Tony Benn: why words matter
With Tony Benn’s death comes an immense amount of sadness, a man of great conviction is gone. But…
Tony Benn: 1925-2014
It has been one of the great privileges of my life to have known you so well
The death of Tony Benn is devastating to me, obviously to his family and to millions all around…
“If you can have full employment by killing Germans, why can’t you have full employment by building hospitals?”
One of the most memorable interviews that Benn conducted in his later years was for a film (Sicko)…
We have lost someone irreplaceable in our lives
The Labour Party in the late 1970s and early 1980s to someone like me, coming out of education…
‘I’ll check that on transmission’ – Tony Benn’s pre-recorded message to be played after his death
Tony Benn recorded this message for Channel 4 to be played following his passing. In it he thanks…
Goodbye Mr Benn – and thanks for the inspiration
The sum of things Benn did, thought, achieved and changed can’t be summed up in a single piece…
10 of the best Tony Benn quotes
Tony Benn, who has passed away today aged 88, was a giant of the Labour Party and the…
Ed Miliband on Tony Benn: “In a world of politics that is often too small, he thought big about our country and our world”
Reacting to the passing of Tony Benn this morning, Ed Miliband – who as a young man worked…
Tony Benn has died, aged 88
Tony Benn – one of the biggest figures in 20th Century Labour Party politics – has died, aged…
