I liked Tony Benn I thought he spoke a lot of sense regarding political and social issues. He was a man of the people I think who was much maligned by the media in his political life. He was right we don't have true democracy we can't elect our head of state and we don't have a written constitution which is one of the areas he spoke about many times. He I think wanted a Republic as he thought that more democratic which I agree with. My husband saw him some years ago at a Labour party meeting he was the main speaker. Some of the people present did not altogether agree with his views but many wanted to hear his oratory. Tony Benn was a radical yes and he did not always gel with same of the members of his own party. But I personally think he would have made a good Labour leader and maybe made changes in our system politically and socially. I also agree with Farhang Jahnpour's comment approachable and I think was a genuine person who cared about people and not just the advancement of his own political agenda in politics. Tony Benn was the old school of socialism who tried to bring about a fairer society and give ordinary people more democracy in our society which I completely agree with
I liked Tony Benn I thought he spoke a lot of sense regarding political and social issues. He was a man of the people I think who was much maligned by the media in his political life. He was right we don't have true democracy we can't elect our head of state and we don't have a written constitution which is one of the areas he spoke about many times. He I think wanted a Republic as he thought that more democratic which I agree with. My husband saw him some years ago at a Labour party meeting he was the main speaker. Some of the people present did not altogether agree with his views but many wanted to hear his oratory. Tony Benn was a radical yes and he did not always gel with same of the members of his own party. But I personally think he would have made a good Labour leader and maybe made changes in our system politically and socially. I also agree with Farhang Jahnpour's comment approachable and I think was a genuine person who cared about people and not just the advancement of his own political agenda in politics. Tony Benn was the old school of socialism who tried to bring about a fairer society and give ordinary people more democracy in our society which I completely agree with