Man of principle has died

Aardvark · 28-12-2006, 10:42 PM

On Christmas Day John Butcher, former Tory MP for Coventry South West, passed away with heart failure. He was 60 years old. I am privileged to have been one of his constituents and owe him a massive debt for the personal service he gave me in my time of need. He was a real gentleman.

John Butcher was 'one of us'. He was one of only 8 Tory MPs to vote against the Maastricht Treaty, for which he was condemned as a '*******' by John Major. Unlike so many europhiles he had read the treaty and was so appalled that he bought copies and offered them free to his constituents to read!

JB was a man of the people. His car in London was a Coventry built black cab. Once a month he could be found in the Earlsdon Cottage pub in his constituency playing jazz clarinet. He was an excellent constituency MP as I can attest from going to his surgery.

If all MPs had the principles of John Butcher we would still have our sovereignty.

RIP the best constituency MP. :cry:

Hartlepool · 29-12-2006, 03:50 AM

Glad to read the above,he must of been someone special,well done John Butcher.

28-12-2006, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,919	Man of principle has died On Christmas Day John Butcher, former Tory MP for Coventry South West, passed away with heart failure. He was 60 years old. I am privileged to have been one of his constituents and owe him a massive debt for the personal service he gave me in my time of need. He was a real gentleman. John Butcher was 'one of us'. He was one of only 8 Tory MPs to vote against the Maastricht Treaty, for which he was condemned as a '*******' by John Major. Unlike so many europhiles he had read the treaty and was so appalled that he bought copies and offered them free to his constituents to read! JB was a man of the people. His car in London was a Coventry built black cab. Once a month he could be found in the Earlsdon Cottage pub in his constituency playing jazz clarinet. He was an excellent constituency MP as I can attest from going to his surgery. If all MPs had the principles of John Butcher we would still have our sovereignty. RIP the best constituency MP. :cry:

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29-12-2006, 03:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,785 Party: Free England Party	Glad to read the above,he must of been someone special,well done John Butcher.