There will be more complete obituaries of the great back-bencher Paul Flynn, so I will add just two sidelights. He was a long-standing fighter for the liberalisation of our illogical drug laws, along with Liberal Democrat Chris Davies.
He was also one of the earliest MPs to write his own blog, and an amusing and insightful one it was, too. Originally called "lions led by donkeys" if I recall correctly (or possibly "dragons led by poodles", the title of one of his books), it was later revamped with a regrettably more conventional title. I see he was still contributing to it in July of last year, though he was becoming increasingly frail. The first entry of the re-launch sums up his wit and his attitude to politics.
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