Iain Dale is reporting that Gwyneth Dunwoody has passed away, this evening. If this is true, it is a sad day. Mrs Dunwoody was a very impressive MP, never afraid to speak her mind, standing up for what she thought was right, rather than taking decisions based on instructions from the whips office.
This is a massive loss for the Labour party, Parliament and everyone involved in politics, no matter what party you are in.
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Yes, I heard the news this morning. I read a few days ago in the Crewe & Nantwich guardian that she had been into hospital for a big heart operation last week.
I knew Gwyneth and worked for her in the 1983 & 1987 election campaigns. She was a great constituency MP, a great fighter for Crewe, and a superb chair of the transport committee. I think she will be missed by all sides of the house.
I was once sitting in a meeting of the constituency Labour party and she sat by me. The chairman invited her to sit at the front, but she said she was far happier sitting by this handsome young man. So apart from her failing eyesight.....
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