Tony Benn

This centenary anthology of Tony Benn's speeches, writings, and interviews is a timely reminder of his political potency and the urgency of his agenda across a wide set of issues: the consequences of empire, the need to embrace industrial change, reform of the state machine, and the management of politics. Called the 'most dangerous man in Britain' by the Daily...

Once dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain, Tony Benn, Labour MP for over fifty years, was the most distinguished socialist politician of his era. A charismatic orator, a lifelong campaigner for peace, and a charming disruptor of the mainstream, Benn became a national treasure in his retirement, a status somewhat at variance with his firebrand politics. This collection of...