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    The Most Dangerous Man in Britain?

    The Political Writing

    Author Tony Benn
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    Verso Books | Verso
    On sale Apr 07, 2026 | 304 Pages | 9781804298282
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    TONY BENN: FIREBRAND? NATIONAL TREASURE? A SOCIALIST FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

    Once dubbed the ‘most dangerous man in Britain’, Tony Benn, Labour MP for over fifty years, was the most distinguished socialist politician of his era. A char­ismatic orator, a lifelong campaigner for peace, and a charming disruptor of the mainstream, Benn became a national treasure in his retirement, a status some­what at variance with his firebrand politics. This collection of his key writings contains arguments on constitutional reform, the economy and foreign affairs – popular and influential policy positions which became known as ‘Bennism’ and set the template for democratic socialism in the 2020s.

    The introduction, written by his daughter, the writer Melissa Benn, offers a per­sonal portrait of a man whose politics informed his every action. Also included is a previously unpublished interview with Tony Benn conducted towards the end of his life.
    Tony Benn (1925 - 2014) was a radical statesman, British Labour Party politician and political activist. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.

    Melissa Benn is a journalist, novelist and campaigner. She has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman, Cosmopolitan and the London Review of Books, among many others. Her writing on education includes Life Lessons.
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    TONY BENN: FIREBRAND? NATIONAL TREASURE? A SOCIALIST FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

    Once dubbed the ‘most dangerous man in Britain’, Tony Benn, Labour MP for over fifty years, was the most distinguished socialist politician of his era. A char­ismatic orator, a lifelong campaigner for peace, and a charming disruptor of the mainstream, Benn became a national treasure in his retirement, a status some­what at variance with his firebrand politics. This collection of his key writings contains arguments on constitutional reform, the economy and foreign affairs – popular and influential policy positions which became known as ‘Bennism’ and set the template for democratic socialism in the 2020s.

    The introduction, written by his daughter, the writer Melissa Benn, offers a per­sonal portrait of a man whose politics informed his every action. Also included is a previously unpublished interview with Tony Benn conducted towards the end of his life.

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    Tony Benn (1925 - 2014) was a radical statesman, British Labour Party politician and political activist. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.

    Melissa Benn is a journalist, novelist and campaigner. She has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman, Cosmopolitan and the London Review of Books, among many others. Her writing on education includes Life Lessons.
    Tony Benn View titles by Tony Benn

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