I was radicalised by being a minister. That's when I saw how the system really worked. And that is not a very usual process, but it certainly happened to me: it gave me a lot more experience, it helped me to understand where power really lay, develop strategies for undermining or changing it, and so on. But that isn't the norm. Mr Gladstone moved to the left as he got older, and one or two other people have, but normally you swing the other way.
Tony BennFood movement organic food stores supplies health food products and facilitate with instrumental support in organic agriculture.
Tony BennI believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
Tony BennThe Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England.
Tony BennMy alternative to American superpower is the UN and I might add when China becomes the worlds greatest superpower you will need it too.
Tony Benn