Robin Cook RIP

Hearing Robin Cook had died on Saturday marred the day. It was odd being in Kensington Gardens and people not pausing to pay tribute. He was a good man who made a dignified stand against Blair's war for oil by resigning his Cabinet post. The anti-war coalition has lost one of its most reasonable faces. No one listens to the wonderful Tony Benn any more (except for the 2 million people who listened on February 15th 2003, but he was preaching to the converted and no one with any power to effect change paid attention) and George Galloway doesn't seem to understand that you should choose carefully which battles to fight. Poor Robin. His silent condemnation spoke volumes.

Labour politicians are like the Beatles, they always die in the wrong order.