Political journalists and senior politicians have expressed shock on the sudden dying of former Day by day Categorical political editor and Member of the European Parliament Patrick O’Flynn, aged 59.
He was a prolific commentator for the Categorical titles and different publications and a loyal supporter of Nigel Farage, serving as a United Kingdom Independence Get together MEP from 2014 till 2019.
Mr O’Flynn is known to have died from most cancers which superior quickly. Pals stated he went to the physician after feeling unwell, was identified with stage 4 liver most cancers and instructed he solely had weeks to stay.
Main tributes, Mr Farage stated: “So sad to hear of the passing of Patrick O’Flynn. Paddy was a great journalist, a great thinker, a great patriot and a titan of our joint cause. Thank you, Paddy.”
Boris Johnson stated: “Sad to hear of the loss of Patrick O’Flynn – a truly original conservative journalist who grasped the causes of much of the current discontent. His pieces were always punchy and persuasive. He will be missed.”
“We’d agree on substance, then argue over tactics. I teased him about being a secret leftie… but my goodness, he loved his country.”
Picture:Patrick O’Flynn throughout his time as Day by day Categorical political editor in 2004, interviewing Michael Howard
After his election as MEP for the East of England in 2014, Mr O’Flynn was UKIP’s spokesman on the economic system till 2015, when he stood because the get together’s candidate in Cambridge within the normal election.
He give up UKIP in 2018 and joined the Social Democratic Get together and stood within the Peterborough parliamentary by-election in 2019 for the SDP, however obtained solely 135 votes.
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