He made a difference - Lib Dems pay emotional tribute to Lord Paddy Ashdown
(World News UK)

A former prime minister, deputy prime minister and party leader Jo Swinson all heralded the life and career of Lord Paddy Ashdown in a moving tribute at the Liberal Democrat party conference. Ms Swinson was among those – including his wife Jane, ex-prime minister Tony Blair and ex-deputy prime minister and former leader Nick Clegg – who paid warm tribute to the late former party leader. In a moment that moved many members close to tears, a former colleague revealed how the former Royal Marine, who passed away from cancer in December, had personally bestowed a proper burial to those massacred in the Srebrenica massacre while High Representative for...