Knowing Alistair for close to half a century, although not close, I can only mourn his passing. A lovely man and socialist with a life well lived, in every sense of the term, he will be missed by many.

I met Alistair through the ILP and was always impressed by his thoughtful contributions.

Knew Alistair as a Socialist campaigner and writer. His integrity and commitment was inspiring and that legacy remains.

I knew Alistai as a socialist campaigner and writer. His commitment and integrity were inspiring and his legacy lives on.

Just one of many happy memories: On a visit with friends to Radstock, Somerset it was heart-warming to see Alistair's smile of pleasure as he went through the local co-op society and found it to be the right size for the members to know and trust their management - practical socialism in action.

We knew Alistair since we came to the UK in the mid-1970s. His gentle self-effacing outer demeanour belied a passionate commitment to social justice and campaigning for a better life for us all. He instinctively worked in a principled and non-sectarian way to secure the greatest level of unity for the causes he believed in. The progressive movement has lost a great champion and friend. While politics was his passion, he had a very broad range of interests right across the board. He could bring this knowledge to bear in the most surprising of ways on subjects that one did not suspect were within his sphere of interest. Our condolences to Ruth as well as all of Alistair's family and friends.

I had the privilege to know Alastair Graham as a trade union activist, grassroots campaigner, and editor of the Clarion, when we both lived in Halifax, West Yorkshire. In the 1980s, we were both members of the Halifax Trades Council. Alastair did the mundane task most delegates avoided: writing the minutes. We shared experiences of demonstrations against Tory cuts, marches opposing wars and racism, support for the miners during the 1984-85 strike, and celebratory May Day events. His politics combined traditional values of ‘Old Labour’ – equality, better public service for all, trade union rights, and collectivism. After I emigrated with my family to Canada, we kept in touch through letters, Christmas cards, and the Clarion. I particularly remember his beautiful cursive handwritten letters and handcrafted Christmas cards. I last saw him when he and Ruth visited us in Calgary in 1999. Alastair represented the very best of our generation of grassroots political activists.

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