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When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered.

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Tony Benn
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: March 14
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Former Member Of The European Parliament
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
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I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in a cardboard box in London, I see that person as a victim of market forces. Everytime I see a pensioner who cannot manage, I know that he is a victim of market forces
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All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
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Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.
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I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.
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