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Willie Clarke, 80, was first elected to Fife’s County Council in May 1973 - as the Cold War gripped the western world.
11 other communist candidates won seats alongside Willie in the mining town of Ballingry - but in the 43 years since the popularity of the party has dramatically waned.
In that time the US lost its battle with communists in Vietnam, the Berlin Wall has fallen and Obama has met with the Cuban president to end the decades-long trade embargo.
Now Mr Clarke - chairman of the Cowdenbeath Area Committee and the last elected communist in the UK - has retired.
Willie Clarke, 80, was first elected to Fife’s County Council in May 1973 - as the Cold War gripped the western world.
11 other communist candidates won seats alongside Willie in the mining town of Ballingry - but in the 43 years since the popularity of the party has dramatically waned.
In that time the US lost its battle with communists in Vietnam, the Berlin Wall has fallen and Obama has met with the Cuban president to end the decades-long trade embargo.
Now Mr Clarke - chairman of the Cowdenbeath Area Committee and the last elected communist in the UK - has retired.