![]() She was a lioness – and also great company.” “I worked very closely with her booting the Militant out of the Labour Party. ![]() Lord John Mann, the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, tweeted:”Betty Boothroyd was a speaker without comparison. “I’ve only seen her once in Westminster and was too awestruck to even introduce myself, and now I’ll never have that opportunity.” Hodge’s Labour colleague Charlotte Nichols also tweeted:”Absolutely devastated to hear news of the death of Betty Boothroyd she was my idol as a small child and the reason I got interested in politics. ![]() She added:”During the antisemitism row in the Labour party, when I was going through a very difficult time, she came up to me and said ‘well done’.” In a tribute published by the Guardian, Hodge also said Boothroyd “was also personally kind and supportive, and backed you up when you did difficult things. “She was a trailblazer for women as the first female Speaker of the House. Get The Jewish News Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Following confirmation of her death on Monday, Dame Margaret Hodge, the Jewish Labour Movement’s parliamentary chair tweeted:”Sad to hear the news that Betty Boothroyd has passed away.
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