Article: Gathering in homage to John Smith, 10 years on

His gravestone has already become faded by the Hebridean elements and there was a risk that the number of visitors paying their respects at the graveside of John Smith was risking the collapse of the ancient and historical churchyard on the island of Iona. Today, next to the lairs where Scottish kings were once taken to be buried, the widow, daughters, friends and former colleagues of John Smith will gather to pay their respects. It is 10 years next Wednesday since his sudden, shocking death.

The former Labour leader and Lanarkshire MP died of a heart attack aged 55, leaving the way open for Tony Blair to radically change the party. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Chancellor Gordon ...

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