Linda Smith has died of cancer aged 48, far too early, and we’re all worse off for it. She was one of very few people I can think of whose appearance on radio or TV would mean that whatever she was in was guaranteed to be entertaining – she expressed herself with incredible clarity and intelligence, and had an unbelievably quick wit. Her humour was most effective when used to ridicule people who deserved ridicule - subtle, and yet brutal. She described David Blunkett as ‘Satan’s bearded folk singer’. Linda Smith campaigned against faith schools and on other issues connected to the rise of fundamentalism and increasing religiosity in government. We need more people like her, not less.
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