Tribute made by Angus at Geoff's funeral: My dad was a hero. He wasn't a war veteran or an accomplished scientist, he wasn't even a particularly well-known politician. But the goals he worked toward, the things he believed in, were nothing short of brilliant. In these past few weeks since he's died I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I already knew about his life, but I've also learnt far more than I expected. I've read through several letters and political proposals that he wrote while working in the Labour Party, and every time I've been filled with an overwhelming sense of pride. He spent so much of his life talking about what he believed, about equality of the classes, about transparency, about change. But what's incredible is those words he wrote weren't just a collection of terms found in a posh dictionary intended to make him sound clever, and it wasn't just a method of gaining more political support for his party and earning some money. He believed in his ideals, really believed in them. And despite not knowing much about his political background beforehand, when I read through these beautiful things he'd written I found I wasn't at all surprised. I've known all my life that my dad was amazing. From the attention he gave me while growing up, to the time he spent with me as I grew older, watching films together, reading books, and discussing them with me in detail. We spent hours talking about the political situation in the world of Harry Potter, and the intricacies of King Aragon's final speech in Lord of the Rings. Even in fiction dad was interested in politics, analysing the rights and wrongs of every action of every character. He once said to me that the best thing that ever came out of my being born was that it led to him reading me Harry Potter. I was always so happy that he was genuinely interested in the things I was interested in, and my single greatest regret is that we couldn't have watched just one more film together. I loved my dad. I still love him, and I'm content with the knowledge that his life was long, and meaningful, and I'm ever so grateful that I got to be a part of it.