Michael Foot's funeral held

United Kingdom News.Net
Monday 15th March, 2010 (IANS)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday led mourners at the funeral of former Labour leader and MP Michael Foot, a lifelong friend of India.

Foot, who campaigned for India's independence as a young man and counted Jawaharlal Nehru among his friends, died at the age of 96 at his London home March 3.

Representing India at the funeral in Golders Green, a London suburb, was High Commissioner Nalin Surie.

Prime Minister Brown was among 160 people, including many from the Labour Party, who gathered to pay their last respects to Foot.

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