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Alice Mahon: A life led by socialist principles
(September 28 1937 to December 25 2022) by CAROL TURNER
(L to R) Alice Mahon MP speaks at a Stop the War news conference on April 8 2003; Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn greets former Halifax MP Alice Mahon, 79, at Hebden Bridge Town Hall, during a general election campaign visit in May 2017

THE death on Christmas morning of Alice Mahon, Labour MP for Halifax 1987 to 2005, is a sad loss for the labour movement and for all those of us who knew her.

There are few like Alice in the House of Commons nowadays — an MP who remained outspokenly committed to peace, socialism and internationalism. She will be very missed by those of us who share those values.

Alice was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs, and an avid Morning Star reader.

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