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When was this speech made? What 'war beginning' was referenced? Is the OP posting this on general humanistic grounds? Or is this politically motivated?
And a tragedy of the future was produced... As wars of "faraway" were normalized, and wars as computer games were normalized... And once a real war, with enemies with tanks and airplanes broke out in Ukraine. A war, not for oil or whatever, but a war for ideology, of a democracy against tyranny broke out, everyone was caught with their guard down. Even today, Britain and Germany and many others are actually far closer to danger than they realize. They don't have the ammunition nor ideological strength to actually fight if needed. While the russians have never stopped training and planning and stockpiling. They want total control of everything they can gain, total dictatorship, just as bad as the germans back then. Much worse than anything out of middle-east ever could materialize. And yet, with these useless wars, every western nation weakened their populations will to defend themselves if it REALLY came to it. And weakened their armies while at it. We really have to get more political, and much more pragmatic to the world surrounding us. Democracy and freedom are not things to take for granted. We must stop wars when we are not needed there, and we must ally with the democratic forces much more strongly, to survive the coming century.
@Aarminmusic What they did was follow orders, they didn't know that those orders were based on lies. Ask yourself, have you ever been deceived and didn't realise it, most people have at some time. If you want to blame someone, blame the globalists responsible who are running amok now. The situation now is no different, it's just fronted by a group of different faces.
When Tony Benn died, it was the only time I remember that no-one had a bad word to say about him. I'm sure many people disagreed with his views, but they couldn't criticise his commitment to his beliefs. How far our politicians have fallen...
He was I’ve lived through his parliamentary life and voted Labour for for 60 years 5his year, Politicians like him are well and truly dead and gone, we will be fortunate well I won’t I’ll be gone soon myself, though you young people, will be fortunate to ever see A good politician like Antony Benn RIP GOAT in Britain again. I really hope I’m wrong on that. Tough with the way 5he world is I don’t know, it’s that vicious circle back again, evil colonialism with fascist and now neo nazism taking a strong hold on Europe and the countries they have held as colonies like US Canada Australia Being on the side of the p disrupting fascist when we fought a world war to rid us of the Nazis fascist here they are again disrupting the whole planet with 5heir genocide theft greed and envy bringing hatred to all they come across and punishing those who defy their evil deeds, next will be the big financial fall and they take,off with our savings all while they create world war three when billions will die, and they will feel safe in their underground cities true devils of the underworld indeed. While the innocent as well as the guilty get nuked on the lands and seas. They feel they will be safe in their ace craft or space stations, that’s where they have spent most of our tax money in their escape from their destruction, and believe the world will be theirs. May God deal with them swiftly. God bless the children, they are the innocents why do 5hey make them suffer, did they have no mothers or sisters aunties or children? Or give me I get carried away, though I mean what is say. May the right people do away with the evil now before it’s too late for humanity to be saved. I never thought I would feel the need to even think this let alone write it the world internet, lease if you are listening save the planets people animals plants rivers all Gods creations from the hands of the devil worshipping Zionist, his only love,is money. Let gold pour down on them and fill their bodies till they become statues, like Lots wife became salt. I’ve them their wishes of plenty of gold and never let them win over the righteous people of this world.
Not only a brilliant man but also a man of undisputed integrity. You may not know but he was born a peer, which in UK means he was from the elite class and had the title of "Lord". He gave up his title because he rejected the notion of hereditary privilege and wanted to be a "common man" because he truly believed in the principals of democracy and wanted to represent the ordinary people. Compare that with the many politicians who start off as "commoners" but are then eventually made peers as a reward (or bribe) for supporting the system. Very few reject the "privilege"
@@user-ow7ui9vl3g People who would think critically and hold the government in power to account, now they are just party lackeys who do as they are told.
@@itanasajcic2683 great idea. I hope together with your own example it will demonstrate to them that it is possible to live a life of honesty and integrity
I remember watching parliament when it was first televised, he was such a good speaker, a very interesting man to listen to, I believe he thought of himself as a humanist.
But there still are. And thats important. Jeremy Corbyn, George Galloway, Owen Jones, Jimmy Dore, Mohammed Hijab, Norman Finklestein, Aron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Glenn Grenwald, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Julian Assange, etc, etc
Intelligent? The man was an arse. In 1940 we were fighting because there was no option BUT to fight, so intolerable were the enemy. He's certainly passionate, but he misused history to pedal his view that all war is necessarily a disaster. The only thing I agree with him on is that desultory bombing - ie not on the scale of Hamburg or Koln or Coventry, has little or no effect on morale, and even if a city is hit really hard, such loss of morale as may occur is fairly temporary in nature.
@@Fidd88-mc4szHave you ever witnessed war where it's happening? What Tony Benn was stating is the absolute truth - war is hell for all its participants and those who decide to send troops are responsible for what happens when they engage 'the enemy'. You are the arse here, pal, sitting on your arse and pontificating about "morale" - sanitizing death and injury like its something unavoidable or inevitable. The Americans used the phrase 'collateral damage', to avoid the awful truth - people die or suffer horrible damage through war. Have you not been watching the footage from Gaza? Tony Benn was there when the Luftwaffe bombed London and when Churchill thought he'd do something for 'morale' by visiting a bombed area and telling them they could take it, they told him, in simple, direct words, where he could take himself. Look it up, Mr internet warrior.
In order to create order you need to create a power that will not be trifled with. All the middle east needs is that for once the west will not bind cooperate with the terrorists and stop Israel. So Israel could prove to the arabs that their fight is futile
Is that why europe is such a warzone? The truth is that wars normalize violence and war. If war is already expected then it’s not such a big step. I’ve personally never heard people be enthousiastic for war but maybe im just missing war hungry friends
And learn nothing from the past. Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires. The British FAFO'd out and so did the Soviets, and we somehow thought it was going to be different this time, what arrogance. Iraq was a stabilized powder keg held together by one iron fist, which we helped put in power the first time. The fact we thought we could conquer and reform peoples whose favorite thing to do is kill one another over obscure religious differences is baffling beyond belief
@@JJan953it's all the politicians and businessmen, not the people. People are stupid to not bring the war to these fraudsters to show these guys what war really is.
He displays far more than empathy (the intellectual understanding of another's situation), ge displays sympathy -- the emotional connection with and understanding of others. Sympathetic people are lovely. ❤
Reminds me of my grandad. It takes a long time to have the life experience and wisdom to pass down to the younger generation. It's a shame people like him don't make the decisions
@@hpharridanI hope we will have Trump as president, he never started a war, but Joe and kamel as did place the globe on fire. I hope you will free GB from the demonic culture , before ten years old girls will start disappearing.
It's called history learn it b4 it gets cancelled or changed and saying this man was a black gay women. Learn fast things are dissappearing and change you will be amazed.
