Former British Home Secretary Leon Brittan

Very sad to see Leon Brittan has died. A good & honourable servant of his country. A decent and lasting friend. He will be sorely missed RIP

— John Deben (@lorddeben) January 22, 2015

Leon Brittan’s death will now allow a lot of people to publish information from police paedophile investigations in 1980s and 1990s #Savile — Meirion Jones (@MeirionTweets) January 22, 2015

Sad to hear about the timely death of Leon Brittan.

— Daniel Maier (@danielmaier) January 22, 2015

I think we’re about to see “you can’t libel the dead” stretched to its very limits on Twitter. #LeonBrittan — Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) January 22, 2015

Now #LeonBrittan is dead Expect shocking revelations of he abused & raped boys More shocking is the State Protected him

— Ian Puddick (@ianpuddick) January 22, 2015

Is now the time to publish the pics of a naked Leon Brittan wearing French Maids hat with a naked 14 year old boy on his lap? — Old Holborn (@Holbornlolz) January 22, 2015

Mmmf.

Leon Brittan, former home secretary, dies aged 75 (Guardian)

How Leon Brittan’s final years were tarnished by lost paedophile dossier (Telegraph)