Robin Cook

I think muck of the UK has been shocked by the death of Robin Cook. He spent 20 years at the front of Labour politics holding ministerial positions, but it was for his resignation speech in 2003 that he may be best remembered. As he sat down after delivering it the Commons burst into spontaneous applause, it had been reminded that integrity and principle were more important than spin. As the BBC say "The death of Robin Cook not only deprives the Labour Party of one of its greatest figures, it will also diminish the House of Commons."