IT is with deep sadness that I share the news this morning that JOHN MULVEY passed away on Sunday, a week away from his 81st birthday.
John will be remembered as a formidable campaigner for socialism who led Lothian Regional Council in the fight against the worst of Thatcher’s cuts in the 1980s.
Locally, North Edinburgh activists will remember that John led the European Commission’s Poverty 3 programme when he headed up the Pilton Partnership, an innovative community-led initiative to encourage participation, tackle poverty and to give a voice to the people of Greater Pilton, one of Edinburgh’s poorest communities.
There is lots more to say about John, a man I have known and whose company I enjoyed for more than forty years. I will share some fond memories of an exceptional and inspirational man, but that will come later.
Farewell, Comrade.
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