Tony Benn
Great Lives
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The Gold Hat Party
I was expelled when my father died that night. My constituency re-elected me sent me back. Immediately afterwards I was disqualified, taken to court and my opponent, whom I defeated, was put in the House of Commons. It's been a very, very long struggle going back over ten and a half years with five petitions,. six bills, three parliamentary committees, fifteen days of parliamentary debate. And it was my constituency, the district that I represent, that really won it for me. You'd call it a significant victory for civil liberties? Well, for democracy, more than civil liberties. But I think people in this country are getting awfully sick of the pageantry and pomp which dominates our
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