@@carloszarzoso1724 Ah, yes, the gay agenda. The one that *checks notes* thinks gay people should be allowed to marry each other and for it to be illegal to harass and bully trans people at their workplaces. We already had a war about this. It started in the 1930's, and your side lost.
@@PaulJacobs1970 After Blair the entire Labour idea died, now Labour is very similar to the conservatives however they believe in different ways in how they get done
@@THEORHETICALFISHpartially, but old Labour still believes in heavy tax, which still trickles down to taxing or losing the working man money. Under conservative policies an individual "should" have more money in their pockets, yes there are rich people, but you have the chance to become wealthy yourself. Under Labour everyone is on state paid income, earning enough to be dependent on the state rather than dependent on your ability to work hard, be entrepreneurial, to make the most of your opportunities. I believe you need people arguing on both sides, capitalist economy with socialist state institutions such as nhs, free education etc. there are many other issues with Labour ideals and socialist policies but overall I believe capitalism serves me and my future better, and I believe it has the possibility to serve other peoples futures better if they're willing to work. Small businesses and entrepreneurship are the best methods of social mobility, the sad part is that some people will not take the risk or push themselves and would rather work for others or live off the state and bemoan those who took the risk. I don't agree with the obscene levels of corporate greed we see today however, you can be a capitalist without being a greedy dick
Hmmmm...not really mate, he went to the best private school in London (Westminster), he lived in a grand home in Holland Park, and as a viscount liked the finer things in life...a true socialist...That same Tony Benn who set up complicated trust funds to give all his money to his descendants and nothing to charity...pff, these grand lefties are all the same...
@@servantprince Who knows WHAT Adolf truly believed... but you have to understand the self-serving duplicity of 20th century British politicians when comparing them to Benn.
I remember him appearing on BBC News when they wouldn't publish the phone number for the Gaza appeal (was it the DEC?) because they didn't want to appear they were "taking sides". Tony Benn kept repeating the contact details himself, despite being repeatedly interrupted by the BBC "journalist". ua-cam.com/video/itvWlKJrc2s/v-deo.html
Hmmmm...not really mate, he went to the best private school in London (Westminster), he lived in a grand home in Holland Park, and as a viscount he liked the finer things in life...a true socialist...That same Tony Benn who set up complicated trust funds to leave all his money to his descendants and nothing to charity...pff, these grand lefties are all the same...
He renounced his hereditary title in his Labour party life. Remembering also Jack Ashley, William Whitelaw, Margaret Becket, Shirley Williams, Barbara Castle, Robin Cook, Claire Short, Malcolm Rifkin, Douglas Hurd, Ted Heath, Denis Healey, Harold Wilson and others who served their respective political families and electoral communities with principle across the political spectrum. Bunter Boris is a profiteering and opportunistic slur on the highest office of Trust in the land.
The West was always fascistic, colonial, slavery. Never democracy. Its daemoncracy, the worst threat to civilization, to the biosphere. Ruled by sodomists and their banksters :(
I was lucky enough to meet this wondeful man at the anti-war protest. What a wonderful human being who genuinely cared for others! Not your average politician, and the world is a much darker place without him.
He was a simplistic idiot who found it easy to talk about War. Many of those Iraqi and Arabs were happy to support their army bombing and gassing Kurds and Iranians for years on end. So you just let them carry on? The war had already started. And it was the sanctions which did as much as the bombs. This is Russian propaganda using him to blame others for a war they started.
No good example is given. It may have had something to do with Watergate, when the most powerful man in the world was shown up as a cheap criminal. Mr Nixon's legacy has poisoned the Western world, and now look at what Trump gets away with ! His name will live in foulness forever ! The Criminal President ! What about George Washington ? Kennedy ? Eisenhower ? Gods,I'm sick of it ! Thank you,Anthony Wedgwood Benn, who GAVE UP A TITLE THAT HE MIGHT CONTINUE TO SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ! I'd like to see some greasy "fixer" such as "Lord" Mandelson perform such an action.
@@lesleyairey6633 there are, but they are not qualified for this. sadly people really want to change things but they can't because they do not have any power..
@@vergil8833heyyy these politicians don’t think grooming gangs and gang rapes are that big of an issue…you know what is a major issue? Offensive tweets. That’s what the crown sees fit to prosecute.
@theflanman1986 90% of grooming gangs and pedos in the UK are ethnically English. Thats just the facts. Ofc you would never admit that, because by your own personal logic those facts would have dire consequences for yourself... but maybe you are all self-projecting. Kinda fishy that central EDF people and similar persons somehow always end up being related to child molesters. You really don't deserve politicians like Benn and Corbyn.
War, once only a word, becomes something else entirely when you’re in it. It’s not the shouting or the violence that stays with you; it’s the quiet moments when you realize you’re in a place where life and death balance on an edge sharper than any weapon. First, there’s the smell. It’s hard to describe-metal, dirt, sweat, and something that burns your nose. It’s the scent of fear, really, or maybe that’s just what I learned to call it. You smell it on everyone, even on yourself, and it’s always there, lingering in the background, like the hum of insects at night. It’s what stays when the gunfire stops. In the beginning, you tell yourself it’s not as bad as you thought it would be. The sounds are louder than you imagined, the explosions jarring enough to feel in your bones, but you adjust. You’re there, your friends are there, and it feels somehow manageable. But then the days pile up, and there’s this slow erosion, this grinding down. You don’t notice it at first. A laugh here, a smile there, and then one day, you’re not sure you recognize yourself anymore. And then there are the nights. Some people think nightfall is the worst time, with the shadows and the silence broken by sudden bursts of noise. But for me, it’s the waiting. The endless, stretched-out minutes. You lie there, forcing yourself not to close your eyes, thinking about people back home or trying to convince yourself you’re not scared, that you’re stronger than this. But the worst part, the part that changes you, is losing someone. It’s a sickening feeling, like the world has shifted in a way that can’t be fixed. It hardens something inside you, and no matter how many times you tell yourself to keep going, to keep their memory close, a piece of you goes with them. And you wonder, sometimes, if you’ll get those pieces back when this is all over. People ask later what it was like, and you want to tell them the truth. But the truth feels too heavy, too tangled. So you say you’re fine. But if they ever stop to look in your eyes, they’ll see the truth-war doesn’t end when the fighting stops. It stays with you, written in ways no words can ever quite capture.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. We so quickly forget the horrors we do not personally experience. We often care so little for the voice of reason and compassion while we still have an opportunity to benefit from their wisdom. The voice of experience is far too easily ignored in our eagerness to simply take action, any action, just so we can feel like we are contributing something to our current favorite cause. Yet so often we simply do not understand, or value, the true consequences and repercussions of the choices we are making. I wish we remembered more often that every action has a reaction, all choices have rewards, yet so often we discount the magnitude of the negative rewards and fixate on the ones we consider to be positive, regardless of the likelihood of either outcome. Thank you to Tony Benn and the writer of the comment above, may we all learn from your experience and wisdom and seek to live a life of peace and respect. Whether we agree or disagree on any random subject, we are all human, we all share one small rock, alone in space and time, we all but certainly agree on far more than we disagree, if we would only stop talking long enough to listen to and thoughtfully consider the arguments of our opponent. We may disagree, but it is not necessary that our opponent is wrong, we may both be right (or wrong) and simply misunderstand the value our opponent places on factors we personally discount or do not properly understand.
