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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. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001.
Jun 6, 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.
Mar 14, 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 ...
Mar 14, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Tony Benn, a committed British socialist who irritated and fascinated Britons through a political career spanning more than five decades and who renounced his aristocratic title rather than leave the House of Commons, has died. He was 88.
Mar 14, 2014 · LONDON — Tony Benn, a passionate orator, prolific diarist and provocative leader of the British left who became the first peer to surrender an aristocratic title to remain in...
Mar 14, 2014 · Former cabinet minister and veteran left-wing campaigner Tony Benn has died at home, his family has said. The 88-year-old former Labour MP had been seriously ill. Mr Benn became an MP in November...
Mar 14, 2014 · Tony Benn was for decades the most independent-minded, powerful and passionate voice of the hard-left at Westminster, and the man whose crusading zeal led to the new...
