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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001.
Mar 14, 2014 · Tony Benn, who has died aged 88, was one of the most distinctive political figures of the past 60 years. His views on the economy, Europe and foreign wars put him at odds with the political ...
Mar 14, 2014 · LONDON — Tony Benn, a passionate orator, prolific diarist and provocative leader of the British left who became the first peer to surrender an aristocratic title to remain in the...
Mar 14, 2014 · Tony Benn was for decades the most independent-minded, powerful and passionate voice of the hard-left at Westminster, and the man whose crusading zeal led to the new law which allowed...
Jun 6, 2024 · Tony Benn (born April 3, 1925, London, England—died March 14, 2014, London) was a British politician, member of the Labour Party, and, from the 1970s, unofficial leader of the party’s radical populist left. Though a fierce critic of the British class system, Benn came from a moneyed and privileged family himself.
Mar 14, 2014 · Tony Benn was one of the few British politicians who became more left-wing after having actually served in government. He became the authentic voice of the radical left with the press coining...
Mar 14, 2014 · Former cabinet minister and veteran left-wing campaigner Tony Benn has died at home, his family has said. The 88-year-old former Labour MP had been seriously ill. Mr Benn became an MP in...
Mar 14, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Tony Benn, a committed British socialist who irritated and fascinated Britons through a political career spanning more than five decades and who renounced his aristocratic title rather than leave the House of Commons, has died. He was 88.
Mar 14, 2014 · The veteran Labour politician and iconic figure of the left Tony Benn has died this morning at his home in west London, his family has said. He was 88. In a statement his children Stephen,...
Mar 14, 2014 · Veteran Labour politician Tony Benn has died at the age of 88 at his west London home, surrounded by his family. The former cabinet minister died on Friday morning, his family said.