Even if you disagree with someone, as long as they're honest and have integrity, you respect them, I wish there were such politicians today. Sadly they're not really a thing anymore.
Yeah today we have politicians who hire PR companies to post pictures of them with puppies and kittens. They also tell us to tighten our belts because it's tough out there right now, while they buy their 5th mansion and make a few million not inside trading with a hedge fund. It's total joke.
@@livedandletdieit feels like politicians aren't interested in having a discussion anymore, it's all about yapping in others faces and like hey let's see who can be the meanest
Yes, thought the same thing! Barber’s piece is one of my all time favorites; it is hauntingly beautiful. That speech and that choice of music worked so well together. Have a great day!
When the Labour Party was the party of the people. Some Politicians then had integrity and honesty, Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner immediately spring to mind
@@GoogleAccount-wy1ub I would dissagree on that, wars are often manufactured and stage managed. Vietnam was escalated and followed through with, when the Americans could have walked away, the conflict in Ukraine was brought about deliberately because the Russians have something the new rulers of the world want.
@@GoogleAccount-wy1ub yes but alot of wars happen for nothing. And that's what he is talking about. People don't stop it, they just want to make money off it.
I met him in the house of parliament as part of my GCSE history class, many years ago, he told me that should we have difficulties with social issues within our respective borough we had the right to speak with our MP and parliamentary representatives, he was a true British gentleman, it's with pleasure that I hear him again today. My dream is that we can have the likes of him in our parliament on either side, that would be a joy bringing Britain back some respect in my eyes
I remember going to one of Tony Benn's public talks at Lambeth Town Hall back in around 1983. He was such an articulate and confident orator, and so well informed - he is talking from notes in this clip, but that night it was all without notes and he stumbled over his words not once. I am so lucky to be of the generation when this level of oratory was not so rare.
I listened to him many times, when parliament was first televised. He had his own ideas on how things should be done, he had a wealth of experience, a very principled man who wanted a better fairer world. I remember him as a CND campaigner, and an ardent critic of the EU, but a staunch believer in democracy, he would be appalled at britain in 2024.
Cause that age group remember how awful it was and they had homes bombed with the poor so gained empathy that birthed social change like NHS . Now we are back to greed power and demonising the working class. Lesson didn't last unfortunately
@@jamesrowlands8971He isn’t responsible for what his ancestors did, Germany is a different place now, it’s like labeling every Brit as a colonialist despite them not being involved in that part of British history
@@DioBrando_Samayes we are not responsible for are ancestors stopping slavery and helping countries making them stronger especially places like India we helped modernised it which they have not improved on since b4 the UK went there they was so poor from there neibours attacking them stealing from them that all stopped truth be known they owe the UK. So yes we done more good than anything else prove me wrong.
Oh that we would have politicians in America with the guts this guy has. I am with him 110%. We must stop the killing and the oppression and the genocide. I know this was 1998, but how sad it is that you would not know it.
Indeed . You do not see his like today. Do you remember when our politicians did the job out of a sense of duty ? And decency ? Show me one today that sees themselves as a " Public Servant".
Being a 21 year old kid charging across the desert into Iraq. I was a child fighting a war for old men. Now I am thankful for old men who said this is a cowards game we play.
What an absolutely brilliant speech from an equally brilliant man / political genius, he’s the best prime minister this country never had , 🙏🙏Tony Blair walked us into that war , in response to the million people March through London , he didn’t give a toss , just cement his name in the history books , for all the wrong reasons ✝️
@@tonywebster8311 I remember listening to Tony speak about his experience in the war, he was training to be a pilot when it ended, he was very affected by the death of his older brother, who he admired enormously, his brother was killed in a flying accident.
My grandmother, as a teenage girl quit school and worked in the munitions factories south of London. Her neighborhood was bombed repeatedly. She had stories of watching dog fights in the sky, walking to work and her sister seeing impaled german pilots in the trees. Just just passed last year at 98.
Well said sir❤ You can not understand the atrocities unless you have lived through them. It should be mandatory for any speaker to actually spend some time in an active war zone to understand what people living there have to deal with.
I DONT THINK THE ORIGIN OF MODERN DEMOCRACY AND THE ARBOUR OF ITS FURTHERANCE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS CORRUPT....COMPARED TO SOMETHING AS PEURILE AS YOU TUBE.HAVING SAID THAT IF YOU IGNORE THE CORRUPT RIGHT WING GERRY MANDERING VOTES AND SLUR CAMPAIGNS CREATED BY THE SAME COMPANIES TOURING PORNOGRAPHY AND MILITARY AS THE FUTURE.
@@Johnny-sj9sj SORRY MATE BUT YOUR RIGHT WING SOCIO POLITIC IS WASTED ON ME AS ME OLD MAN WAS SE ASIAN VET ME MA WAS A CATHOLIC MINISTER I TAKE BS(ONE) SO GO BACK TO YOUR HANDLER AND ASK THEM FOR YOUR BONIO RATION
No, sadly he was probably FAR too honest to be a "great" PM. Sometimes, for the best reasons, they are forced to be just a little bit deceptive with their electorate.
Damn!!! I'm sure i wasn't the only one not expecting this great wisdom with such powerful words. Started off with happiness, then laughter, and caught everyone off guard with the HYPOCRISY they must face/own up to. GREAT MAN!!!
I met this amazing man one day . He had come to my ward to visit his young relative He was quietly spoken sincere and appeared to shine . Not a day I’ll forget
I often disagreed with Tony Benn's point of view but I can say unequivocally that I believe he held his views in absolute sincerity. One of the other side whom I very much respected.
Not familiar with the depth of his political views, but this video seems quite hard to criticise, in and of itself? Re. the futility of war, and modern distancing of terror via cheap delusion. That all seems solid to me even nown
This was him speaking out against going to war in the Middle East, which was ultimately signed off on by his party leader and prime minister at the time Tony Blair.
I wish we had politicians like this in America that could speak so eloquently with conviction and thoughts of his fellow countrymen behind those words.
When I was young (50 years ago) I did not agree with him, war was an exciting concept, bash the baddies, yay. I had no idea then of the monstrosity of war and that there are only losers. It saddens me that the human race is incapable of living without war.
