Peoples' Champion.

Heartfelt words from the PM Gordon Brown in the euology to the late Fife Labour MP John MacDougall.

"PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown led the tributes yesterday at the funeral of Glenrothes MP John MacDougall, praising his friend as a “people’s champion.” The funeral of the Labour MP, who died last week from mesothelioma, an asbestos- related lung cancer, took place in Burntisland yesterday. Mr MacDougall (60), who is survived by his wife Cathy, son Scott, daughter Julie and mother Barbara, was laid to rest in the town’s cemetery following a service at a packed Erskine Church conducted by the Rev John Allan. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was a close friend, was among a number of politicians who paid their respects. In his eulogy he told fellow mourners that they had lost a tireless fighter for social justice, an endlessly loyal champion of decent values and a great family man who had shown the greatest of courage, both politically and in facing his illness. He continued, “John MacDougall was a man who spoke up for Fife, lived a life of public service in Fife and was repeatedly elected and re-elected to represent Fife."