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Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

Friday 14 March 2014 11:46 GMT

May 2008: Tony Benn speaking at march for a free Palestine on the 60th anniversary of Israel's nationhood (Photofusion/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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December 2013: Tony Benn speaking during a commemorative service for Nelson Mandela held at Westminster Hall

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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October 2011: Tony Benn, as president of the Stop the War Coalition, at the 'Antiwar Mass Assembly' organised by the Stop the War Coalition at Trafalgar Square - calling for the British Government to immediately withdraw troops from Afghanistan

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September 2010: Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers interviews Tony Benn for The Quietus about his book, Letters To My Grandchildren

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August 2009: Tony Benn at the Cenotaph on Whitehall at a ceremony after the death of the 200th British soldier Afghanistan

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May 2009: Tony Benn attends a vigil organized by Tamil Students in Parliament Square, held the vigil to remember victims of the civil war in Sri Lanka

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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April 2009: Tony Benn speaks as protesters and members of The Stop the War Coalition gather at the US Embassy to march to Trafalgar Square demanding action on poverty, climate change and jobs,ahead of the G20 summit

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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May 2008: Tony Benn speaking at march for a free Palestine on the 60th anniversary of Israel's nationhood

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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June 2004: Tony Benn argues with Frank Maloney, Ukip's London mayoral candidate, as Maloney campaigns in London

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February 2003: Former politician Tony Benn arrives at the British Book Awards at the Le Meridian Grosvenor House in London

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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February 2003: Tony Benn seen during his press conference at the Ministry of information in Baghdad ahead of his interview with Saddam Hussein to talk about the US-Iraqi confrontation

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In pictures: Tony Benn, reflections of a life at the heart of British politics

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February 2003: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein being interviewed on TV by Tony Benn in Baghdad

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September 2003: Tony Benn speaks to a fan at the signing of 'Tony Benn's Greatest Hits' at HMV Oxford Street, London

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October 2001: Tony Benn, in the year he stood down as an MP, speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton

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April 1999: Tony Benn at a demonstration to protest against Nato's bombing of Yugoslavia during Operation Allied Force

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May 1998: Tony Benn smokes his pipe during a conference at the Marina Leisure Centre in Great Yarmouth

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October 1966: Labour MPs Tony Benn and Jennie Lee at the opening session of the Labour Party conference in Brighton

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October 1964: Tony Benn places an official report on broadcasting into his dispatch box on his first day in his new Cabinet role of Postmaster General

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October 1962: Tony Benn lights his pipe during a speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton

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October 1951: Tony Benn with his wife, Caroline (1926 - 2000) and their second son, Stephen, after his Christening at the House of Commons crypt

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November 1920: William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877 - 1960), the Liberal politician and father of Tony Benn, at his wedding to Miss Margaret Holmes

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