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Congrats except Kier was his prodigy and he's fucked the country already so Corbyn is evidently a good influence on Labour😅
Protégé fellas
@@AlC-mm5rx How'd you work out that Starmer was his protégé?
Corbyn is a Jew hater.
When was this speech made? What 'war beginning' was referenced? Is the OP posting this on general humanistic grounds? Or is this politically motivated?
Wow, I didn't know English parliamentarians like him existed. Respect ❤
They no longer exist, he was the last of them..
They don’t now. He was replaced by the likes of Blair so we are where we are now.
@@CARSONSAMANTHAJAYNEWILLIAMS, NO NOT THE LAST , WE STILL HAVE JEREMY CORBYN MP !
@@CARSONSAMANTHAJAYNEWILLIAMS Untrue. We had Mhairi Black - but she got disgusted with parliament and left - which seems fair.
George Galloway ….
And no-one listened nor gave any fucks and 26 years later we are where we are.
He's talking about world war 2, 1939 - 1945
50 or so million people died.
Probably more.
And a tragedy of the future was produced... As wars of "faraway" were normalized, and wars as computer games were normalized...
And once a real war, with enemies with tanks and airplanes broke out in Ukraine. A war, not for oil or whatever, but a war for ideology, of a democracy against tyranny broke out, everyone was caught with their guard down.
Even today, Britain and Germany and many others are actually far closer to danger than they realize. They don't have the ammunition nor ideological strength to actually fight if needed. While the russians have never stopped training and planning and stockpiling. They want total control of everything they can gain, total dictatorship, just as bad as the germans back then. Much worse than anything out of middle-east ever could materialize.
And yet, with these useless wars, every western nation weakened their populations will to defend themselves if it REALLY came to it. And weakened their armies while at it.
We really have to get more political, and much more pragmatic to the world surrounding us. Democracy and freedom are not things to take for granted. We must stop wars when we are not needed there, and we must ally with the democratic forces much more strongly, to survive the coming century.
Well blame the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia.
Jeremy Corbyn in the back clearly listening
@@benjeiy7347 corbyn is friends with hamas and hezbollah, not very anti war
I served in Iraq and Afghan, this man is absolutely correct.
He did try and stop the war
I remember him saying that you never hear of wars stopping because they have exceeded their budget, a very thoughtful and interesting man he was.
Do you feel any guilt about going there on false accusations of Iraq having WMD etc?
@@Aarminmusic
It's the politicians who are the liars, not the men who do the fighting.
@@pauldurkee4764 So ? Soldiers still have choices, and what they did in Iraq is absolutely crazy if you compare it to wars like Ukraine for example
@Aarminmusic
What they did was follow orders, they didn't know that those orders were based on lies.
Ask yourself, have you ever been deceived and didn't realise it, most people have at some time.
If you want to blame someone, blame the globalists responsible who are running amok now.
The situation now is no different, it's just fronted by a group of different faces.
Glorious words, truth…THIS country ignores warnings and follows a FOOL…😢
Biden?
@@Putzman no this is the uk aka kier starmer
@@PutzmanWhat?
@@JoeVington @sacked understood. Read his response
Bliar and of course STAMER A@@Putzman
When Tony Benn died, it was the only time I remember that no-one had a bad word to say about him. I'm sure many people disagreed with his views, but they couldn't criticise his commitment to his beliefs. How far our politicians have fallen...
My uncle was a good friend of Tony Benn and also a man of integrity.
I know and wish Boris would come back
which war is he yapping about?
@@SteaksOnSpear 1998 bombing campaign against Iraq.
@@vh1775 Sarcasm right
Thank you, Sir. Your life's work makes a difference.
Absolutely chilling speech, he must have been a brilliant man.♥️
He was I’ve lived through his parliamentary life and voted Labour for for 60 years 5his year, Politicians like him are well and truly dead and gone, we will be fortunate well I won’t I’ll be gone soon myself, though you young people, will be fortunate to ever see A good politician like Antony Benn RIP GOAT in Britain again. I really hope I’m wrong on that.
Tough with the way 5he world is I don’t know, it’s that vicious circle back again, evil colonialism with fascist and now neo nazism taking a strong hold on Europe and the countries they have held as colonies like US Canada Australia Being on the side of the p disrupting fascist when we fought a world war to rid us of the Nazis fascist here they are again disrupting the whole planet with 5heir genocide theft greed and envy bringing hatred to all they come across and punishing those who defy their evil deeds, next will be the big financial fall and they take,off with our savings all while they create world war three when billions will die, and they will feel safe in their underground cities true devils of the underworld indeed. While the innocent as well as the guilty get nuked on the lands and seas. They feel they will be safe in their ace craft or space stations, that’s where they have spent most of our tax money in their escape from their destruction, and believe the world will be theirs.
May God deal with them swiftly.
God bless the children, they are the innocents why do 5hey make them suffer, did they have no mothers or sisters aunties or children?
Or give me I get carried away, though I mean what is say. May the right people do away with the evil now before it’s too late for humanity to be saved. I never thought I would feel the need to even think this let alone write it the world internet, lease if you are listening save the planets people animals plants rivers all Gods creations from the hands of the devil worshipping Zionist, his only love,is money. Let gold pour down on them and fill their bodies till they become statues, like Lots wife became salt. I’ve them their wishes of plenty of gold and never let them win over the righteous people of this world.
Not only a brilliant man but also a man of undisputed integrity. You may not know but he was born a peer, which in UK means he was from the elite class and had the title of "Lord". He gave up his title because he rejected the notion of hereditary privilege and wanted to be a "common man" because he truly believed in the principals of democracy and wanted to represent the ordinary people. Compare that with the many politicians who start off as "commoners" but are then eventually made peers as a reward (or bribe) for supporting the system. Very few reject the "privilege"
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People who would think critically and hold the government in power to account, now they are just party lackeys who do as they are told.
@@VajaMorgarp-sy5oi Thank You for Your explanation
@@itanasajcic2683 great idea. I hope together with your own example it will demonstrate to them that it is possible to live a life of honesty and integrity
HEAR HEAR!! Well spoken!
i really miss this guy- a genuine man in a world of phonies
No common man wants war, we want food, shelter, warmth entertainment and peace.
What a shitty meaningless existence
You just want to slob out watching X factor in warmth
And safety on the streets, 24/7
It is idealism. Many people do want war.
But you lack one key component. Meaning. Purpose for ones life.
The rich want war, justifies their wages
There ain’t many good men like this man left in this world
I remember watching parliament when it was first televised, he was such a good speaker, a very interesting man to listen to, I believe he thought of himself as a humanist.
There are plenty.
They are fighting wars to keep you safe from religious fanatics!!!!!
Certainly not in such a position of power!!
