A lovely tribute. Several people I know in Oz seemed to know Gough and
thought the world of him. Sad when a looming figure goes. But the loom
remains.
ken
On 10/21/2014 4:50 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Where were you when you heard?
> I'd just cut up my third apple at breakfast
> after rejecting two rotters. iPad broke it.
>
> Gough large, Gough communicating,
> Gough reforming when reform meant
> make better. Gough striding through Athens.
>
> Gough barely holding in check his pleasure
> when people got him. Gough heading that brief
> parliament of adults who cared.
>
> Gough's daggy silver sideburns. Gough dismissive
> of conservative opponents but never sneering.
> Well may we say, we've lost our champion.
>
> bw
> 21.10.14
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