"Like In ANY Government, There Are People Who Are Moderate, Trustworthy And Authentic, And There Are Others - TYPICAL POLITICIANS - Who Just Tell You What You Want To Hear": In Deference to And Remembrance of One of the Former, a True Card-Carrying Member of That All Too Rare Subset of the Species of Homo Politico, A Real-Deal Politician of Integrity & Wisdom & A Down-to-Earth Common Touch: Austin Mitchell, Kiwi Emigre to England/the United Kingdom & Long-time Member of Parliament for that Esteemed Electorate/'Constituency' of Great Grimsby

The statement made to Newshub Nation's Simon Shepherd by Charlotte Belus (sp?) on this Weekend Show's 'Fall of Kabul' segment. Though her insightful if far from unique and deeply profound remark related to what the world is presently seeing from the newly-reascendant Taleban in Afghanistan - whether it is the real quid or simply a massive charm offensive by the incoming military junta - it dovetailed perfectly for me with my own sentiments regarding the sad death of a rare politician of unusual integrity and likeability, i.e. the aforementioned long-term Labour member for Great Grimsby, Austin Mitchell.