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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 Mar 2014

    Tony Benn was "champion of the powerless, great Parliamentarian & conviction politician" - Labour leader @Ed_Milibandhttp://bbc.in/NcsHXY 

    12:33 AM - 14 Mar 2014
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      2. Katherine Horejsi  ⚓️‏ @MStreetBakery 14 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband How on earth would Miliband know what either a Socialist or a great Parliamentarian was?

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      3. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @MStreetBakery

        @MStreetBakery @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband Look at Milliband's shadow cabinet also,mainly inherited from Blair. Harman as Deputy says it all!

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      4. Katherine Horejsi  ⚓️‏ @MStreetBakery 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @LinHelenGreen

        @LindaHelenGreen she really is utterly hopeless. I remember her first time round, endless repetition of irrelevant data hoping no argument!

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      1. Lyn O'Reilly‏ @LynOReilly 14 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband Thank you Tony Benn for your commitment improving the lot of those who need it most. Your diaries are the legacy.

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      1. Gary k loyal‏ @gkscoot 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband liked his working class politics but was no friend of the ulster people

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      1. Benjamin Butler‏ @benjybutler2004 16 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband

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      2. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband What does Blair have to say after what Benn thought of his leadership and 'New Labour'?

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      3. neil lennon‏ @neillennon9 15 Mar 2014
        Replying to @LinHelenGreen

        @lindahelengreen @bbcbreaking @ed_miliband probably would say 6 feet under, but I would dig an extra foot for Blair)::

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      1. stevenmwillis‏ @stevenmwillis 14 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband Benn sent his kids to public school and spoke at a 1984 rally to celebrate 20th Anniversary of Militant Tendency

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      1. Bob Harris‏ @Bobarris 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband unlike you. Sadly, a weak, self-serving child of privilege.

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      1. Liam Thomas #FBPE‏ @liamtho 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Tony Benn - RIP Tony a giant among today's lightweight populist guff speaking politicians.

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      1. Ann Wilson-Rawi‏ @_hannnnah_ 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband given that he & infantile leftist cronies delayed labour coming to power how was he champion of the poor? #labour

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      1. Aron Manoharan.‏ @AronManoharan 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband RIP Tony Benn, great honest politician of our time.

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      1. Pete Baldwin‏ @clatterpete 14 Mar 2014
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        “@BBCBreaking: Tony Benn was "champion of the powerless, great Parliamentarian & conviction politician"

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      1. Teenagh‏ @Tighe1957 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband Tony Benn a true supporter of the people.

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      1. M28OON‏ @m28oon 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband @m28oon Tony Benn a true labour MP & passionate supporter of the working class! RIP

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      1. David Bridges‏ @Dbridges64David 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband If only you were like him Ed!

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      1. Peggy Karfilis‏ @ptypk 14 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband A "conviction pol"? As opposed to the rest of you-devoid of conviction (i.e. the norm) ? Very telling, Ed...

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      1. John James Fairbanks‏ @johnfairbanks 14 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking @Ed_Miliband And violently anti-EU.

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