Peter Court RIP

I was very saddened to hear of the untimely death of my friend and comrade Peter Court. Peter was a member of the Dundee District Council for ten years and served as City Treasurer. After his time on the council he was the Chair of Dundee Labour Party for many years. Peter worked for many years at the Michelin factory and was an activist in AUEW, AEEU, Amicus and finally Unite. Peter was also for many years on various committees at the University of Abertay Dundee and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship as a result of his work for the University. The picture shows Peter when he was awarded the fellowship. The other picture shows Peter and a group of us out campaigning for Jim McGovern earlier this year, as ever with Peter there was always a good laugh (Peter has the hat on).

Peter will be sorely missed by his many friends and most especially by his wife Sandra and his daughter Shonagh. I was pleased that the SNP Administration leader Ken Guild paid tribute to Peter Court at the council meetings on Monday, this was a nice touch.