His death not only elevated the call for a Sikh homeland, but also made him an untouchable martyr figure despite his hardline stances.
Lord Alli also revealed that the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, had been keen to allow a contrary view to be heard from within the Church, despite his hardline public stance in opposition to gay marriage.
Despite his hardline past, Mr Ghalibaf is seen as having reined in the excesses of the often brutal police force in particular during pro-democracy protests in 2002-03.As for the religious hardliners, they may now be regretting not uniting around one candidate, since none of the three remaining hardliners in the race has done well.
After all, Iran is being compliant with the nuclear deal, despite many hardline conservatives predicting that they wouldn't be.
Despite Fillon's hardline rightwing stances, he is not a populist.
Isis and al Nusra are bitter rivals despite both being hardline Islamist rebels fighting against the Assad government.
Despite its continuing hardline stance against marijuana, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has shown some signs of relenting and this summer opened the door to allowing more farms to grow cannabis for official research purposes.
Despite Washington's hardline approach to dealing with North Korea, Pence made a small concession on Monday, saying the US was willing to talk directly with North Korea in what he called "maximum pressure and engagement at the same time", according to the Washington Post.
Meadows is known among Republican colleagues for his personal friendliness, despite being a hardline conservative.
Cameron has given his backing to a referendum on the EU but has ruled out a straight in/out question, despite growing pressure from hardline Tory backbenchers.
