Riz Khan Extra - Tony Benn - 02 Apr 09

[DinoLucca1]

If only the world had listened to Mr. Benn about the banks !

[educbillstinks]

i totally agree you dont have privatised schools etc and what are we getting off this coalition

I just love tony benn

[educbillstinks]

i totally agree you dont have privatised schools etc and what are we getting off this coalition

[jubzfree]

Who dislikes this?...

[KingzKid24]

Do I here President of the United States?

[tinotrivino]

The media is the real porblem today (and controlled by financial bank systems!)

[whereismybailouttv]

He's spot on re: the BBC.

[Summerbkh]

What a brilliant, brave honest man Tony Benn is.

Ignorant people will never see the truth. They only fear the other because they see the threat to there fading identity.

[Soloman1001]

miragin

Listern Fool! you are MISSING the most important FACTS..Islam is an IDEOLOGY a WAY of LIFE, based on the words of YOUR Founder..IF it is Wrong then I suggest you wipe your arse with it before you flush it down the toilet.

ALSO it is a 1400 year old Caveman Cult Practised Politicaly NOW!!!!

Christianity is neither of those things.

GAME OVER!!

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[Soloman1001]

Hands up any non deluded fascist muslims?

Not many you see.

Islam is a CULT!!

It not only has no Love and no Forgiveness and Nothing Holy..the main defining factor that makes it a Cult is that you can NEVER leave, the punishment for leaving is DEATH!!..Islam is a quite definately a CULT!!

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[Soloman1001]

The CULT of Muhammad who invented it without any witnesses 1400 years ago.

CULT!!

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[miragin7]

Lol .. " The CULT of Muhammad who invented it without any witnesses " .. How many did Moses have ??? ..

[Greig1424]

Tony Benn is the modern day Jesus Christ

[feliciter84]

That was an example of how an interview should be conducted. Give your interviewee an opportunity to say something interesting without interrupting constantly.

I can't bear listening to most BBC interviews these days, it's just a battle between whose microphone is loudest.

Well done, Riz Khan and Tony Benn.

[wiffybiffy]

@feliciter84 spot on

[barnbersonol]

@feliciter84 You think so? He spends about 1 minute answering the question put to him and the rest of the time using the interview as a platform to give his opinion on what ever takes his fancy

[miragin7]

They rich didn't mind paying 95% because they had the most to lose !!! ..

[Soloman1001]

Oh!..And even worse..

It is A Politically Practised CULT Ideology supported by a Legal Justice system which is of a 1400 year old Caveman Rapist Mass Murderer.

You couldnt make this shit up in the 21st century and this Jackass Tony Benn supports it.

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[Soloman1001]

Islam follows the CULT Political ideology of a person who has no Divinity, No love, No Forgiveness, No Sanctity and like all CULTS you are not allowed to leave.

Islam is not a religion, it is a CULT.

Religions give you the Freedom to leave and the freedom to Believe..Islam doesnt.

It is a CULT.

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[sneakycobra]

Ive seen some deluded fucks in my time but u get the oscars for it. Cult is the shit in your own pathetic mind.

[Soloman1001]

normal

Does your george Galloway copied replied mean that you dont have an answer?..LOL!

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[Soloman1001]

normal

Thanks for your 2 boxes that pove nothing whatsoever. Where does it state anywhere that Fascism is rightwing or leftwing.

Islam is a Fascist Ideology, Are you denying that?

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[Soloman1001]

normal

Where does it say that Fascism is rightwing?

Do you think Hitler was a Fascist?

Well he was a Socialist, thats Leftwing.

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[revarney]

Tony Benn the terrorist"s friend.

[Soloman1001]

So Winston Churchill helps defend Britain from the Nazis and was critical in that situation and yet Tony the looney Benn attacks him for the financial difficulties Britain was facing post WW2..Pretty much sumes this LOONEY LEFTWING Fascist UP.

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[epiphany55]

Co-operatives in place of corporations, credit unions and mutuals in place of commercial banks and proportional representation in place of FPTP. The key ingredients to a fairer democratic society.

[Traitorfish]

@epiphany55 Quite so. We don't need a capitalist class any more than we need a Soviet-style dictatorship. The current system is a sick farce at it's very best.

[PersianMarxist]

Workers of the World unite!

That is the only solution. Capital should be managed by the people, and for the people...as should the means of production.

NO longer can we live in a world where the majority of human beings live in extreme poverty, while wealth is narrowly concentrated in the hands of the corporate elite. It is unsustainable, eventually the working class will take control.

[WhiteLionV1]

i'm not suggesting foul play but his son nigel doesn't really look like him does he. fantastic boxer though

[terrorbean100]

Isn't it fantastic that anyone can have their comments posted on here. Very democratic. Unlike the media where they carefully select the comments submitted before posting them.

[Fleshious]

I'm sorry to say but he seems to be a useful idiot the West have always had in abundance.

[bears132]

i see some weirdos commenting here,

this is stupidy and barbarism:

"Hang the bourgoisie from trees and cut their throats. crack a bankers head.. long live the socialist revolution!"

stop disgracing the socialist name. you creep.

