Tony Benn was born 100 years ago today. A hero of mine, he was steeped in the English radical tradition while maintaining an internationalist outlook. As we struggle to defend democracy against those who seek to avoid accountability, his five questions to ask the powerful are worth remembering
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I met him in 1988, and was surprised at how physically small he was, because I’d always thought of him as a giant of a man. (Intellectually)