My hero: Tony Benn

Tony BennWhen Tony Benn takes to the Left Field at Glastonbury this weekend he will connect with a new generation who are utterly contemptuous of party politics and despise politicians but still want to hear what he has to say. Young people stop him in the street to shake his hand so often that extra time for spontaneous meetings has to be built into every journey. Everyone remembers him challenging Ali G's caricature of sexist, boorish youth, making him perhaps the only person to come out well ...

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