The Guardian slipped into the far side in its coverage of Michael Foot’s death. Its main obituary was written by the great man’s biographer Mervyn Jones. Sadly, Mervyn went to that socialist heaven more than a week before Michael. So close were the events that Tribune ran the two obits in the same edition. Now, it’s not unusual for newspapers to have pre-prepared obituaries. It would be disrespectful not to have one ready. But a posthumous piece is unusual, especially if it is accompanied on the letters page of the same edition by a correction to the obituary of the person who wrote Michael’s obit, if you follow.
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