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
moving wind politics
The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another wind moves it in a different direction
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
christian politics advantage
I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing
believe tragedy politics
In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said
government coal phases
It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry will be able to operate without the need for assistance apart from social grants.
library politics public-library
I am a public library
creativity agriculture support
Food movement organic food stores supplies health food products and facilitate with instrumental support in organic agriculture.
children doubt stories
If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
witty thinking people
When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.
stress government law
The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.
want politics more-time
I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.
party years drs
I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris
believe ideas politics
She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea
important politics broadcasting
Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.