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10 unusual facts about Tony Benn


Alan Marre

When the Court Line group collapsed in August 1974, complaints were made to the Ombudsman about statements made in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Industry, Tony Benn.

Banbury mutiny

In 1979 a plaque to the three soldiers on the church wall was unveiled by Tony Benn to commemorate the event.

Encyclopaedia Psychedelica

Contributors included: Neil Oram, Charles Stephens, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Pete Loveday, Tony Benn, Charles Bukowski, Robert Bly and Richard Allen who went on to establish the neo-psychedelic Delerium Records label .

Eric Faulkner

In 2007, Faulkner continued as a solo artist and appeared at the Glastonbury Festival as a protest singer in support of British politician Tony Benn.

Fawaz Zureikat

For a time he was station manager of Arab Television (ATV), a short-lived English-language satellite channel with offices in London and Baghdad which filmed and distributed the worldwide rights to the pre-Iraq war interview conducted in Baghdad between Tony Benn and Saddam Hussein.

Henry James Johnson

Johnson was born 21 December 1924 then educated at Westminster School and was there at the same time as Tony Benn.

International Marxist Group

In 1980, Tony Benn's campaign led the IMG to increase its focus on the Labour Party.

Keith William MacLellan

In this time, he both rowed for his college and was a contemporary with political and literary figures such as Tony Wedgewood Benn and the organisers of the Oxford Manifesto of 1947.

Orbus Terrarum

A quote from Tony Benn, Labour MP, graces the inner case of the 1995 release and the CD booklet of the 2008 re-issue.

Trimphone

The first example of the Trimphone was presented in May 1965 by the Postmaster General, Tony Benn, to a newly wed couple in Hampstead in a ceremony marking the ten millionth telephone to be installed in Britain.


Angela Griffin

The show included interviews with a large number of well-known British mixed-race people such as Bruce Oldfield and Hanif Kureishi, as well as political figures such as Tony Benn.

British Aircraft Corporation

In December 1967, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, the Minister of Technology, while reiterating his desire to see a merged BAC and HSA, admitted it would not be possible.

British Motor Corporation

Tony Benn, appointed Minister of Technology in July 1966, brought pressure to bear on the industry.

British Motor Holdings

Tony Benn, appointed Minister of Technology in July 1966, brought pressure to bear on the industry and one result was BMH's merger with Leyland to form British Leyland.

James Rusbridger

In May 1989 Rusbridger made an extended appearance on the Channel 4 discussion programme After Dark, alongside Tony Benn, Lord Dacre, Miles Copeland and others.

Jock Bruce-Gardyne

His well-known publication, Meriden: Odyssey Of A Lame Duck virulently attacked Tony Benn's setting up of the Meriden Workers' Co-operative to continue production of Triumph Motorcycles.

Minister of Technology

By the time of the 1966 general election, Wilson was telling Tony Benn to prepare to take over because "I can't think Frank Cousins will stay long. He's not fit anyway."