Having read so many wonderful accounts of people’s interaction with John, it is hard to come up with something that has not been said. So many heart warming and witty accounts. He was truly a great man and I recognise in many of the accounts that have been posted, his charm, humour and humanity shining through. So my account is of the man whom I met at a church activist gathering called the “Justice & Peace Group”. It was at St Cecilia’s Catholic Church about a couple of miles from road we both lived in, in Worcester Park. As a group we gave our time to raise money and awareness for many needy causes. However, as other members went home to cocoa and bed, John and I went for a beer or two. Although in many ways very different people, somehow we hit it off and became friends. We would often meet up and there would always be a beer to be drank. We would discuss all manner of things and world politics was a regular topic, with John “supporting” India and I “supporting” China, to do better in the Gross Domestic Product world rankings. We confided in each …