
Can't help thinking a better thread title would've been 'One Foot In The Grave' though.
Can't help thinking a better thread title would've been 'One Foot In The Grave' though.
withdeanwombat
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A decent man,but over promoted.
Bit like Plymouth,really.
Bit like Plymouth,really.
1234andcounting
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- Mar 31, 2008
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Can remember at least two occasions when we played Plymouth at Withdean, him making his way, unaided apart from a walking stick, to his seat in the Director's Box. What loyalty.
Also was at the Labour Party conference in 1981, when he was leader. Great speech. Sadly didn't change anything. But he was a great orator. As others have written, of a time when people when into politics for principle, rather than power or status.
Also was at the Labour Party conference in 1981, when he was leader. Great speech. Sadly didn't change anything. But he was a great orator. As others have written, of a time when people when into politics for principle, rather than power or status.
The Modfather
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A decent man.
Shame he happened to be leader of the opposition during a period of time when the labour party were being absolutely slaughtered by the right wing press.
A man who stood by his policies, and who you felt genuinely wanted to help others.
Shame he happened to be leader of the opposition during a period of time when the labour party were being absolutely slaughtered by the right wing press.
A man who stood by his policies, and who you felt genuinely wanted to help others.
rcf0712
Out Here In The Perimeter
I'll never forget him laying that remembrance wreath in his daggy old donkey jacket with his mad barnet blowing every which way - as someone else said, a doyen of the days when it was what you said and did and not what you looked like or spun that mattered....
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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A man of principle. RIP Michael
Ringmer Seagull
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- Oct 2, 2008
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Agreed.....and looking good on camera was cetainly not something you could accuse him of. I saw him once in the White Hart in Lewes - he and his wife Jill were staying there. I think they stayed there more than once which suggests they had connections in the Lewes area (Plymouth were`nt at the Goldstone and it was`nt conference time in Brighton in case you were wondering.
Dandyman
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I think he may have been there for a Tom Paine/Headstrong Club event ?
A very decent man, although should never have been made Labour leader.
Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot has died, aged 96.
Mr Foot was elected Labour leader in 1980, succeeding Jim Callaghan, but stood down after a heavy defeat in the 1983 election to Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Foot, who was also a prolific writer, was first elected to Parliament in 1945 and was an MP for 42 years.
Prime Minister and Labour leader Gordon Brown led the tributes, describing Mr Foot as a "man of deep principle and passionate idealism".
As leader of our party, a labour minister, a writer and a man he was a tireless campaigner for social justice, whose intelligence, charm and courage will be remembered for years to come
Ray Collins
Labour Party general secretary
Live: Reaction and tributes
Obituary: Michael Foot
Mr Foot died shortly before 0700 GMT at his home in Hampstead, north London. He had been ill for some time with fading health and had been receiving 24-hour care.
A lifelong peace campaigner and left wing rebel, Mr Foot led the Labour Party during one of the most turbulent periods in its history and he was forced to quit after just three years when it suffered its heaviest election defeat in 50 years.
But he is remembered with affection from across the political spectrum as one of the great Parliamentary orators and debaters.
Announcing his death in the House of Commons, Justice Secretary Jack Straw compared one speech he gave in 1980 to a "Mozart concerto", saying he was "held in very great affection in all sections of the House and the country".
Commons speaker John Bercow added to Mr Straw's tribute, describing Mr Foot as a "quite extraordinarily distinguished Parliamentarian".
Labour Party General Secretary Ray Collins said: "Michael Foot's passing is very sad news for the Labour Party and the wider movement.
"As leader of our party, a Labour minister, a writer and a man he was a tireless campaigner for social justice, whose intelligence, charm and courage will be remembered for years to come."
'Thoughtful man'
Lord (Denis) Healey, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, who Mr Foot defeated in the 1980 leadership contest, who said: "I am very sorry indeed. Although I disagreed with him on issues - he was far to the left of me - I was glad to serve as his deputy."
Conservative leader David Cameron described Mr Foot as a "remarkable man", adding: "I'm obviously not old enough to have been in the House of Commons at the same time, but reading some of his speeches (they) were incredibly powerful."
Mr Cameron added: "He was a very intelligent, witty, amusing and thoughtful man."
Mr Foot first stood for Parliament in 1935, but he began his career as a journalist - editing the London Evening Standard by the age of 28. He had two spell as editor of left-wing journal Tribune, a magazine he would continue to contribute to into old age.
He entered Parliament in 1945, in Clement Attlee's post war landslide and became a fierce champion of left wing causes as well as a founder member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
He was thrown out of the Parliamentary Labour Party for two years because he opposed increases in defence spending.
Mr Foot first became MP for Plymouth Devonport, before going on to represent for Ebbw Vale and Blaenau Gwent.
Before being elected Labour leader, he was Employment Secretary in the 1974-76 Labour government under Harold Wilson and went on to become Leader of the Commons between 1976 and the 1979 general election.
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They did have connections in the lewes area , jill craigies daughter lived there, and i shagged jill craigie's daughter's daughter, so i suppose i only really shagged michael foot's STEP granddaughter, i've been living a lie for years
Lord Bracknell
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His time as Leader of the Labour Party coincided with the discovery by the gutter press that the way to destroy political reputations was to scoff at the outward trappings - hair, stick and duffle coat, in Michael Foot's case - rather than debate the issues.
We've suffered from this every since.
We've suffered from this every since.
Hungry Joe
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True. Below is the link to the Labour Party 1983 Manifesto, described at the time by the right wing press as 'the longest suicide note in history'. Read it and make up your own mind as to who have been the real losers.....
http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1983/1983-labour-manifesto.shtml