Roy Hattersley: Labour's 'nearly man' who fought to hold the party together

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : After Labour's defeat to the Tories in 1970 general election, Mr Hattersley was among 69 rebels, led by Mr Jenkins, to vote with the Conservatives in favour of Britain joining the European Economic Community.
48% : A noted gourmand and lover of fine wines - like his mentor Mr Jenkins - he combined his expressed egalitarianism with a dandyish taste for expensive, if rather loud, shirts, leading some to dismiss him as a "Champagne socialist".
39% : But when Tony Blair, who had once worked for him, finally succeeded in regaining No 10 for Labour, he became one of his most outspoken critics, accusing him of abandoning its socialist principles.
36% : While Mr Kinnock, the one-time left-wing firebrand, enthusiastically rowed in behind the new regime, Lord Hattersley railed against what he saw as its abandonment of socialism, complaining "Blair's Labour Party is not the Labour Party I joined".

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