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5 de may. de 2024 · It is also a series of interconnected mini-biographies – of Tony Benn and the four prominent politicians who were inspired by him: Ken Livingstone, Diane Abbott, John McDonnell and Corbyn.
- the legacy of the radical left
What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy...
- the legacy of the radical left
7 de may. de 2024 · 7 May 2024. How the Corbynite left hit self-destruct. Andy Beckett’s The Searchers charts the rise and fall of Tony Benn’s heirs, but fails to confront the obstinacy and intolerance that undid them. By Jonathan Rutherford. Illustration by Anthony Gerace.
9 de may. de 2024 · 09.05.2024. Labour’s Gang of Five. By. Fergal Kinney. Andy Beckett's new book tracks the journey of Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell — under the influence of Tony Benn — from Labour outcasts to their attempt to remake British capitalism.
Hace 2 días · The primary figurehead for this leftist trend was Tony Benn, who narrowly missed being elected deputy leader of Labour in September 1981, under new party leader Michael Foot. The head of the "Bennite left", Benn became "an inspiration and a prophet" to Livingstone; the two became the best known left-wingers in Labour.
12 de may. de 2024 · Tony Benn watched Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott greeting the Venezuelan premier. “It’s an extraordinary story really,” wrote Benn in his diary that night — now the best-selling sounding board of a cozy national treasure — “he’s very imaginative, is old Ken.”
Hace 4 días · Politicians and commentators alike thus painted a dark picture of Britain’s future, with Foreign Secretary James Callaghan professing in cabinet that he saw ‘no solution’ to Britain’s difficulties and Tony Benn predicting ‘the final collapse of capitalism’ to be only ‘a matter of weeks away’ (pp. 20–1).
