Bernard Braine backed the Suez operation, opposed sanctions against Rhodesia, and in 1965 supported Enoch Powell for the Conservative Party leadership.

BBC: Tory stalwart dies

Bernard Richard Braine did not have a typical Tory background: his father, who died when he was 12, was a Fabian Socialist.

BBC: Tory stalwart dies

Victoria Graham, David Braine and David Fitzgerald will be joined by Duncan Warren from BBC Radio Cornwall as his evening show comes live from Eden too.

BBC: Children in Need 2011 in Cornwall

Mr Braine says that many of the French workers in Dublin who were laid off as a result of the Irish economic crisis are trying their luck in London rather than heading straight home.

ECONOMIST: The French community in London