Saturday, August 06, 2005

Robin Cook, RIP

ROBIN COOKLess than two weeks ago I posted a blog titled "Where's Robin Cook? (Where's Noam Chomsky?)" (click on it here.) I complained that Cook, the former British foreign secretary and an erudute and level-headed anti-war spokesperson, was missing from any debate in America about the Iraq debacle, and that was a great loss. Well, now he'll be missing from all debate, tragically: Robin Cook collapsed and died earlier this afternoon, while on a hill-walking trip in the North-west of Scotland. As the BBC's obituary notes, "The Labour MP for Livingston was considered one of the Commons' most intelligent MPs and one of its most skilled debaters." Also, "His stance on the Iraq war - and his resignation speech - only enhanced his reputation as a man of principle and a great Parliamentarian."

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow! I'd never read that resignation speech before. That's a real barn-buner, that is.

So long Robin Cook, we hardly knew ye.

PS. In future, there should be a blanket ban against Scottish parliamentarians going "hill-walking." First John Brown, now Robin Cook. Malcolm Rifkind better plan his next vacation for the seaside and leave the hiking boots at home.

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