Comrade Mao Zedong and Comrade Kim Il Sung. A reception was held in a warm atmosphere overflowing with proletarian internationalism, at which the delegates joined together in singing revolutionary songs including the ‘Song of General Kim Il Sung’, ‘Scots wha hae’, ‘the Soldier’s Song’ and ‘the Internationale’." Lygate was nominated to become Rector of Glasgow University, Lygate was the first of the six candidates to be knocked out. He was twice nominated for honorary degrees at Glasgow and Edinburgh University, he rejected both of them believing that they might corrupt him from his working class route. Lygate claimed to be an early driving force of the anti-poll tax movement, however his health worsened. Finally in the late 1990s he was forced out of politics completely due to ill health. Death In latter life, Lygate suffered from Alzheimer's disease which deteriorated his short-term memory. It was noted that even in the final stages of the disease he could still recite poems by Robert Burns. He died on 20 January 2012, having been hit by a train. See also John MacLean Vladimir Lenin Scottish Republicanism References External links Herald Scotland obituary AWL obituary 1938 births 2012 deaths People from Govan Scottish communists Scottish prisoners and detainees Communist Party of Great Britain members