RIP. Tony Benn

Tony Benn, one of my earliest political heroes passed away this week.

Passionate, plain speaking and principled. So many great speeches and opinions. Here are just two that show what a great man he was.

Telling the BBC how wrong they were not to broadcast the Gaza DEC appeal. And then broadcasting it himself.



And a classic Benn speech from the first Iraq war debate.



RIP

And this. Beats Ali G.