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Originally Posted by jaysay
I once spent half an hour chatting to Tony Benn in the Green Room at Granada studios, we obviously disagreed politically but was a very very interesting man to speak to.
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Best wishes , John .
I have mixed feelings about Tony Benn .
I have no doubt that he was a man of integrity who believed that politics could make the world a better place , and who was very much opposed to making personal attacks on other politicians , preferring to stick to debating ideas and not personalities .
But after the 1979 General Election defeat of Labour I did not find his antics within the Labour Party at all appealing .
In fact I would say that he was foremost among Labour politicians who made Labour unelectable , which in its turn led to 18 years of Conservative Rule and ultimately the creation of New Labour . Not a good legacy .
Any way , best wishes again John .