Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tony Benn akava muMP muna November wa 1950 uye akanga ari mutezo wemakurukota aHarold Wilson naJames Callaghan. Muna 1981, Benn akamhanya kuti ave mutevedzeri wemutungamiri webato revashandi asi akarasikirwa. Aivawo nebasa mukuumba 1983 Labour manifesto. Akapfuurira kuva munyori wezvinyorwa zvezuva nezuva uye mukurukuri, pamwe chete nokujoina sangano rinorwisana nehondo uye kutaura zvakasimba mukurwisana nehondo yeIraq
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