Tony Benn and Denis Healey talk about losing their wives (January 19th 2011)

[@ModernLonelyTV]

An amazingly personal interview with two Labour giants of yesterday. I have every respect for both of them for speaking with such dignity on such a difficult matter.

[@jonno52]

Thank you so much for this. I too find it very moving.

[@pgl0897]

Fantastic snippet of interview. Thank you for posting.

[@chrissi3193]

How gracious as an interview and documented piece of history with these two titans , utter enemies in political terms United in the only real sense that matters. Not all political lives end in failure then ,do they? These two men have left something big and honourable behind. Thank you for posting.

[@markbailey1970]

A beautiful piece

[@westminsterwatcher5152]

Profoundly moving!

[@midianholic7080]

Lovely commentary but very sad too. Bless them all.

[@spinuntildizzy201]

That's tremendous - in many ways reassuring

[@GabrielWard2001]

This is great, but it appears to be a small segment of a larger interview. Does anybody have the full interview?

[@matthewotooleis]

Two giants of the Labour movement in their own way.

[@RobertBurke-tq9zu]

Two juggernauts, and what a brilliant picture.

[@shwan7504]

Both are dead now, they are both at peace, RIP TONY BENN AND DENIS HEALEY

[@jonathanbuss7538]

They are not at peace if they didnt know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Only in knowing him can we be prepared for the judgment seat of God which we face immediatley after death

[@narcher91]

Jonathan Buss That’s dogshit. Your childish beliefs are worth no more than the shit on the bottom of a shoe, you maniacs are hateful, heartless people.

[@tommohan273]

I have no idea if this is true but I really would like to think that in their senior years Healey and Benn grew to really love and respect each other, the great statesmen they were

[@matthewotooleis]

Unfortunately I don’t think this was the case. There is an interview with Healy on KZbin after Benn’s death- he wasn’t too complimentary. Benn spoke about Healy in one of his diaries, he complimented Healy as a great campaigner even though he didn’t agree with him politically.

[@insertclevername4123]

@@matthewotooleis Perhaps, but there's another one just before Healy died where he was asked about his relationship with Benn. While he was still critical of Benn's actions during the late 70s and early 80s (and says that they disliked one another intensely during the period), he says that they got along well in their later years.

[@RobertBurke-tq9zu]

​​Not true, they disagreed politically, but were close in their later years.

[@triciacol]

Photograph shows Benn Edna Healey, Joan Lestor and Denis Healey

[@TheRedflagflyer]

@ModernLonelyTV Well put

[@irenewrench4605]

I see that we have a total troll in Jameson; best not to feed him.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Political Giants of their time. It's a shame that there are no Giants in the House of Commons these days - Just arses like Rees Mogg and Johnson.