Author Archives: Andrew Roth

Frank Cook obituary

Maverick leftwing MP for Stockton North with a special interest in defence issuesThough the former Labour MP Frank Cook, who has died aged 76 after suffering from lung cancer, always insisted that he was a simple leftwinger, as strong on defence as he … Continue reading »

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Caerwyn Roderick obituary

Tenacious Labour MP for Brecon and Radnor during the 1970sThe former Labour MP Caerwyn Roderick, who has died aged 84, wrote his own epitaph when he last fought the Welsh seat of Brecon and Radnor: “I’m not an extremist, but not a man of moderate … Continue reading »

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