It wasn't until about 25 years ago that I - an American - first became aware of TONY BENN (then an M.P.) through a radio interview. I was deeply impressed with what he said, wishing we had more national politicians of his stripe here in the U.S.
I went to see Tony Benn speak in Brighton sometime around 1992, the room was packed and the atmosphere was not only electric, it was just full of hope, it was like people together can change things. Indelible.
@@jambon6451 Anyone is better than this Clown he's like a cross between Joe Stalin and a poodle he's no Tory another thing Benn was honest. I hate this left /right crap today it's good v evil Pick your side. Both Labour and the Tory's will vote for Boris is Plan b tomorrow so there's evil on both sides.
Very educational, although I had quite a few conversations with Tony Benn I had never appreciated his perspective until viewing these recorded interviews.
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The man who kept Thatcher in power by making the labour party utterly unelectable. Most working class people thought he was an eccentric aristocrat, which he was.
A kind hearted human being. I never agreed with either Socialism or his views on the market, but, even than he presented an interesting analysis on a wide variety of matter pertinent to social, public and economic policies.
Our kid, socialism will be the only way we will survive as a species, long after we have gone, but nothing else will work. It'll be about survival and they will look back on today - wee kids unable access clean drinking water, people dying, freezing in the street - and they'll think what the fuck were they thinking? It'll be like us looking back at even before medieval times.
I have to say I've come to respect Benn as time's gone on. I'm an American and a fairly right-leaning one at that. But the intense irritation I used to feel watching him in that amazing 90s documentary about Labour in the 80s, has been replaced with something else. I don't agree with all his prescriptions but his diagnosis of Thatcherism/neoliberalism seems to have been borne out. And he never gave up. He never went "New Labour" but instead kept the old flame alive, with spirit and eloquence. I deeply respect that.
Never hero worship anyone, no matter what they're view. Like all humans, they're bound to be completely wrong on many things. Tony Benn was a destructive demagogue whose effect on the labour party was disastrous. He did more than anyone else to keep Thatcher in power in the 80s.
Also, you do realise he was close friends with right wingers like Enoch Powell and David Davies? Be careful that the Tony Benn you're admiring is the real one, and not one made up in your head
Yet the national executive of the labour party denied him the right to be nominated for the leadership of the Labour party but they endorsed tony Blair UNBELIEVABLE for me one of he greatest most honest politician of ALL times
@@zeddeka through the machinations of self-centred unions politicking and closed door decisions and a plp infested with ambitious apparatchiks with no fealty to justice
Tony Benn and Enoch Powell top people on either side....vastly missed I was in Transport House this period 1970s Fascinating period.. Recall it and the personalities so well Tony Blair was down from Durham in membership office with me Slippery and smooth as ever
I know I am a year late but it amazes me Enoch Powell and Michael Foot had a huge amount of respect for each other and on more issues than you think if you watch and listen to interviews from the time period found common ground to take stands on with Powell even describing Foot as an ally on many issues. You will never see that level of intellect again in UK politics.
love how the brits talk here, so much class ,btw where was Rupert murdoch in the 70s? did he have any behind the scenes role to play during this era in british politics?
He owned the Sun tabloid newspaper, naturally he attacked Benn on an almost daily basis. Most of the headlines that attack Benn personally (madman, bogey man, trot) are his work
10:00 Their plan was "we will give some money 50K GBP to some professional who will write a piece that will gather dust on the shelves of universities in Britian" This was not Tony Benn's idea and he had a better idea
He did a few times as he wrote a few times in his diaries, to avoid rows. It wasn't enough though, too much worry about upsetting the tabloids and swinging voters that Thatcher had captured
Heath received more votes in the first 1974 election and Labour was at that time a minority government without a specific mandate to do anything. In the second 1974 election, Labour won more votes and a three seat majority. In the period 1973-1976, Labour ran what amounted to almost a weak caretaker kind of government. Tony Benn never really understood or accepted that fact.
Well they had to get rid of him he was trying to have a fairer more sustainable society! The neocons and neoliberals e class today would make short work of him politically and I dare say physically!
The Left exulted Tony Benn, the embodiment of everything that is wrong with the theory of Socialism. He spoke of the "luck of inheritance", against diversity, wealth and privilege. These are the results of the workings of a free economy and karma.
