his soft-left views made him vulnerable to the hard left in the early-1980s. He was able to retain his seat at the 1983 general election, but was deselected in 1985 after a bitter struggle, described as "political 'murder'" in his Guardian obituary, and replaced as Labour candidate in Brent East by Ken Livingstone at the 1987 general election. "His support for Israel, said Freeson after his deselection, had led him to be branded 'that bloody Zionist and Jew'." Later life After leaving Parliament, Freeson became a consultant on housing and planning issues. He was editor of Jewish Vanguard from 1987 to 2006, and served as chairman of Poale Zion (Great Britain). Freeson again became a councillor in Brent at the 2002 election, but lost his Queen's Park seat to the Liberal Democrats in the 2006 local elections. He died in Salisbury, Wiltshire. References External links Obituary, The Guardian, 11 October 2006 Obituary, The Independent, 12 October 2006 Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 12 October 2006 Obituary, The Times, 12 October 2006 1926 births 2006 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in Greater London Councillors in the London Borough of Brent UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom English Jews People from St Pancras, London British Rail people Rifle Brigade soldiers Royal Engineers soldiers British Army personnel of World War II Civil servants in the Ministry of Works Jewish British politicians British anti-fascists Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970