But there still are. And thats important. Jeremy Corbyn, George Galloway, Owen Jones, Jimmy Dore, Mohammed Hijab, Norman Finklestein, Aron Mate, Max Blumenthal, Glenn Grenwald, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Julian Assange, etc, etc
@@symbolicof
The reality now is, the system can shut you down, they can cancel you.
Thank you for posting this 🤗✌️
incredibly insightful
When The UK had intelligent Politicians instead of incompetent scum.
Intelligent? The man was an arse. In 1940 we were fighting because there was no option BUT to fight, so intolerable were the enemy. He's certainly passionate, but he misused history to pedal his view that all war is necessarily a disaster. The only thing I agree with him on is that desultory bombing - ie not on the scale of Hamburg or Koln or Coventry, has little or no effect on morale, and even if a city is hit really hard, such loss of morale as may occur is fairly temporary in nature.
@@Fidd88-mc4szHave you ever witnessed war where it's happening? What Tony Benn was stating is the absolute truth - war is hell for all its participants and those who decide to send troops are responsible for what happens when they engage 'the enemy'. You are the arse here, pal, sitting on your arse and pontificating about "morale" - sanitizing death and injury like its something unavoidable or inevitable. The Americans used the phrase 'collateral damage', to avoid the awful truth - people die or suffer horrible damage through war. Have you not been watching the footage from Gaza? Tony Benn was there when the Luftwaffe bombed London and when Churchill thought he'd do something for 'morale' by visiting a bombed area and telling them they could take it, they told him, in simple, direct words, where he could take himself. Look it up, Mr internet warrior.
@@Fidd88-mc4sz - You sound like a moron.
@@Fidd88-mc4szwhat an idiotic take given the unnecessary and ultimately meaningless results of the war on terror he's talking about.
Didn't do very well with his son did he
The generations that haven't experienced war always rush into it so eagerly.
And laugh at those who warn them.
In order to create order you need to create a power that will not be trifled with.
All the middle east needs is that for once the west will not bind cooperate with the terrorists and stop Israel. So Israel could prove to the arabs that their fight is futile
Is that why europe is such a warzone? The truth is that wars normalize violence and war. If war is already expected then it’s not such a big step. I’ve personally never heard people be enthousiastic for war but maybe im just missing war hungry friends
And learn nothing from the past. Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires. The British FAFO'd out and so did the Soviets, and we somehow thought it was going to be different this time, what arrogance. Iraq was a stabilized powder keg held together by one iron fist, which we helped put in power the first time. The fact we thought we could conquer and reform peoples whose favorite thing to do is kill one another over obscure religious differences is baffling beyond belief
@@JJan953it's all the politicians and businessmen, not the people. People are stupid to not bring the war to these fraudsters to show these guys what war really is.
I could listen to this man 24/7, admiring his eloquence and empathy. Where are his equals today? - we need them 🙏
He displays far more than empathy (the intellectual understanding of another's situation), ge displays sympathy -- the emotional connection with and understanding of others. Sympathetic people are lovely. ❤
Reminds me of my grandad. It takes a long time to have the life experience and wisdom to pass down to the younger generation. It's a shame people like him don't make the decisions
He was one of the best people I ever saw at Glastonbury. He did a talk in the Green Fields, and I sat in a tent listening to his wisdom.
MP Zarah Sultana today is very similar.
Stephen Flynn and Mhairi Black are good for calling things out and saying it how it is
Absolutely brilliant speech and 100% correct in my opinion
I cannot, in my wildest dreams, imagine Trump ever speaking this well.
Keep fighting 💪 we need your voice
@@hpharridanI hope we will have Trump as president, he never started a war, but Joe and kamel as did place the globe on fire. I hope you will free GB from the demonic culture , before ten years old girls will start disappearing.
Brilliant.
But a waste of breath.
But not every people love their children more than death for the sake of Allah and certainly not the vast majority of Palestinians.
May every man against evil and oppression live long
an apparently wise man once said, resist not evil
WTF did I just watch? - I still got goosebumps!!! Holy Sh!t! This was pure power!
It's called history learn it b4 it gets cancelled or changed and saying this man was a black gay women. Learn fast things are dissappearing and change you will be amazed.
Same!
@@carloszarzoso1724 Ah, yes, the gay agenda. The one that *checks notes* thinks gay people should be allowed to marry each other and for it to be illegal to harass and bully trans people at their workplaces.
We already had a war about this. It started in the 1930's, and your side lost.
brought tears to my eyes
@carloszarzoso1724 You cannot provide an example of when this has happened, log off the Internet, I'm sure your family misses you.
Two extremely rare parliamentarians with integrity and honesty. May they not be the last.
Who ? Jeremy Corbyn? 🤮🤮In France we have our own calamity, Mélanchon.🤮🤮🤮
@@pilou09100ta gueule gros bourgeois
@@pilou09100 aww he gonna take away your small business?
A man of honesty and conviction. If only we had more like him.😢
Then be like him yourself,starting there will make more want to be like him...as I do myself
A man of humanity.
Jeremy Corbyn
His own son later became an MP and voted yes to bombing Libya. The UK governed by weak people.
@scarlettkhan9667 Sorry, but Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to lace Tony's boots.
Tony Benn would be so ashamed of Labour in 2024 !
A Man with Integrity !!!
I've always voted Tories BUT I respected the old idea of Labour, as it was intended back then.
@@PaulJacobs1970 After Blair the entire Labour idea died, now Labour is very similar to the conservatives however they believe in different ways in how they get done
@@THEORHETICALFISHpartially, but old Labour still believes in heavy tax, which still trickles down to taxing or losing the working man money. Under conservative policies an individual "should" have more money in their pockets, yes there are rich people, but you have the chance to become wealthy yourself. Under Labour everyone is on state paid income, earning enough to be dependent on the state rather than dependent on your ability to work hard, be entrepreneurial, to make the most of your opportunities. I believe you need people arguing on both sides, capitalist economy with socialist state institutions such as nhs, free education etc. there are many other issues with Labour ideals and socialist policies but overall I believe capitalism serves me and my future better, and I believe it has the possibility to serve other peoples futures better if they're willing to work. Small businesses and entrepreneurship are the best methods of social mobility, the sad part is that some people will not take the risk or push themselves and would rather work for others or live off the state and bemoan those who took the risk. I don't agree with the obscene levels of corporate greed we see today however, you can be a capitalist without being a greedy dick
He probably was ashamed then
Completely agree
One of the greatest British politicians of the 20th century. Because he was a man who BELIEVED in what he said.
Hmmmm...not really mate, he went to the best private school in London (Westminster), he lived in a grand home in Holland Park, and as a viscount liked the finer things in life...a true socialist...That same Tony Benn who set up complicated trust funds to give all his money to his descendants and nothing to charity...pff, these grand lefties are all the same...
did not hit-ler etc BELIEVE ?
