Tony Benn, the UK Labour M.P, who was famously mentioned in PSB's great single, "Love Is A Bourgeois Construct" has sadly passed away this morning, aged 88.
He was from a dying breed of politicians who are also political thinkers and authors.
His diaries are very interesting, and I somehow doubt we'll be reading books on political thought or very engaging diaries from George Osbourne or Danny Alexander in years to come.
Harry
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2014, 7:55 pm
by raggatwin
R.I.P comrades Benn and Crow.
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Fri 14 Mar 2014, 8:24 pm
by Sandy Shaw
I met him once after a talk at Cadogan Hall and he was completely charming. RIP. He was loved by politicians across the spectrum.
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 9:16 am
by Andie
R.I.P Tony Benn
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 9:49 am
by daveid
Wonderful and much loved man. I heard him speak at a couple of antiwar demos and he captivated all present. This has been a tragic week for the left. End of an era. RIP Tony. RIP Bob.
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 9:53 am
by raggatwin
Terrible week for the left indeed, but we owe it to Tony and Bob to carry on their work. No parasan!
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2014, 8:55 pm
by Patrick Bateman
raggatwin wrote:Terrible week for the left indeed, but we owe it to Tony and Bob to carry on their work. No parasan!
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2014, 7:12 am
by Corina
raggatwin wrote: No parasan!
So lovely to see English people trying to speak foreign languages
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2014, 10:18 am
by raggatwin
im Irish....that's an internationalist rallying call...
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2014, 10:20 am
by raggatwin
Patrick Bateman wrote:
raggatwin wrote:Terrible week for the left indeed, but we owe it to Tony and Bob to carry on their work. No parasan!
here she comes....the 'socialist' who doesn't know why many socialists are anti EU....
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2014, 10:29 am
by Corina
raggatwin wrote:im Irish....that's an internationalist rallying call...
You should have written "¡No Pasarán!", for the sake of the Spanish-speaking people on this forum, also for the Hispanophiles and the "lefties" here
Are the Irish better at learning languages?
Re: "Drinking tea like Tony Benn"
Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2014, 1:29 pm
by raggatwin
Ah...I see I spelt it wrong...the world is coming to an end...
