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« on: April 17, 2008, 05:19:47 PM »
Named sources according to Iain Dale have said that a 'senior and much respected Labour MP' has died today. More soon (or hopefully not)
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2008, 05:37:53 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 05:39:41 PM »
'Very senior' may have been a 'clue'
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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2008, 05:40:55 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:39:41 PM
'Very senior' may have been a 'clue'

As in Alan Williams?

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« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2008, 05:45:25 PM »
BBC confirms Gwyneth Dunwoody has died.

R.I.P
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« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2008, 05:50:11 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:45:25 PM
BBC confirms Gwyneth Dunwoody has died.

R.I.P

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I always did think that she should've been Speaker.

The odd thinkis, I was talking to someone about that just half an hour ago.
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« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2008, 05:55:18 PM »
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 05:50:11 PM
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:45:25 PM
BBC confirms Gwyneth Dunwoody has died.

R.I.P

Sad

I always did think that she should've been Speaker.

The odd thinkis, I was talking to someone about that just half an hour ago.

She was always a 'details' woman, particularly on comittee. Speaker would have suited her.
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« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2008, 05:57:47 PM »
Just a little formal note to everyone here. If a certain thread is started tomorrow over on the international elections board, it will be closed or deleted. Politicians are allowed a little dignity as much as the rest of us.
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« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2008, 06:01:26 PM »
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 05:57:47 PM
Just a little formal note to everyone here. If a certain thread is started tomorrow over on the international elections board, it will be closed or deleted. Politicians are allowed a little dignity as much as the rest of us.

I agree. I have to admit I had a glance at some numbers but I don't see the need to discuss anything until after the May elections.
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2008, 06:04:14 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:55:18 PM
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 05:50:11 PM
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:45:25 PM
BBC confirms Gwyneth Dunwoody has died.

R.I.P

Sad

I always did think that she should've been Speaker.

The odd thinkis, I was talking to someone about that just half an hour ago.

She was always a 'details' woman, particularly on comittee. Speaker would have suited her.

And she would have kept the House in order through sheer battleaxeishness. Reminded me a lot of my late Grandma actually.
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« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2008, 06:12:47 PM »
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 06:04:14 PM
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:55:18 PM
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 05:50:11 PM
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 05:45:25 PM
BBC confirms Gwyneth Dunwoody has died.

R.I.P

Sad

I always did think that she should've been Speaker.

The odd thinkis, I was talking to someone about that just half an hour ago.

She was always a 'details' woman, particularly on comittee. Speaker would have suited her.

And she would have kept the House in order through sheer battleaxeishness. Reminded me a lot of my late Grandma actually.

Well Betty managed it with aplomb Smiley She was a great speaker at one of the best times to be one (even casting an important tie breaker) Gwyneth would been just as fiesty - it's still a house of predominently rowdy men who need to be clipped behind the ear sometimes! On that note I have no idea who the next speaker will be. It will more than likely be a Tory but it won't be the one we expected until just a few months ago...
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« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2008, 06:21:24 PM »
« Edited: April 17, 2008, 07:05:01 PM by Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! »
Apparently it was a stroke. Her father (Morgan Phillips, yes, that one) had a stroke and died a few years later.

Edit: apparently not:

"Ms Dunwoody's son David described his mother as a wonderful mother and grandmother.

He told the BBC that she had died "in a gentle and calm way" on Thursday evening after being ill for about a week."
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« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2008, 06:23:18 PM »
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 06:21:24 PM
Apparently it was a stroke. Her father (Morgan Phillips, yes, that one) had a stroke and died a few years later.

I know that her late ex-husband was an MP and her daughter, she was an AM iirc?
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« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2008, 06:35:36 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on April 17, 2008, 06:23:18 PM
Quote from: Trech Gwlad Nac Arglwydd! on April 17, 2008, 06:21:24 PM
Apparently it was a stroke. Her father (Morgan Phillips, yes, that one) had a stroke and died a few years later.

I know that her late ex-husband was an MP and her daughter, she was an AM iirc?

Yeah, for one of the Pembroke seats (2003-2007). Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Labour nod for Swansea West recently.
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« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2008, 03:00:15 AM »

Sad news. One of my favourites.

RIP.
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« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2008, 04:42:46 AM »
Thirty years in the Commons says something about her- and it's good.

Rest in Peace.
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« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2008, 07:56:58 AM »
A nice little tribute over on Harry Barnes (a former Derbyshire MP) 's blog: http://threescoreyearsandten.blogspot.com/2008/04/understanding-gwyneth.html
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« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2008, 10:37:36 AM »
Sad RIP
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« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2008, 12:30:38 AM »
I'm the first non-Briton to post on this thread? Wow.

RIP.
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