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DARK SECRETS: Tony benn | Vintage Vibes

Former MP recited Shakespeare to get his voice back after stroke

Jonathan Ashworth was made a CBE in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Evening Standard

Former Labour MP tells how Shakespeare helped him to speak again after stroke

Jonathan Ashworth originally feared he might never talk again

The Independent UK

‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment

Tehran’s nuclear ambitions date back to the shah and the 1970s and remains undimmed despite the damage caused by sanctions

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Jonathan Coe: ‘I was a Tory until I read Tony Benn’

The author on getting hooked on Flann O’Brien, reassessing Kingsley Amis, and why his grandfather was outraged by Watership Down

The Guardian - UK

Martin Collins obituary

Other lives: Political activist and organiser with a focus on Ireland who worked to help secure the Good Friday agreement

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs revive ‘desperately needed’ soft left group to take on Reform

Exclusive: Tribune hopes over 100 MPs join group led by Vicky Foxcroft and former cabinet minister Louise Haigh

The Guardian - UK

I’ve seen Labour’s cursed deputy leader role up close. It should finally be abolished

I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller

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OPINION - Avoiding inheritance tax, Michael Eavis? That’s rich!

Jeremy Corbyn-loving Michael Eavis calls himself a socialist — so why does he want to pay less tax?

Evening Standard

Aimee Lou Wood says she received death threats after sharing anti-war speech online

‘Love getting vile threats of violence and death just for saying I'm against war and innocent people dying,’ Wood posted on Instagram

Evening Standard

British Steel must now join the modern economy, not be a prisoner of the old

Lack of investment and vision has dogged UK industry, while China has literally forged ahead

The Guardian - UK

Why is Ed Miliband a target for all sides? Because he’s a lefty politician who gets things done

Not since Tony Benn has a Labour minister been so assailed – and not just by the Tory press, but also by his own colleagues, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Paul Stephenson obituary

Civil rights activist who organised the Bristol bus boycott, paving the way for the Race Relations Act of 1965

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour MP breaks ranks to call for end to UK arms sales to Israel

A SCOTTISH Labour MP has publicly urged the UK Government to end arms sales to Israel.

The National (Scotland)

A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown review – a crown jewel among royal biographies

The Private Eye satirist’s portrait of the late monarch is rich in vignettes, but also has a revelatory depth

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The last of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords

The Labour government has plans to end their ‘outdated and indefensible’ lawmaking position in the upper house

The Guardian - UK

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the legacy of the radical left

What do the careers of Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell tell us about political success?

The Guardian - UK

The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK

The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence

These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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‘I wanted to save the world!’: Grace Blakeley, TikTok’s answer to Tony Benn

The millennial economist talks to Sam Leith about the perils of global capitalism, fighting her corner online and having a ‘midlife crisis’ at 29

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘When he mentioned the economic benefits of the EU, my response was: for whom?’

They are both on the left, but could they agree on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership qualities or whether Keir Starmer is an eel?

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Lucas was the best PM Britain never had – but she’s shown us how to fix our politics

The Green MP for Brighton Pavilion is leaving Westminster. It’s a sign that change will only come to a broken system from outside, says Compass director Neal Lawson

The Guardian - UK

Biden and Sunak hold press conference as new transatlantic deal unveiled – as it happened

US president and UK prime minister announce plan to bolster economic security in response to China’s growing influence

The Guardian - UK

Public urination: don’t get caught with your trousers down

Letters: Jennifer Henley on scaring a man making a wee mess, and Ian Arnott on Tony Benn being caught short

The Guardian - UK

All the warnings in the world couldn’t stop the Iraq war, or Tony Blair

Looking back after 20 years, I recall how an unswerving PM bullied MPs to get their votes and ignored cool heads, says the Labour MP Diane Abbott

The National (Scotland)

What it was like watching Westminster get rich from Scotland’s oil

IN the 1970s, the discovery of oil changed the landscape of Scottish politics ...

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