Nils Monaghan RIP

I had some very sad news the other day.

A very close friend who collaborated with FC and related Third Positionist and Nationalist initiatives passed away.

Nils Monaghan was a student at St Andrews University (in Scotland) when I first met him in the early 90s. He was active there in distributing ITP materials, and from those days onwards he helped FC in various ways.

He was always willing to attend meetings, seminars, activity weekends when he was in the country (his work often took him to Europe and America), and whenever funds were needed he'd put his hand in his pocket for the cause.

Nils was an amiable character, larger than life, very serious and well educated, but with a great sense of humour and fun which led to some great stories and anecdotes which would have many of us in tears of laughter.

It's always sad to lose a good friend and comrade, but with Nils it's a loss that really does leave a large hole, with a good friend gone - not just a comrade. What's more with all his knowledge of computing, culture etc. the world's a poorer place without him.

He was particularly proud of his family's links to Finland and his grasp of Finnish was just one other aspect of a man who had so much to offer.

So it was that when I heard Nils had died from a mutual friend I really was at a loss for words. Even members of my family who knew him had nothing but good memories of an immensely likeable man.

In this world (of yes-man, shysters, chavs and grey-suits) Nils was what we need the most: a real character, sure of his heritage and culture, confident in his beliefs and always ready to help out when his busy schedule allowed it.

Nils was one of those people behind the scenes at FC. He never asked for any reward. He never asked for any plaudits. He never asked for any gratitude. He just did what he could when he could: would that there were more people like Nils.

So spare a thought and a prayer for Nils Monaghan.

Rest in Peace, dear friend.