No gloating allowed as he was a Labour gobe and only dead tories are allowed to be derided on here (see Bob Crow thread).
Carry on.

You're all class, aren't you?

The finest politician in my short life span.
Principled, committed, and highly intelligent.
Had the pleasure of meetng him in the mid-80's.
A very impressive person.

A great man.

Proper politician, as I'm sure all current politicians will acknowledge today.

Such a shame that some pathetic individuals cannot have even one ounce of the respect that Tony Benn always had from all sides of The House.

Also a great defender of [iour[/i NHS.
A fact that shouldn't be lost on some of our right-thinking friends on here.
Especially the one's who cost said service, many, many thousands of pounds.

The fact that he is a Zionist and apologist for Israeli Imperialism, expansionism, torture, ethnic cleansing etc should tell you everything you need to know about Cornish.

That is why he diliked Tony Benn who was very pro palestinian





But i would not worry about people like him having a go at anyone slightly left wing or progressive it all boils down to which side you are on.


I did not always agree with Benn like most left wingers in the Labour party he was used to give the Right wing leadership an air of radicalism or socialist principle.

IN the batle of ideas though he always defended the minorities and the impressed and defended workers against the excesses of capitalism.

The left in this country has now lost one of the few fairly principled mainstream politicians it had.

So goodbye Tony Benn it is a sad day for those who fought for equality and justice today.

A sad week for the Labour movement.

one out, all out.

Made pretty much any politician in Westminster today look the intellectual pygmy that they are.

Met him once at a Militant rally in Sheffield in the 80's, very humble and very committed to his beliefs. I have met several politicians in my life, both Tory and Labour and found Tony Benn by far the most interesting. When I met him he was in the company of Dave Nellist and Pat Wall, another two honest politicians who put the electorate first and themselves last.

RIP Tony.

My thoughts exactly. With only a couple of exceptions, none of the current shower will be remembered in the same way (Grant Shapps anyone????)

Benn's 5 democratic questions, that I hadn't seen until today, are ones that we should continue to ask of politicians of any political persuasion.

It's a mark of the man that plenty of people, who disagreed with him ideologically, also recognised him as a serious intellect, as a committed, consistent and principled politician and as great Parliamentarian.

Schapps indeed – there are plenty more.

This comment from Francis Maude, on Benn, earlier today on Radio 4

Absolutely.

For anyone who hasn't seem themhttp://i.imgur.com/M8O9Ewp.jpg.jpg" >

I can't imagine Benn being a brown-noser, unlike so many career politicians nowadays.
Principled, but strangely odd in a fixed non-evolutionary way.
It was almost like he was born with his beliefs.
Clearly he wasn't, but you know what I mean.
I liked him, he was different, a throwback almost.
Now politicians are suits.

I don't gloat about death but you make a good point.

I'm sure that you – and Cornish – will be able to point to specific examples of censorship on either thread.