The last of a kind, a noble politician, a giant. I was lucky enough to have attended a lecture he gave 10 years ago at a local church arguing against the Iraq war. He had ideas, conviction and empathy, if only the rest of today's political class had all or any of these three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETqOvBKnKdk

^ Rallying against 'Thatcherism'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12pYlP3Yg0Q

^ The crowd say it best at the end of that video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXMYBDaOwyM

^ One of his last appearances, a christmas message.