Robin Cook, former British Foreign Secretary who resigned as a chief whip because he opposed the war in Iraq died today at the age of 59.
This is a terrible loss for the reasonable part of the world.
From the Guardian
A leading figure in the Labour party for decades, Mr Cook was put in the key job of foreign secretary when the party won power in 1997.
He was demoted to the post of leader of the Commons following Labour's second election victory in 2001 and resigned from the cabinet in protest at the Iraq war in 2003.
He then became one of the sharpest critics of the government's foreign policy in Iraq.
Mr Cook's devotion to enhancing the role of parliament as leader of the Commons made him a popular figure among backbench MPs, and his powerful resignation speech on the eve of war won him great respect from opponents of military action.
May he rest in peace.