Michael Foot RIP

I was saddened to hear on Wednesday of the death of former Labour Party leader Michael Foot. I remember Michael Foot as the leader of the Labour Party when my interest in politics was developing in the early 1980s. He may not have been the greatest of leaders but he was a man of conviction and an inspiring orator. I was always impressed by his lack of interest in the trappings of power and his greater interest in the issues that lay behind the political issues of the day. He did have a connection with Dundee, his brother, the splendidly-named Dingle Foot was the Liberal MP for Dundee between 1931 and 1945. Dingle Foot eventually saw sense and joined the Labour Party and served in Wilson's government in the 1960s.