[ARODPACK4]

tony benn is right the banks are the catalyst for all economic recovery and success they need to be publically owned

[vaanjaa]

voice of reason

[bobokk]

Tax the rich. It's common sense

[shanksy67]

How is it common sense to tax the rich , when they have been the most sucessful in society?, why should they suffer for their achievements?

[bobokk]

It's nothing to do with success.  Look at tax rates throughout history - that's how society was built. Not to mention the fact that having more money than you need turns you into an inconsiderate twat.

[shanksy67]

I live in a capitalist society. Having lots of money a.k.a being rich, generally means a higher status in society. So why should the rich compensate (through their tax increase) the poor? does changing taxes REALLY change the system of society ?......just being the devils advocate .

[bobokk]

No, in this system having lots of money just means you can commit crime and get away with it. Your assumption is that being successful always benefits society and that obviously isn't the case. "Success" is what caused this recession.

High taxes for the rich was normal not so long ago. We've seen what happens when the rich and greedy are given free reign so it's logical to put things back to how they were.

[hugoegbert79]

Bankers are rich. Are they successful? They've completely failed, and have caused the world financial system to crash. accountants are rich. They make a living fiddling other rich people's accounts so they pay less tax. Who contributes more to society, a nurse or a banker? And who works harder, a social worker or an accountant? Who deserves their riches more-the owner of a large corporation like Next which uses child labour overseas or a care worker?

[Drumstoo]

You couldn't have put it better.

[hugoegbert79]

Thankyou.

[Drumstoo]

Phil Bentley, CEO of British Gas is on over £600k pa. He gets £6030 tax free plus 80% of £13070 plus 60% of $46030 plus 50% of £503070. What can he physically spend that much money on?! Tax him 85% flat and he'd still take home £90k, over three times the national average.

Think about your salary and compare it to his - I guarantee Phil Bentley doesn't work much harder than you but is taking home ten times what you are. That's why the rich should be taxed.

[terrorbean100]

But why should the lower paid backbone of the country have to bail out collapsed financial institutions with their tax? The phrase "nationalise losses and privatise profits" springs to mind.

[Drumstoo]

True. If the banks weren't bailed out wouldn't it just cause more problems though?

I wonder what proportion of the country's tax is paid by the higher bracket.

[sanbeejeev]

In less than six minutes, Tony Benn has outlined a vision and offered practical and implementable solutions that would do more for the future financial and social health of the peoples of the world than that contained in the final communique by the G20 leaders after 2 days worth of talks. Bravo!

[DavidAKZ]

Well done agina Al Jazeera's & Anand Naidoo. Intelligent balanced reporting

[ha7337]

banks must be owned by the people for the people not some thives

[RosasWrath]

SOCIALISM OR BARBARISM. Hang the bourgoisie from trees and cut their throats. crack a bankers head.. long live the socialist revolution!

[RosasWrath]

@DAWNFACINGDOG *yawn* so intelligent and enlightening.. you're scum, hang you from a tree and cut your throat.. one less oxygen thief.. your father should have pulled out early..

[xxashyy]

Democracy...Democracy..Democra­cy... Democracy only works well when you have a small informed population like in Sweden or Iceland. The opposite of this is "mobocracy" like in the United States. The US was originally setup as a constitutional republic not a so called democracy.

[Downfacingdog]

Tony Benn is a Zionist douchebag!!!

[Pillat07]

alright, before I refer to you as a jackass

why, in this interview would you make reference to him as a douchebag???

I felt he made some really good points.

Also, Why would you say he was a zionist?? I happen to be against zionists and have not heard any fact that he was one, can you please explain further?

[Congest]

The only solution is socialist revolution.

[DavidAKZ]

What replace one stereotype with another ?

[covertcovenant]

Tony Benn said it well ...:"...the politics of today are discussed in parliament, the politics of tomorrow are discussed on the streets... " just wish some of those pulling strings would listen....but I suppose they will NOT, as they did not in 1789....as they neither did in 1917. Guess the guillotine will still get its time to shine once more...?

[Pillat07]

I like what he said about the BBC media in that they only show scuffles and dont show the speeches. WELL PUT!!!

[AndrewMann552]

The time is now for world revolution! Bring in the new International!

[stinkbuttdog]

Based upon what Tony said, there can be NO solution to the economic crisis BECAUSE it's profitable. There will be a cast of losers in this one. Watch.

May i ask the world, why do we allow this to happen to us as though we are powerless? All power is assumed.

[DavidAKZ]

apathy.

[cicatrixta]

...the end of an era, the begining of a NWO.

[andystokie]

ergh, hate TB when he talks about economics, stick to foreign policy.

Lets tax successful people so much that it stifles competition and ambition, .... where is the incentive for people to strive to great things if they're going to get taxed to hell then they get there ? : - /

[davidinfo13]

he said everyone should carry equal burden ... govt shouldnt reward the rich

[andystokie]

He talked about a 95% tax on the wealthy under churchill with a big cheshire cat grin on his face, ... what the hell, why don;t we charge people who earn on 100k a year £100 for a loaf of bread.

[mrboomer1]

he stated that was after the war when that was what was needed to get this country back on its feet. and he is saying that doing something similer now would help get this country back on its feet again.

[JackBrindelli]

will this help prevent a crisis?

.....no.

LOL i laughed. Tony Benn is a legend.