Friday, March 14, 2014

Tony Benn's Secret Tribute To Suffragette Martyr

Veteran Labour MP Tony Benn, who won respect from across the political spectrum, has died aged 88.
In 1999 he revealed a secret he had long kept hidden in a House of Commons broom cupboard.


This action says a lot about Mr. Benn's character and his respect for democracy.

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3 comments:

  1. This kind of thing is kind of my favorite kind of thing.

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  2. It's a good story. A friend of mine had her picture taken with Benn in the closet beside the plaque.

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  3. I used to write my name and a few things inside the closet walls when I moved out of apartments. Nothing this interesting, of course.

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