R.I.P. Tony Benn

A good life well-lived, I'd say. A refreshing change from the run of the mill politician, more principled and with great integrity, unafraid to be controversial and to go against the flow. Or is that only because he never had real power?

 

Just read about this.
I think he'd have been maybe a slightly watered down version of his controversial self had he had more power

 

R.I.P. I always liked him.

 

That's another prominent figure from my youth gone: RIP

 

I always thought he waffled on a bit much, but I think he meant well.

 

A sad loss. He always appeared a deeply principled man.
Power can corrupt and Tony Benn would have made an interesting subject. I think that he would have risen above it, but we'll never know.

A bad week for the left all round.

 

Rip Tony another good person gone

 

Better him than all the grey men and women who all look and act the same

 

I had the pleasure of listening to him speak about his life and politics. (I am a gov and pol graduate) he sent shivers down my spine with his integrity and intellect which far surpassed mine. I cried today along with dame Shirley Williams he was my favourite

 

Yes. It's much easier to stick to a strict principle when it never has to be tested by the need to balance and placate wildly disparate groups of people, and look like a good guy while you're doing it.

 

A man of great principals, I think. I always enjoyed hearing him speak. He always had something interesting to say, even if I didn't always agree. The thing that struck me, was how he could make one look at things from another 'angle'. We won't see his like again...

 

Oh yes, just to add, a very nice man...