From: kharin (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Fri Aug 16 2002 - 02:44:08 MDT
"Gerald Kaufman (aka 'The beast of Bolsover') is an outspoken, old-style
socialist who 'New' labour have tried to sideline as far as possible."
No, actually. You are thinking of Dennis Skinner, who is the MP for Bolsover and is indeed 'an outspoken, old-style socialist.' Kaufman (MP for Manchester Girton) was a member of the shadow cabinet under Neil Kinnock and a moderniser within the party, albeit a rather curmudgeonly one:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,744136,00.html
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