UPDATE: Brigid is watching the BBC coverage.
A popular figure in Farandaville. I was living in Jamaica when she was first elected Prime Minister. I remember the consternation of my dedicated communist socialist Labor Party member friend Mick whose flat was next to mine.
I had the privilege of meeting her many years when she did a series of lectures on the “rule of law” for a private bank–as it pertained to doing business in former Soviet countries. She was elegant but unpretentious, and the clerical staff all loved her.