What is Michael Foot?
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} [[File:Chile Solidarity Campaign 90264 (cropped).jpg|thumb|300x300px|Michael Foot in September 1979]] '''Michael Foot''' (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010)<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/03/michael-foot-obituary Guardian obituary]</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, journalist and author. Foot was born in [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]], [[Devon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7359721/Michael-Foot.html |title=Telegraph obituary |access-date=2018-04-01 |archive-date=2013-07-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707054852/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7359721/Michael-Foot.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He studied [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] at [[University of Oxford]]. He was a journalist from the late 1930s until the early 1960s. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from 1945–1955 and from 1960–1992. He was deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1976–1980 and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1980–1983. Foot was married to writer [[Jill Craigie]] (1911–1999) from 1949 until her death. He was an [[atheist]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2010/03/michael_foot_three_memories.html Three memories of Michael Foot]</ref> Foot died at home in [[Hampstead]], north [[London]], on 3 March 2010, aged 96.<ref>{{cite news |last= White |first= Michael |date= 3 March 2010 |title= Former Labour leader Michael Foot dies |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/03/michael-foot-dies |work= The Guardian |access-date= 19 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 3 March 2010 |title= Gordon Brown leads tributes to Michael Foot |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gordon-brown-leads-tributes-to-michael-foot-1915267.html |work= The Independent |access-date= 19 October 2019 |archive-date= 19 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/