Tony Benn - d. March 14th 2014

You opted for purpose,
not privilege.
You clung not to power,
but principles.
You lived not for policies,
but people. 

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Bob Crow - d. March 11th 2014

Yes, you were awkward,
but your kind of awkward
meant this;
upholding the powerless,
defending the choiceless,
translating the voiceless.

Read about Bob Crow here