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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

'New Labour is really a post-Thatcherite party'


Tony Benn arrives at conference
in Brighton. Photograph: Dan ChungOliver King spoke to Tony Benn, and heard the Labour veteran hold forth on how the conference fringe is 'a summer school in politics', why he is not a member of New Labour, and how the crusades were funded by sacking Dublin. You can listen to the interview as an mp3 (13mins 36s).

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