The Latest Breaking News from Tony Benn

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 · Jun 8, 2023

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 · Jun 8, 2023

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 · Apr 7, 2023

The Snuts: ‘I’ve got friends who are gonna have their gas cut off, no money in the bank...’

Scottish four-piece The Snuts topped the UK charts with their personal, coming-of-age debut, ‘WL’. Frontman Jack Cochrane tells Roisin O’Connor about taking inspiration from Tony Benn for their political follow-up, ‘Burn the Empire’, and why they didn’t want to become ‘another generic indie band’

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022

'My 50th year at the Labour conference - and for my sins I will be back again'

This is the beating heart of honest, awkward, idealistic, funny, cynical, romantic British politics, writes Paul Routledge as he recalls half a century of long speeches, block votes and late nights drinking

Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022

Letter: Judith Durham obituary

Shelley Bovey writes: Tony Benn and Judith drank tea and signed each other’s books

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

Like Thatcher, Truss wants radical change – but could she avoid a crisis?

Whether she or Rishi Sunak becomes prime minister, challenge looks as daunting as it did for James Callaghan in 1976

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

‘Eventually it will just be a barcode, won’t it?’ Why Britain’s new stamps are causing outrage and upset

Royal Mail’s stamps are finally entering the digital world, with printed codes that can be used to track letters or linked to videos. Collectors, traditionalists and royalists are not amused

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Dominic Cummings is the gift who keeps giving

There are two takes on politics. One, espoused by the late Tony Benn, is that it’s the issues that matter. And then there are the rest of us who think that the issues are of course terribly important but it’s the personalities that count. And for us, Dominic Cummings is…

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2022