Tony Benn
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, originally known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn or Wedgie Benn, but later as Tony Benn, was a British politician who was a Member of Parliamentfor 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s. Originally a "moderate", he was identified as being on the party's hard left from the early 1980s, and was widely seen as a key...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 April 1925
bristol cause equality justice
championed the cause of equality and justice in Bristol
catching concerned turn
Madam, if you are so concerned about catching BSE, you should do what I do and turn vegetarian.
victory battle finals
There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.
educational exercise direct-action
Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democracy than most constitutional lawyers, political commentators, historians or statesmen have ever cared to admit. Direct action in a democratic society is fundamentally an educational exercise.
please-me old-wounds energy
Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.
mistake making-mistakes politics
Making mistakes is how you learn.
mistake making-mistakes made
I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
suffering today britain
Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
politics peers persistent
I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner
witty thinking people
When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.
library politics public-library
I am a public library
politics littles looks
When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good
loyalty party eight
The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.
tabloids campaigns thanks
Thanks to the tabloid campaigns I have many death threats and I was very pleased to get another one the other day.