@@servantprince Who knows WHAT Adolf truly believed... but you have to understand the self-serving duplicity of 20th century British politicians when comparing them to Benn.
@@hectorpascal you seemed to know that this man BELIEVED ?
@@servantprinceSemantic arguments are futile.
Thanks for sharing this video with us. May someone bring your words in action. Respect you.
God bless Tony Benn, a true statesman. And a man of integrity.
And Roy Jenkins.
Why did he deny special homosexual rights ?
@benjurqunov Being a closet case is a common reason.
He was a "conviction" politician when that meant the opposite of what it means nowadays.
@@benjurqunov "special"? maybe "same" is a better word?
He was a good, decent man.Who followed his principles, in the face of opposition.RIP.Mr Benn👏🙏.
I remember him appearing on BBC News when they wouldn't publish the phone number for the Gaza appeal (was it the DEC?) because they didn't want to appear they were "taking sides". Tony Benn kept repeating the contact details himself, despite being repeatedly interrupted by the BBC "journalist". ua-cam.com/video/itvWlKJrc2s/v-deo.html
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Hmmmm...not really mate, he went to the best private school in London (Westminster), he lived in a grand home in Holland Park, and as a viscount he liked the finer things in life...a true socialist...That same Tony Benn who set up complicated trust funds to leave all his money to his descendants and nothing to charity...pff, these grand lefties are all the same...
Tony Benns oratory skills were impeccable. A truly great man who had the courage of his convictions.
I don’t think he had the orchestra with him 😉
The music made it less powerful, not more. Perhaps you failed to understand his words.
Appreciate 👏👏
Tony Benn, one of the few genuine men and MPs who could hold his head up high!
Thanks I have never heard of him but admire his stance ❤
They don’t make politicians like Tony Benn anymore sadly. 💯 integrity. ❤
Anti-war in every instance is not integrity. It’s moral surrender and bankruptcy. We’ve not faced down our worst enemies with fine words alone.
He renounced his hereditary title in his Labour party life. Remembering also Jack Ashley, William Whitelaw, Margaret Becket, Shirley Williams, Barbara Castle, Robin Cook, Claire Short, Malcolm Rifkin, Douglas Hurd, Ted Heath, Denis Healey, Harold Wilson and others who served their respective political families and electoral communities with principle across the political spectrum. Bunter Boris is a profiteering and opportunistic slur on the highest office of Trust in the land.
A true socialist
The West was always fascistic, colonial, slavery. Never democracy. Its daemoncracy, the worst threat to civilization, to the biosphere. Ruled by sodomists and their banksters :(
My politics don't align with Benn but I respect his integrity and completely agree that we are numb to the terrible reality of war.
Very ,powerful and very well said Sir
Thank you for posting this. Eloquent, Heartfelt and Wise. Everyone should be Lucky enough to Hear this!🤍
I was lucky enough to meet this wondeful man at the anti-war protest. What a wonderful human being who genuinely cared for others! Not your average politician, and the world is a much darker place without him.
Brought tears to my eye. Powerful speech.
Same...
His words Is more valuble now then back then...
One of my political heroes of all time, oh how I miss his forthright energy & his honesty too...
You could replay this today across the world and it would be perfectly relevant. What a wonderful speaker
Mr Benn was a Giant always fighting for the oppressed people of the world ❤❤.
He was a simplistic idiot who found it easy to talk about War.
Many of those Iraqi and Arabs were happy to support their army bombing and gassing Kurds and Iranians for years on end.
So you just let them carry on?
The war had already started. And it was the sanctions which did as much as the bombs.
This is Russian propaganda using him to blame others for a war they started.
He was also completely against our membership of the Brussels club. Pity his son didn't have the same integrity.
Tony Benn was a man of integrity.
Not many of them around anymore, neither in Parliament nor in the general public. 😢
No good example is given. It may have had something to do with Watergate, when the most powerful man in the world was shown up as a cheap criminal. Mr Nixon's legacy has poisoned the Western world, and now look at what Trump gets away with ! His name will live in foulness forever ! The Criminal President ! What about George Washington ? Kennedy ? Eisenhower ? Gods,I'm sick of it ! Thank you,Anthony Wedgwood Benn, who GAVE UP A TITLE THAT HE MIGHT CONTINUE TO SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ! I'd like to see some greasy "fixer" such as "Lord" Mandelson perform such an action.
@@lesleyairey6633 there are, but they are not qualified for this. sadly people really want to change things but they can't because they do not have any power..
Yes and no, he pissed away our industry copying the Tories instead of reversing it.
For an incredible toff he had great skill in appealing to the other half.
I saw him speak in a wee venue down in Brighton around 1990 - enthralling and brilliant, room was mesmerised x
Notice a young Jeremy Corbyn sitting behind, watching and listening to his mentor Tony Benn
Yep, his protégé. Vlog series about our campaign to re-elect Jeremy Corbyn. We won. ua-cam.com/play/PL4jGJ1mQtUR6bjKGBSeuf6RZe9JoGoXb8.html
The guy who likes that innocent people in Britain gets graped by newcomers.
@@vergil8833 woah be careful dissing the radical left's messiah
@@vergil8833heyyy these politicians don’t think grooming gangs and gang rapes are that big of an issue…you know what is a major issue? Offensive tweets. That’s what the crown sees fit to prosecute.
@theflanman1986 90% of grooming gangs and pedos in the UK are ethnically English. Thats just the facts. Ofc you would never admit that, because by your own personal logic those facts would have dire consequences for yourself... but maybe you are all self-projecting. Kinda fishy that central EDF people and similar persons somehow always end up being related to child molesters. You really don't deserve politicians like Benn and Corbyn.
A great speaker. A man of integrity!!
no Dido Harding or lady Mone. Ben was honest
A man of integrity!! Tony Benn . Maybe we will never see your like again?
Jeremy Corbyn
War, once only a word, becomes something else entirely when you’re in it. It’s not the shouting or the violence that stays with you; it’s the quiet moments when you realize you’re in a place where life and death balance on an edge sharper than any weapon.
First, there’s the smell. It’s hard to describe-metal, dirt, sweat, and something that burns your nose. It’s the scent of fear, really, or maybe that’s just what I learned to call it. You smell it on everyone, even on yourself, and it’s always there, lingering in the background, like the hum of insects at night. It’s what stays when the gunfire stops.
In the beginning, you tell yourself it’s not as bad as you thought it would be. The sounds are louder than you imagined, the explosions jarring enough to feel in your bones, but you adjust. You’re there, your friends are there, and it feels somehow manageable. But then the days pile up, and there’s this slow erosion, this grinding down. You don’t notice it at first. A laugh here, a smile there, and then one day, you’re not sure you recognize yourself anymore.
