A GREAT MAN DIED TODAY IN GREAT BRITAIN

[Douglas Carpenter]

Born Lord Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), 2nd Viscount of Stansgate. He renounced his hereditary titles as well as his position of class and privilege and swore his heart, mind and soul to the working class and the cause of democratic socialism. He was a was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 50 years and a Cabinet Minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan.

Here Michael Moore interviews him a few years ago

[Seeking Serenity]

1. This video is not available in my country.

Curious.

[Douglas Carpenter]

15. we have another video below that should work

[Bluenorthwest]

2. A great man indeed. Here is a link to that interview which will work in the US

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. thanks for posting that - I didn't realize the video above may not work on the U.S. mainland

[laundry_queen]

3. Oh, that's too bad. He was great. nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. indeed he was

[Overseas]

4. K&R. He will be missed.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. 'Margaret Thatcher once said Tony Blair

'Margaret Thatcher once said Tony Blair & New Labour were her greatest achievement, and she was right!'











Tributes poured in for one the country's most extraordinary and controversial MPs, who, in what he described as the blazing autumn of his career outside Westminster, came to be regarded as an anti-establishment voice for democracy.

Although he said self-deprecatingly in one of his later interviews: "All political careers end in failure; mine just happened to end earlier than most," many regarded his final decades outside Westminster with greatest affection.


He became known for his campaign against the invasion of Iraq, addressing the UK's biggest ever demonstration during the Stop the War rally of 2003.



http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/14/tony-benn-dies-aged-88-labour-politiican



John Bolton VS Tony Benn

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Tony Benn on the Iraq war (at 1m 12s

[Douglas Carpenter]

6. great video there

[Octafish]

7. An Enlightened Soul

Thank you for remembering Mr. Benn, Douglas Carpenter.



Great OP and thread.

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. that is a great quote

[opiate69]

10. Damn. I was all set to rib you about the all caps thing, but this just sucks.

Rest easy, Sir Benn. You left the world better than you found it.

[Catherina]

11. Damn :( RIP Tony

[LeftishBrit]

13. k&r

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. knr

[Douglas Carpenter]

16. one more

[flamingdem]

17. Poor, demoralized and frightened

but I'm not sure that accounts for apathy in our country when people don't vote

[Hekate]

18. knr

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. one last one for this Great man of history