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To: The Right Hon Lord Wallace of Saltaire
A State Funeral for Tony Benn
Dear Lord Wallace,
We feel it only just, given that £1,205,809 was spent on Margaret Thatcher's funeral, that Tony Benn should receive the same honour.
We feel it only just, given that £1,205,809 was spent on Margaret Thatcher's funeral, that Tony Benn should receive the same honour.
Why is this important?
Anthony Wedgwood Benn was a politician who championed the rights of ordinary people. He took his place in Westminster to further the democratic principles by which he lived, and was not there to join a gravy train nor for self-aggrandisement. His rejection of his entitlement to inherit his father's peerage is testimony to his integrity. Although he never occupied the post of Prime Minister his contribution to public life is as great as if he had. He deserves an appropriate act of remembrance.