And then there are the nights. Some people think nightfall is the worst time, with the shadows and the silence broken by sudden bursts of noise. But for me, it’s the waiting. The endless, stretched-out minutes. You lie there, forcing yourself not to close your eyes, thinking about people back home or trying to convince yourself you’re not scared, that you’re stronger than this.
But the worst part, the part that changes you, is losing someone. It’s a sickening feeling, like the world has shifted in a way that can’t be fixed. It hardens something inside you, and no matter how many times you tell yourself to keep going, to keep their memory close, a piece of you goes with them. And you wonder, sometimes, if you’ll get those pieces back when this is all over.
People ask later what it was like, and you want to tell them the truth. But the truth feels too heavy, too tangled. So you say you’re fine. But if they ever stop to look in your eyes, they’ll see the truth-war doesn’t end when the fighting stops. It stays with you, written in ways no words can ever quite capture.
Very powerful writing. Is it from Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried" about the Vietnam War?
@hectorpascal No, my owne expirience during and after the war for Croatian Independence 1991-1995.
Thankyou for sharing and writing all this. That was poignant! Really hate war but know at the same time we're all kind of part of it @@11221ids
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. We so quickly forget the horrors we do not personally experience. We often care so little for the voice of reason and compassion while we still have an opportunity to benefit from their wisdom. The voice of experience is far too easily ignored in our eagerness to simply take action, any action, just so we can feel like we are contributing something to our current favorite cause. Yet so often we simply do not understand, or value, the true consequences and repercussions of the choices we are making.
I wish we remembered more often that every action has a reaction, all choices have rewards, yet so often we discount the magnitude of the negative rewards and fixate on the ones we consider to be positive, regardless of the likelihood of either outcome. Thank you to Tony Benn and the writer of the comment above, may we all learn from your experience and wisdom and seek to live a life of peace and respect. Whether we agree or disagree on any random subject, we are all human, we all share one small rock, alone in space and time, we all but certainly agree on far more than we disagree, if we would only stop talking long enough to listen to and thoughtfully consider the arguments of our opponent. We may disagree, but it is not necessary that our opponent is wrong, we may both be right (or wrong) and simply misunderstand the value our opponent places on factors we personally discount or do not properly understand.
What a noble man this is. We are all created equal.
I was politically at odds with Tony Benn but I admired his honesty and integrity... a rare thing in politicians today.
Even if you disagree with someone, as long as they're honest and have integrity, you respect them, I wish there were such politicians today. Sadly they're not really a thing anymore.
Yeah today we have politicians who hire PR companies to post pictures of them with puppies and kittens.
They also tell us to tighten our belts because it's tough out there right now, while they buy their 5th mansion and make a few million not inside trading with a hedge fund.
It's total joke.
@@livedandletdieit feels like politicians aren't interested in having a discussion anymore, it's all about yapping in others faces and like hey let's see who can be the meanest
Could you elaborate why you were "at odds" please
Just asking to understand and learn
Rare? It’s non existant these days
Thankyou for the oratory Tony.
It’s poignant hearing these words on the backdrop of Adagio with Strings. Eloquence redefined.
Yes, thought the same thing! Barber’s piece is one of my all time favorites; it is hauntingly beautiful. That speech and that choice of music worked so well together.
Have a great day!
O agree with this chap so much. He is 100% correct. Our politicians who propose war must experience it or be damned
This is an illogical statement
This is an ignorant comment
Powerful! Thank you for posting this YT short.
you're very welcome. It's one of my favourite speeches.
I have never seen this before. It is incredible. Thanks for making this
A great man. Period.
"making this" lol
@@seancomrie4714 being a douchebag. Lol
He’s done some remarkable speeches , find them on UA-cam 👍
Yeah, you can see why it didnt get much play in the media-driven pro war atmosphere of early 2003.
When the Labour Party was the party of the people. Some Politicians then had integrity and honesty, Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner immediately spring to mind
Funny how you left Blair out in praise for the Labour Party
That scandalous snake .....
Shame about his son
@@robertaskew3677Still better than any Tory minister.
@@garyboyle695 that shows what a tosser you are doesn’t it then ,you deserve to be in a box next to him!
Oh my God !! Never a truer word spoken . I have tears in my eyes . What a speach .
He's wrong, wars save lives in the long term
He was very affected by losing his beloved brother in WW2, he knew all about war and its consequences.
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I would dissagree on that, wars are often manufactured and stage managed.
Vietnam was escalated and followed through with, when the Americans could have walked away, the conflict in Ukraine was brought about deliberately because the Russians have something the new rulers of the world want.
@@GoogleAccount-wy1ub yes but alot of wars happen for nothing. And that's what he is talking about. People don't stop it, they just want to make money off it.
Bullshit
Wowwww,,bless you brother!! English man here,, war needs to be outlawed!! ❤❤
I met him in the house of parliament as part of my GCSE history class, many
years ago, he told me that should we have difficulties with social issues within our respective borough we had the right to speak with our MP and parliamentary representatives, he was a true British gentleman, it's with pleasure that I hear him again today. My dream is that we can have the likes of him in our parliament on either side, that would be a joy bringing Britain back some respect in my eyes
Very well said. Thank you.
I remember going to one of Tony Benn's public talks at Lambeth Town Hall back in around 1983. He was such an articulate and confident orator, and so well informed - he is talking from notes in this clip, but that night it was all without notes and he stumbled over his words not once. I am so lucky to be of the generation when this level of oratory was not so rare.
My great respect to Mr. Tony Benn!
Met Mr Ben a few times, what a politician and gentleman
... and a good man at the core of it all.
I listened to him many times, when parliament was first televised.
He had his own ideas on how things should be done, he had a wealth of experience, a very principled man who wanted a better fairer world.
I remember him as a CND campaigner, and an ardent critic of the EU, but a staunch believer in democracy, he would be appalled at britain in 2024.
Such an honorable man. Didn’t always agree with his views but he lived to serve. Shame the current politicians we have dont have his decency
Cause that age group remember how awful it was and they had homes bombed with the poor so gained empathy that birthed social change like NHS . Now we are back to greed power and demonising the working class. Lesson didn't last unfortunately
I actually had the pleasure of meeting him twice, an unbelievable humanitarian and gentleman
Another very rare Human Being of Solid Ethics and High Morality and Integrity.Very Rare Indeed.
I really miss him.A man of integrity and intelligence.
😅
Tremendous coverage thanks for this 🙏🎩❤️
Thank you sir.
Respect Lord Wedgewood Benn
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@@vijayafernando1
Ex-Viscount Stanstead
My word. Oh for people with that level of integrity in that chamber today. They are not fit to walk into the place.
I love real Englishmen. Class of its own. Best regards from Germany
Wasn't it you lot that were bombing him when he was a child?
