: About Me

Some 26 years after his father stood for Deputy Leader of the British Labour Party in a hotly contested election his son is standing for the same position. But this is not a case of like father like son. Tony Benn, an ex-Cabinet Minister in the 1970s had moved to the left and advocated a radical programme for the Labour Party. His son, Hilary, the current British International Development Secretary is a moderate and talks of practical politics to achieve social change. A quarter of a century ago Benn was the favoured candidate of the left-wing of the Labour Party and was a standard bearer ...