Tony Benn: 'It's questionable whether we have a democracy'

Tony Benn: 'It's questionable whether we have a democracy'
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Tony Benn, who has died aged 88, speaking in 2007 on revolutionary thinking. The interview took place at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in Putney, west London, where a series of discussions took place on the relevance to modern Britain of the Putney debates of 1647, when the New Model Army discussed a new constitution for England
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[@squidembyro8334]

One of the few politicians who genuinely cared about the people and tried to do good.

[@zabellesax]

He is spot on, 100%

[@williamrandall5050]

The best prime minister we never had

[@shamanahaboolist]

Dang this man needs to be plastered everywhere and his voice heard.

[@benstevinson764]

Tony Benn is a Labour 🌹 Legend!

[@bohdanvakulenko4266]

He saw the world crystal clear

[@angelofheaven112233]

RIP Tony

[@paulgibbons2320]

It's not. We don't.

[@allaroundme5429]

The man of principles in government

[@slorter10]

Pity more people do not here it

[@mark.lawrence]

brilliant man. met you once. changed my life.

[@Nivesninelives]

How was it meeting him? Tell me more!

[@SuperAna1954]

R.I.P.

[@JosephStealin]

Benn was correct on the EU question

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

The only politician who was honest and spoke the truth. That is precisely why he never became the Prime Minister. A true icon of the Labour Party.

[@kerryfry1857]

He encourages us! That's all he wanted.

[@loafersheffield]

Nice try Guardian. 16-02-23. Perhaps this was one of the last few occasions that you actually produced a credible piece of journalism. I'm leaving parliament now to spend more time in politics. - Tony Benn.

[@alexander92179]

One of the few socialists I have tolerance for. A real Eurosceptic too

[@redhippopotamus9144]

He wasn't really Eurosceptic, just skeptical of the EU

[@alexander92179]

@@redhippopotamus9144 that's what a Eurosceptic is.

[@loafersheffield]

Have any of you ever read his book, arguments for democracy. Ach! It's 2023. Think I'll revisit George Carlin's, big club.

[@user-qd2hl9lu3h]

The greatest politician to never make it to PM. Was well ahead of his time.

[@xanbutt1fan]

smash tbh

[@FASIGMAN]

A quality man..........

[@kamranardabil5893]

Illuminati

[@donkeyjote0104]

Democracy in the political system serves to majority, the majority always win... and what about the minorities? Well, I think people against the majority should go out or wait for the moment minority becomes majority. The paradoxical item comes to be with the natives where the country is discovered/replaced, where mainly majority are from outside. Majority/ minority to govern with no equality always will be questions.

[@donkeyjote0104]

Well, democracy is in this modern world of 21th century be "everything to do with money", I can agree some points as it is, unfortunately. I just consider democracy much better than autocracy/anocracy or others. The disadvantage will always be with the minorities. When democracy was brought in the world by the Greeks of remote times which meant "rules of the elites" didn't include slaves and women, and much fairness with the running time that means now "rules of the people". From my opinion democracy always take advantage when it is a majority, no matter what, and it can be an "entitlement" to me.

[@doctorfunkshock]

@@donkeyjote0104 You seem to be confusing oligarchy with democracy. Democracy did mean "rule of the people" not elites. Also, what the Greeks called it is immaterial to its modern significance - many words and significations have changed or evolved over the centuries. It is not a perfect system either - there's just no better.

[@the_famous_reply_guy]

Show me a democracy and I'll show you a fraudster, a lier and cheat.

[@xanbutt1fan]

let me pound

[@chucknelms4958]

Ton Benn was a socialist member of the British parliament. He actively believed in the socialization of all private industry, banks, medicine, ect. in England. His view would have been a total disaster for all English people. Under PM Harold Wilson, they almost succeeded. It took Lady Margaret Thatcher to rebuild a one great nation. Our Kenyan thinks and believes in much the same way. After he leaves office, we too, will have much to rebuild!!

[@NuclearHaggis]

chuck nelms Ah, seems we've attracted a knuckle dragging Republican American.

[@hannahdyson5603]

Thatcher destroyed the North of England her descions still using this region to this day . I don't blame people for having parties when she died

[@kerryfry1857]

Yeah that worked out well.

[@robbibittybob20]

Wilson did his best to isolate Tony Benn. He removed Benn from the ministry of industry and prevented him from making many of the decisions he wanted. You don't know what you're talking about. The left could have saved Britain from the democratic and socioeconomic rot it's experiencing.

[@Truerealism747]

My friend your out of your tree as Clement Attlee said