Cllr Peter Brayshaw

I was saddened to hear yesterday of the sudden death of Camden Councillor, Peter Brayshaw. Peter was Chair of Camden Pension Fund and a keen member of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF). I had spoken to him only a few  weeks ago at this years LAPFF Conference.

Peter was softly spoken, polite, intelligent, principled with great political values. 

The picture is from last year's LAPFF conference when Peter made a marvelous tribute regarding the life and times of Nelson Mandela and the role that UK Councils had played in bringing about the end of Apartheid. Peter had been a lifelong supporter of the liberation of Southern Africa and was currently vice chair of ACTSA.

In fact as a young student he spent 3 weeks in Brixton prison on remand for protesting against the white supremacist government in Rhodesia.

Check out tributes in local newspaper, Anti Apartheid and ACTSA.

Tribute to Nelson Mandela: LAPFF 2013

On Thursday evening during the formal LAPFF Forum diner I looked down at my Blackberry and realised that former political prisoner and President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, had died aged 95.

The next morning Cllr Peter Brayshaw from the London Borough of Camden addressed the Forum and made a formal tribute to Mandela. Peter is vice chair of Action for South Africa which is the successor organisation of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM).

Peter made a short but wonderful speech about Mandela and his essential role in bringing freedom to South Africa. He reminded us that UK local authorities had played an important part in helping to bring about the end of apartheid.

I will post again on Mandela. This powerful bronze statute of him (above) is on the South Bank in London next to the Royal Festival Hall.  Go and have a look if you can.