He was a beer drinker. And I can't imagine any of the Lords Gage, who have been Lords of the Manor of Alfriston for generations, giving up that title to a Labour politician like Denis Healey.
A good man and full of wit. I first met him when I was two years old - he was a friend of my dad in Leeds - and I got to bump into him a few times once he had moved to Sussex. The Healeys live forever - his mother was over 100 when she died. A man not afraid to threaten the undeserving rich...
Albion fans have a long and proud history of protesting at our own club. We shouldn't be discouraging Cardiff fans from making their point, even if the Club don't like it.
Does anyone really believe that the UK could make its own decision? We would only launch our own bomb under instructions from a Washington president who was too gutless to be seen to be taking the lead.
It really is time for the UK to opt out of playing that game.
A question that is worth asking is: What proportion of the UK "privatised" railway industry is actually owned or controlled by state-owned companies based outside the UK - for example SNCF or DB?
The Hankey family of 10 Brunswick Square, Hove, received £50,000 compensation for freeing slaves in the 1830s. In today's money, that is worth almost £6 million.