Loose Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Todays news of the death of Tony Benn aged 88 has brought warm tributes to a man of principles from all sides of the political divide. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26573929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Another of your heroes bites the dust then, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 The best Prime Minister this country never had. I remember attending a meeting with TB in the house of commons about fifteen years ago, and he turned up late because he had attended his "dear friend" Enoch Powells funeral. I thought he was joking, but although they was political opposites they were apparently good friends who had total respect for each other as parliamentarians. I agreed with most of his political theories, and he always seemed a lovely man, but there was something about him that always made me think he was slightly bonkers. RIP comrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dflman Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 He dies just before the 50th anniversary of Radio Caroline on 28th March, 1964. Was he not the man who, as Postmaster General,, signed the Marine Offences etc etc act thus shutting down the offshore radio stations and handing the monopoly to the BBC in return for their full political backing for the Labour Party a state that exists still today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 He dies just before the 50th anniversary of Radio Caroline on 28th March, 1964. Was he not the man who, as Postmaster General,, signed the Marine Offences etc etc act thus shutting down the offshore radio stations and handing the monopoly to the BBC in return for their full political backing for the Labour Party a state that exists still today Perhaps he justly hated Tony Blackburn. Yet another Brucie bonus point for the great Tony Benn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 He renounced his hereditary peerage to continue as a labour politician. A man of true principals. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Didn't know enough about the man to comment on his political career,just too young at the time I was,but from what I know he was a decent bloke and an old school politician ,RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cup of tea Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Not sure that I totally agreed with his politics, but he was another person who stuck to his principles unlike the hypocracy that we see from modern politicians on a regular basis. Compare him to someone like Boris Johnson and you can see how far down we've gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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