You embody everything that is wrong with capitalism, if you believe that most wealth is the workings of a free economy I have a bridge in New York I can sell you.
british education and engineering kik ass.......thier capital and banking are scammed by israelis etc......if they could fund thier engineers uk be mega powerhouse....1 small university made a computer operating system rmox that is superior to linux and windows and mac
It wasn't until about 25 years ago that I - an American - first became aware of TONY BENN (then an M.P.) through a radio interview. I was deeply impressed with what he said, wishing we had more national politicians of his stripe here in the U.S.
I went to see Tony Benn speak in Brighton sometime around 1992, the room was packed and the atmosphere was not only electric, it was just full of hope, it was like people together can change things. Indelible.
I went to a lecture given by Tony Benn some years ago. He was a fantastic speaker and I still remember some of the inspiring words he spoke.
We need him today.
Like a hole in the head
@@zeddeka You prefer the Clown known as Boris as PM then.
@@madman2028 A clown is infinitely better than a communist like Benn.
@@jambon6451 Anyone is better than this Clown he's like a cross between Joe Stalin and a poodle he's no Tory another thing Benn was honest. I hate this left /right crap today it's good v evil Pick your side. Both Labour and the Tory's will vote for Boris is Plan b tomorrow so there's evil on both sides.
Yes unfortunately a terminal contract might get presented by the neocon neoliberals!!
Very educational, although I had quite a few conversations with Tony Benn I had never appreciated his perspective until viewing these recorded interviews.
Absolutely fascinating.
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great work from the interviewer and tony benn speaking as honestly and clearly as always. thank you for posting
Yup - as honestly as normal. Which meant full of subtly worded "inaccuracies" and crack pot policies
Love listening to this man. Unfortunately I remember the late 70s and 80s very well and the abuse this man had thrown at him .
The best prime minister this country never had a man who stood up for the working class was true to his believes RIP Tony you are greatly missed
I wish he was still with us.
The man who kept Thatcher in power by making the labour party utterly unelectable. Most working class people thought he was an eccentric aristocrat, which he was.
@@zeddekayou mean Healey
A kind hearted human being.
I never agreed with either Socialism or his views on the market, but, even than he presented an interesting analysis on a wide variety of matter pertinent to social, public and economic policies.
Our kid, socialism will be the only way we will survive as a species, long after we have gone, but nothing else will work. It'll be about survival and they will look back on today - wee kids unable access clean drinking water, people dying, freezing in the street - and they'll think what the fuck were they thinking? It'll be like us looking back at even before medieval times.
Pure gold.
Brilliant man of integrity. And how the BBC has fallen.
A magnificent politician. They don’t exist anymore.
Yep 100%
I have to say I've come to respect Benn as time's gone on. I'm an American and a fairly right-leaning one at that. But the intense irritation I used to feel watching him in that amazing 90s documentary about Labour in the 80s, has been replaced with something else. I don't agree with all his prescriptions but his diagnosis of Thatcherism/neoliberalism seems to have been borne out. And he never gave up. He never went "New Labour" but instead kept the old flame alive, with spirit and eloquence. I deeply respect that.
I so admire Tony Benn
Never hero worship anyone, no matter what they're view. Like all humans, they're bound to be completely wrong on many things. Tony Benn was a destructive demagogue whose effect on the labour party was disastrous. He did more than anyone else to keep Thatcher in power in the 80s.
Also, you do realise he was close friends with right wingers like Enoch Powell and David Davies? Be careful that the Tony Benn you're admiring is the real one, and not one made up in your head
This is fantastic, thanks for posting! Is this part of a series, are there more?
Yes it's fascinating. We will never see the likes of him again.
Super
Yet the national executive of the labour party denied him the right to be nominated for the leadership of the Labour party but they endorsed tony Blair UNBELIEVABLE for me one of he greatest most honest politician of ALL times
@@polygamous1 He ran to be leader in both 1976 and 1988. He was soundly beaten on both occasions.
@@zeddeka through the machinations of self-centred unions politicking and closed door decisions and a plp infested with ambitious apparatchiks with no fealty to justice
Absolutely fascinating
I am a hard man to impress but Mr Benn always impressed me very much
Tony Benn speaks so beautifully of worker co-ops
This man should have been Prime Minister
Do you have any more of the Benn diaries on you tube
Tony Benn and Enoch Powell top people on either side....vastly missed
I was in Transport House this period 1970s
Fascinating period..
