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Tony Benn. 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.
10 ott 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.
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Tony Benn was born in London, on April 3rd, 1925. His father William Wedgwood Benn was also the first Viscount of Stansgate. His father was initially a Liberal member of Parliament, who later defected to the Labour Party before being elevated to the House of Lords. Tony Benn learnt some of his politics from his father. However, although William Ben...
As his father was a Peer, the current law stated that anyone who inherited the seat in the House of Lords couldn’t then sit in Parliament. In 1960 William Wedgwood Benn died, leaving Tony in the unwelcome position of inheriting a seat in the Lords. Despite knowing about his position in the House of Lords, he stood in the election of 1961 and was re...
Tony Benn has been at the forefront of many anti-war movements. In recent times he opposed both Gulf wars and the Kosovo war. He was elected the first president of the Anti War Coalition. – The leading anti-war movement in Britain. He has spoken passionately against both militarism and war. In particular, he has criticised the perceived imperialism...
14 mar 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...
Tony Benn, all'anagrafe Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, già 2° Visconte di Stansgate, è stato un politico, scrittore e attivista britannico. Esponente di spicco della cosiddetta hard left del Partito Laburista, si professò un socialista democratico e repubblicano e ricoprí più volte la carica di ministro, risultando inoltre il politico ...
14 mar 2014 · Tony Benn was one of the most important figures on the socialist left in Britain throughout the last four decades. There has hardly been an important working class gathering for many years that...
14 mar 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...
