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Tony Benn to run again?

butchersapron said:
He is eurosceptic. You characterised this postion as ' hating foreigners' when held by people other than Mr benn.
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I was referring to many in UKIP, not every member of UKIP and not the poster. I would favour a referendum and would vote no, but I'm no little Englander.
 
Groucho said:
I was referring to many in UKIP, not every member of UKIP and not the poster. I would favour a referendum and would vote no, but I'm no little Englander.
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Then you better phrase your off-the-cuff quips a bit better groucho.
 
tony 'highgate' benn is bringing socialism to the masses fo' real' - nuff said really

:D

he is a learned leftist isn't he..he knows about the poor - he has observed them from a powerful microscope....
 
butchersapron said:
Every labour MP is great for you though.

George Foulkes, Mike Gapes
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George is now a peer and an MSP, and he's certainly wowing them in Holyrood.

Quite a lot of them are all right, though we could maybe hear less from Shaun Woodward. My point, though, is that Tony Benn would add dignity and class to the proceedings and all right thinking London lefties should be beavering away to help him get selected and then elected.
 
I don't think this is going to happen.

Benn was interviewed on C4 News yesterday evening. He admitted it was unlikely that he would stand. He said he had told the constituency secretary that if the constituency party couldn't find another candidate, he'd be happy to accept nomination, if they wanted him. What are the chances of nobody else wanting to be the Labour candidate? About zero.
 
JHE said:
I don't think this is going to happen.

Benn was interviewed on C4 News yesterday evening. He admitted it was unlikely that he would stand. He said he had told the constituency secretary that if the constituency party couldn't find another candidate, he'd be happy to accept nomination, if they wanted him. What are the chances of nobody else wanting to be the Labour candidate? About zero.
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I'll have a crack.
 
go for it. There'll be a cast of thousands standing for that seat anyway, whether or not TB stands. I'm sure you could add to the fun :)

"He said he had told the constituency secretary that if the constituency party couldn't find another candidate, he'd be happy to accept nomination, if they wanted him."

He's an astute bloke, our Tone. He's forever trotting out the line that politics is about issues not pershonalities. I've always thought it nonsense, myself. But he's manouvering so that if the CLP looks like selecting someone on the right he'll be forced to stand, on the ishoos. If they don't want him, they'll have to select someone of his choosing.
 
so you've said before. Experience counts ('s why TB is so good at things like Question Time). Just remember, it's not the winning that's important, it's the taking part.
 
I wouldn't have enetred the egg and spoon race at school if they'd told me that :(

better try to win then.
 
Sunray said:
I cant see this, I saw him at Glastonbury and he is too frail. The guy is in his 80's. Great speaker still. Very passionate still, but doesn't know when to quit.
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Yeah, met him a little while ago and was quite shocked at how old he's got, still sharp but given the announcement yesterday I'm can't see it coming to pass either. He'll be 84 by the time of the next election and if, amazingly, he get's the selection and seat he'll be nearly 90 before the time of the election after that. That'd just look like setting up a by-election if they chose him...

Oh yeah he can't run in BG&B, they've already chosen their candidate.
 
I believe Gladstone was 83 when he last stood for election, but those were different times. I'd love him to try again, but I can't see him getting past a selection panel. The same with Footy (94 now)
 
Meltingpot said:
I believe Gladstone was 83 when he last stood for election, but those were different times. I'd love him to try again, but I can't see him getting past a selection panel.
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You'd like to see Gladstone try again?
 
chegrimandi said:
tony 'highgate' benn is bringing socialism to the masses fo' real' - nuff said really

:D

he is a learned leftist isn't he..he knows about the poor - he has observed them from a powerful microscope....
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Bit like Marx and Engels then.

Benn is standing so he gets a platform to talk about what he considers the key issues, Iraq and the European constitution. He knows he has no chance of winning the seat, just gets him national news time to raise this issues.
 
Benn's an embarrassing prat. Bangs on about direct action and the diggers whilst also believing in parliamentary sovereignty. :rolleyes:

His interview persona is just bizarre. Whatever the question his answer always includes:

Munich and appeasement
the suffragettes
peasants revolt
"I was in the Cabinet with..."
"When I was a boy I campaigned in the 1847 General Election.."
The Chartists
The Miners

All a bit odd when somebody just asked if he wanted sugar in his tea..
 
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