Recall it and the personalities so well
Tony Blair was down from Durham in membership office with me
Slippery and smooth as ever
I know I am a year late but it amazes me Enoch Powell and Michael Foot had a huge amount of respect for each other and on more issues than you think if you watch and listen to interviews from the time period found common ground to take stands on with Powell even describing Foot as an ally on many issues. You will never see that level of intellect again in UK politics.
Its very good to listen to this man over eu and nuclear
love how the brits talk here, so much class ,btw where was Rupert murdoch in the 70s? did he have any behind the scenes role to play during this era in british politics?
He owned the Sun tabloid newspaper, naturally he attacked Benn on an almost daily basis. Most of the headlines that attack Benn personally (madman, bogey man, trot) are his work
Who is in the interviewer? She is excellent.
housing is artificial scarcity....concrete and steeel exist.....u can build 100k mgm graand casino hotels.....house all americans in style
He mentioned 74 in the past tense, so this can't have been filmed in 1973? I think it's late 80s.
He's correct about the establishment being wedded to the EU, but it's ironic that now it's not to prevent socialism but the opposite
he certainly looked more prime ministerial than any of his contemparies or successors
You need new glasses
@@zeddeka no
10:00 Their plan was "we will give some money 50K GBP to some professional who will write a piece that will gather dust on the shelves of universities in Britian" This was not Tony Benn's idea and he had a better idea
And raised interest rates and tax to 90 percentage of income
I want this accent!! Holy shit EMPIRE ACCENT BRING BACK THE EMPIRE!!!!
factories are progress and mass produced housing is best thing as housing is value end artificial scarcity and dont pay people to do nothing
He was right and we see today the results of neoliberalism
Yeah we've hsd the greatest reduction in absolute poverty across the globe since the 1980s. What a travesty 🙄
Cooperatives are still going
Where?
@@GabrielWard2001 Co-op has thousands of members
@@SiansBookcases ah, you mean the supermarkets?
@@GabrielWard2001 It includes the supermarkets. It is a massive co-operative.
@@SiansBookcases no relation to what Tony is referring to.
it's a pity he didn't hold back a bit from time to time , he may then have been able to take the leadership .
He did a few times as he wrote a few times in his diaries, to avoid rows. It wasn't enough though, too much worry about upsetting the tabloids and swinging voters that Thatcher had captured
Clever man, but damaged the Labour party greatly.
How? Genuine question.
And his grandson took the His Lordships place, an honourable man but wrong
41:00 very important this
His diaries are exquisite but unreliable
A civil servant was 'sympathethic' I hope I didn't hear that
22:13
britian needs dentists huge moneymaking idea
Im not sure id agree with benn that people supported labour, didnt heath get more votes that election?
Heath received more votes in the first 1974 election and Labour was at that time a minority government without a specific mandate to do anything.
In the second 1974 election, Labour won more votes and a three seat majority.
In the period 1973-1976, Labour ran what amounted to almost a weak caretaker kind of government. Tony Benn never really understood or accepted that fact.
A brilliant socialist
Well they had to get rid of him he was trying to have a fairer more sustainable society! The neocons and neoliberals e class today would make short work of him politically and I dare say physically!
The Left exulted Tony Benn, the embodiment of everything that is wrong with the theory of Socialism. He spoke of the "luck of inheritance", against diversity, wealth and privilege. These are the results of the workings of a free economy and karma.
You embody everything that is wrong with capitalism, if you believe that most wealth is the workings of a free economy I have a bridge in New York I can sell you.
british education and engineering kik ass.......thier capital and banking are scammed by israelis etc......if they could fund thier engineers uk be mega powerhouse....1 small university made a computer operating system rmox that is superior to linux and windows and mac
Good at ideas, crap at exploiting them for profit and scaling.
thorium safe atomic power has existed since the 50s? make israel unneeed
Tony Benn was a somewhat exulted person at birth. Went a bit downhill on the subsequent journey this time...
He became honest
What does this mean. I can't understand it.
'went'...'on the subsequent journey this time' ? - past tense/present tense.