Mo Mowlam critically ill

[Duncan Gardner]

Get well soon Mo.

Unsurprisingly, I don't quite share the high opinion of her time as NI minister.

Her time in the job was largely a combination of comic relief (telling Paisley to fcuk off, sending a Police superintendent to Boot's to buy her tampons), and absurdist theatre (remember the 'more tea Mad Dog' cartoons when she chatted with paramilitaries in the Maze).

She lost the job not because she was more popular than the jealous Blair, as was widely assumed in the British press at the time, but by misreading the basic rule of Ulster politics. It's about selling out the Prods, but subtly enough that they don't notice...

[carrickharp]

Just passed away RIP

[CollegeTillIDie]

Mo Mowlam has died. May she rest in peace. She was one of the best English politicians ever on the issue of Northern Ireland. She was also a great person with a terrific sense of humour. A terrible loss of someone so young.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[drinkfeckarse]

She'll be missed. R.I.P.

[fosterdollar]

Apparently she fell and banged her head having lost her sense of balance due to radiotherapy for the tumour she had. It's a terrible shame. RIP

[Roo69]

Rip

[dahamsta]

Awww, sorry Mo. You'll be missed.

adam

[liam88]

Rest in Peace Mo

[sligoman]

Sad to hear it. RIP

[dahamsta]

You can pay tribute to Mo on the BBC website here.

adam

[Green Tribe]

RIP. Mo was fab, I hope she didn't suffer too much.

[Fair_play_boy]

Thanks for the BBC link Adam.
Some of those tributes are really forward looking. That is how I want to remember Mo Mowlam, as somebody who wanted to get results, but not selling her soul along the way.
Looking at those words, the same could be said of the late Robin Cook, who also died this month.
The Labour Party in the UK has not just lost two wonderful people, they both were well outside Tony Blair's favoured inner circle.
As long as people of Mowlam's and Cook's calibre are not leading figures in Labour, the party is going downhill.
Back on topic, may you Rest In Peace, Mo Mowlam. The world is a better place for having seen and heard you.