Tony Benn - Pit Closures

Tony Benn speaking out passionately in parliament about the corruption of the Tories (surrounding the pit closures) and Margaret Thatcher's greedy and scandalous, anti-socialist, 19th century-like political philosophies which lead to the reduction of government control of the economy, by privatising socially owned businesses (selling off the family silverware), reducing welfare and reducing tax levels for the rich (but not in practice for the poor).

Clip from Benn's 'Speaking up in Parliament' video, available through amazon.co.uk and elsewhere.

http://www.bennites.com/

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[doosht]

Im most definately right of centre but i know a wise man when i see him, and i love Tony Benn

[comanchio1976]

@MUDSHARK111 Spot on...especially about her legacy. So when tories go on about 'broken Britain', it's their high priestess who broke it.

And now they want to give her a state funeral, invited into Number 10 by Tony and Gordon amid beaming smiles..it's stomach churning.

[hammersabc]

Industry, community, social cohesion - all totally screwed by Thatcherite ideology. Meanwhile, the Tories were deriding the 'Loony Left'. Cunts.

[cableguy786]

Love TB!!!!!!!!

[atosafi1]

@Hamilcar275 The free market is, much like Communism, good in theory, but has turned out to be a total disaster where it's been applied for the last 30 years.

[atosafi1]

@Hamilcar275 Corporatism is a direct result of unfettered, unregulated free-market capitalism. As Karl Popper said "If government does not intervene to control markets, other shady organisations, such as trusts and multi-national predators, will, thereby reducing the freedom of the market to mere fiction". If you let the markets run amok, there's nothing stopping them from banding together to create monopolies, infiltrating government and crushing the middle- and working-class.

[324wilson]

I do not agree with him on many things but he was one of those very few MPs who spoke truth.

[vidscroungerxD]

I love him. <3

[123jsbach]

a return of self confidence and hope? i sense it in the air.C'mon the people!!!!

[herbal1971]

This guy is what a politician should be like.

[sunonthewindow]

and I was born 5 days later