Leon Brittan RIP

Its safe to prosecute him now.

Poor old Swansea. First they sell Bony and now this.

He always looked a bit peculiar, I wouildn't be suprised if there was a bit of the Jimmy Saville about him.

very handy

Going to be interesting to see how measured  the eulogys are.

"It's been some time since men routinely carried swords and the use of 'falling on one's sword' is now restricted to the figurative usage when someone takes personal responsibility for a group action. The expression was used widely following the resignation of Lord Peter Carrington, who resigned from his post as Foreign Secretary for the Thatcher government in 1982, following Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands. He was the last high-profile politician in the UK to take personal responsibility in such circumstances.

The actual practise of committing suicide by falling on one's sword dates back to ancient Rome. Plutarch records such a death in The Life of Brutus:

Finally, he [Brutus] spoke to Volumnius himself in Greek, reminding him of their student life, and begged him to grasp his sword with him and help him drive home the blow. And when Volumnius refused, and the rest likewise ... grasping with both hands the hilt of his naked sword, he fell upon it and died"

Mark Williams-Thomas on twitter.

Mark Williams-Thomas @mwilliamsthomas 
The death of #LeonBrittan will certain allow the publication of certain information that was known & had recently been investigated

Mark Williams-Thomas @mwilliamsthomas
 
The police as part of Op.Yewtree undertook an investigation into #LeonBrittan as a direct result of an allegation in 2013

thats one way to avoid questions

did think when he was recently in the news that he looked unwell

Poor old Swansea. First they sell Bony and now this.Sad

PMSL -  I will be passing this off as my own joke later this evening

One or two of those behind today's Twitter remarks about Brittan nervously checking the Swansea City website right now imo.

what's the link with Swansea City?

Little gimp

Of course he's dead.If they said so,it must be true.

My Ar$e.

Kitty said to be devastated by the news

Jan 22, 2015 -- 10:12AM, Burton-Brewers wrote:

what's the link with Swansea City?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Britton

Good one Crisp

he looked quite slim in that photo

dodge

all very convenient

Poor old Swansea. First they sell Bony and now this. 

Good riddance to the rancid piece of sh!t.

Took a lot of secrets to his grave.

no mention of him on question time or this week.

Although there were allegations against Leon Brittan, he was not one of the main suspects, which is how he came to be given the dossier it is now said he may have had covered up.

Noticed that all the paper reviews (sky and bbc) didn't cover the star and the people, who had the Lord Britton scandal on their front pages.

From what is being said by Cameron and the other torys,it has the makings of a cover up of epic proportions yet the two main witnesses from dolphin square have now named him as one of the suspects present at the murder of one of the boys and at least a 12 separate occasions of sexual abuse..

Poor old Leon's corpse taking a right kicking in today's tabloids.

cam and co probably thinking  .....looked a wrong-un so lets make him the scapegoat, cos at the end of the day the dead can't sue