We need to separate the Germans and the nazis in our minds
@@jamesrowlands8971He isn’t responsible for what his ancestors did, Germany is a different place now, it’s like labeling every Brit as a colonialist despite them not being involved in that part of British history
@jamesrowlands8971 how am I responsible for what people did when I wasn't even born?
@@DioBrando_Samayes we are not responsible for are ancestors stopping slavery and helping countries making them stronger especially places like India we helped modernised it which they have not improved on since b4 the UK went there they was so poor from there neibours attacking them stealing from them that all stopped truth be known they owe the UK. So yes we done more good than anything else prove me wrong.
I love how in the beginning of his speech he puts everyone at ease and makes them comfortable. Then immediately escalates the whole vibe.
it's so masterful isn't it
Oh that we would have politicians in America with the guts this guy has. I am with him 110%. We must stop the killing and the oppression and the genocide. I know this was 1998, but how sad it is that you would not know it.
*_WOW!!! Much respect to you, Mr. Benn!!! RIP_* 🫡💪✊
Been a hero of mine most of my adult life. A true honest gentleman 👏
Indeed . You do not see his like today.
Do you remember when our politicians did the job out of a sense of duty ? And decency ? Show me one today that sees themselves as a
" Public Servant".
@@StevenBrown-w5b❤❤
Compare him to some politicians today .its frightening
Being a 21 year old kid charging across the desert into Iraq. I was a child fighting a war for old men. Now I am thankful for old men who said this is a cowards game we play.
What an absolutely brilliant speech from an equally brilliant man / political genius, he’s the best prime minister this country never had , 🙏🙏Tony Blair walked us into that war , in response to the million people March through London , he didn’t give a toss , just cement his name in the history books , for all the wrong reasons ✝️
I have very little in common with this man, politically speaking. But I have the highest regard and respect for his integrity and honesty.
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire.
Completely agree.
Powerful, lived through terrible times, can talk about his experiences. They don't make honest MPs anymore. They just don't fit the mould.
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I remember listening to Tony speak about his experience in the war, he was training to be a pilot when it ended, he was very affected by the death of his older brother, who he admired enormously, his brother was killed in a flying accident.
@pauldurkee4764 A true gentleman.
My grandmother, as a teenage girl quit school and worked in the munitions factories south of London. Her neighborhood was bombed repeatedly. She had stories of watching dog fights in the sky, walking to work and her sister seeing impaled german pilots in the trees. Just just passed last year at 98.
We are forgetting our past, and it’s such a shame… If only we could come to our senses and realize the futility of such conflicts…
Wow...some Politicians Exualy Can Speak properly...He is the Man.
I am a HK Chinese I love this man to bits! He was our beacon and a great orator. RIP Mr Tony Benn❤
Well said sir❤
You can not understand the atrocities unless you have lived through them. It should be mandatory for any speaker to actually spend some time in an active war zone to understand what people living there have to deal with.
A true politician in every sense of the word.
A man who entered politics for all the right reasons.
Tony Benn. A true Labour politician. He would be shocked at what the Labour Party has turned into with a Sir at its helm.
Tony Benn. Great to see him again. One of that extremely rare breed; An honest politician.
What a peace loving Politician unlike the ones we have today..corrupt to the core. RIP Tony Benn missed terribly 😢
Retired combat vet here.. amen brother!
Thank you for doing your bit for our country .. respect ❤
He talked about your country illegally attacking Iraq and killing 1 million civilians.
Who gives a flying fuck about you being a vet.
Absolute legend, when the Labour had intelligent MPs with honesty and integrity
A man of integrity and honour. Thank you, Mr. Benn.
What a politician. What a man. Respect.
Beautiful speaker and human being.
One of the most truthful and man of great integrity to pass through the corrupt houses of parliament.
I DONT THINK THE ORIGIN OF MODERN DEMOCRACY AND THE ARBOUR OF ITS FURTHERANCE COULD BE DESCRIBED AS CORRUPT....COMPARED TO SOMETHING AS PEURILE AS YOU TUBE.HAVING SAID THAT IF YOU IGNORE THE CORRUPT RIGHT WING GERRY MANDERING VOTES AND SLUR CAMPAIGNS CREATED BY THE SAME COMPANIES TOURING PORNOGRAPHY AND MILITARY AS THE FUTURE.
You could almost wish you had thought more about the comment
@@patrickmckay307 Many thanks, Socrates 🤔
@@patrickmckay307 FF's sake! What have you been taking?
@@Johnny-sj9sj SORRY MATE BUT YOUR RIGHT WING SOCIO POLITIC IS WASTED ON ME AS ME OLD MAN WAS SE ASIAN VET ME MA WAS A CATHOLIC MINISTER I TAKE BS(ONE) SO GO BACK TO YOUR HANDLER AND ASK THEM FOR YOUR BONIO RATION
he would have been one of the greatest PMs ever if he ever became PM
For Labour yes. Enoch Powell for the Conservatives. But great men are always fettered by the machine.
No, sadly he was probably FAR too honest to be a "great" PM. Sometimes, for the best reasons, they are forced to be just a little bit deceptive with their electorate.
Damn!!! I'm sure i wasn't the only one not expecting this great wisdom with such powerful words.
Started off with happiness, then laughter, and caught everyone off guard with the HYPOCRISY they must face/own up to.
GREAT MAN!!!
I met this amazing man one day . He had come to my ward to visit his young relative He was quietly spoken sincere and appeared to shine . Not a day I’ll forget
I often disagreed with Tony Benn's point of view but I can say unequivocally that I believe he held his views in absolute sincerity. One of the other side whom I very much respected.
Totally agree
It's taken me 30 years but I've realised that the only difference between the left and the right is understanding.
Not familiar with the depth of his political views, but this video seems quite hard to criticise, in and of itself? Re. the futility of war, and modern distancing of terror via cheap delusion. That all seems solid to me even nown
This was him speaking out against going to war in the Middle East, which was ultimately signed off on by his party leader and prime minister at the time Tony Blair.
You disagree with this message, huh? You're not saying that? What are you saying then? You disagree just in general opposing a war?
He's right, in alot of ways at times we humans are a vile species, I pray for peace across the world
Well said!! Good for you..xxoo
Probably the finest British politian of the 20th century.
Not even close to the Great Enoch Powell.
These words must be etched on the wall of the Commons!
Possibly one of the greatest politicians to have ever lived. His son (Hilary) however, is a complete and utter disgrace.
How so?
@@Ytnzy250hes has the opposite views of his dad
True. Hard act to follow but a complete fucking dickhead.
He'd be so ashamed of his son
I wish we had politicians like this in America that could speak so eloquently with conviction and thoughts of his fellow countrymen behind those words.
When I was young (50 years ago) I did not agree with him, war was an exciting concept, bash the baddies, yay. I had no idea then of the monstrosity of war and that there are only losers. It saddens me that the human race is incapable of living without war.