HOW sad to hear Tony Benn has died. What a fantastic person, an excellent speaker, brilliant debater a true parliamentarian, a man who stuck to his principles a true politician. The world is a poorer place with his passing, not like today’s politicians having to rely on spin doctors and speechwriters he spoke from the heart an old fashioned politician, my god just thinking about the times he spoke, and the causes he espoused, shows you just how pathetic today’s politicians are. RIP Tony my hero.
Ann Poyser Stockton Road Newport
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