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Frank Dobson has died.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50391439?fbclid=IwAR18dd8B3AOL2vnyYC6IpCI0Crs9C3Gu08mT-EpuCpsReIclywrwKcMB2xIRIP. Voted for him as a first-time voter - his election was one of the few silver linings in the Thatcher landslide of 1983.
Always had a lot of respect for him; though he was not always effective in fighting off nastier types within and outside his party.