March 14, 2014 at 8:46 am
I think Tony Benn at least deserves his own thread after sixty years in British politics!
By: charliehunt - 14th March 2014 at 15:41
Haha!!;)…..indeed not !
By: Creaking Door - 14th March 2014 at 15:19
How can we get rid of you?
You canβt!!! π
Oh no! The Forum is not a democracy!!! :rolleyes:
By: charliehunt - 14th March 2014 at 12:39
Linc – I think he possessed a quality rare in current politicians – integrity.
He enunciated democracy with his famous five questions:
What power do you have?
Where did you get it?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How can we get rid of you?
Anyone who cannot answer the last of those questions does not live in a democratic system.
By: Lincoln 7 - 14th March 2014 at 12:34
I went to one of his open nights, when he was on tour, I listened to him, and my view changed, there was something about the way he could put things across, that, was very honest. I thought he was a decent chap.
But that’s just my opinion.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: charliehunt - 14th March 2014 at 09:18
A fine politician with an excellent intellect and an unwavering commitment to what he believed in. I had no sympathy at all for his political persuasion but respected him for his honesty. No bull****ter he! A classic parliamentarian – a word now practically in disuse so few if any of that breed remain.
In his latter years touring his one-man show he became tedious and tired and a sad shell of what he once was.