Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes has paid tribute to Claire Rayner, the NHS campaigner, agony aunt and Liberal Democrat member who died yesterday:
Claire Rayner was a wonderful, no-nonsense, agony aunt to the nation, but also she was much more than that.
Claire’s campaigning was an inspiration to millions and especially to Liberal Democrats, who were so proud that she was a member of our party.
Continuous work and campaigning to improve our National Health Service for all our patients will be the best sort of tribute our country can give her.
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This is a sad loss. Claire Rayner was a great humanist, republican, Liberal Democrat and conveyer of wisdom about life. May she rest in peace.
From the BBC: She told her relatives she wanted her last words to be: “Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I’ll come back and bloody haunt him.”
Rest in Peace Clare.
You did so much to help inform and help people.
Sadly think that the NHS has much to fear from Cameron and no amount of Lib Dem ‘fair and progressive’ whitewash will change that.