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RIP Lord Jenkins of Hillhead. An Oxford man (both student and, later, Chancellor), and an ardent liberal. As Labour home secretary he legalised abortion and homosexuality as well as making divorce easier and reducing censorship. A leading Europhile he was president of the European commission before returning to UK politics and splitting from the Labour party after their lurch to the left as one of the Gang of Four, forming the SDP which eventually merged with the Liberals to form todays Lib Dems. Honest man, libertarian, historian, he will be missed.