Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching 'Big Brother' in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work

If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child

If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?

Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation...

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

Someone comes every morning at nine o'clock to see if I am still alive. I do get lonely, yes, but I have the children who come and see me. I see all my children every week, and there are the grandchildren, too.

It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his