R.i.p. Tony benn - Page 3

Morecambe Ex Pat · 16-03-2014, 20:09

His views on immigration were based on attracting the elite brains of Europe to our companies to develop cutting edge technologies, not attract dirty scumbags who want to spend their days picking the pockets of ordinary working folk.
Not a do-gooder but a man with vision, unlike our current shower of leaders who couldn't organise that proverbial drinking session in a beer manufacturer's.

jaysay · 22-03-2014, 15:05

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.

Margaret Pilkington · 22-03-2014, 15:23

John...John, welcome back. Ooh I have missed you.
I hope you are feeling better.

westendlass · 22-03-2014, 15:27

Welcome back Jaysay, hope your well.x

JCB · 22-03-2014, 17:36

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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.

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 .

Wynonie Harris · 22-03-2014, 17:43

Great to see you back, mate!

Eric · 22-03-2014, 17:56

Hey there John ... you are still a misguided, blinkered tory; but I missed you

It's great to hear from you again.

Eric · 22-03-2014, 18:11

Come to think of it ... C'mon seems to have gone missing ... I hope he's ok and that he will pop up now that Jaysay's back. It hasn't been the same on here without those two going at it.

DtheP47 · 22-03-2014, 18:57

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Originally Posted by Eric

Hey there John ... you are still a misguided, blinkered tory; but I missed you

It's great to hear from you again.

Aye, welcome back jay, I'll settle for your partisan fuzzy logic anytime over some of the unedifying posts being regurgitated on another thread.

DaveinGermany · 22-03-2014, 19:14

Hello Fella! Good to see you back again.

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Originally Posted by Eric

Come to think of it ... C'mon seems to have gone missing ...

Yin-Yang Eric, that or Siamese twins.

yerself · 27-03-2014, 11:48

JCB · 28-04-2014, 16:53

Any chance that this thread could be integrated with the " The Labour Gravy Train Thread " ?

William Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P. , and father of Tony Benn , or Anthony Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P

Tony Benn , or Anthony Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P and son of William Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P.

Hilary James Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P. and son of Tony Benn , or Anthony Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P. , and grandson of William Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P.

And we haven't finished yet .

There is Emily Sophia Wedgewood Benn , granddaughter of Tony Benn , or Anthony Wedgewood Benn , Labour M.P.

She was an unsuccessful Parliamentary candidate in the 2010 . She was the youngest Parliamentary Candidate at the 2010 General Election .

Oh , she was a Labour candidate by the way .

Second thoughts .

Perhaps there should be a new thread , " The Benn Gravy Train " .

wadey · 30-04-2014, 10:33

I like Tony Benn but he cannot be forgiven for shutting down the pirate radio stations