Tony Benn: A Biography by Jad Adams COMING 6 FEB

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6 February 2025
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Tony Benn was among the most enigmatic and controversial politicians of the post-war era. This comprehensively revised edition of Jad Adams’s classic biography – originally published in 1992, revised in 2011 and now brought up to date to cover Benn’s death in 2014 and his legacy and contemporary relevance – is written with unparalleled access to Benn’s private records, and chronicles the behind-the-scenes story of Benn’s bitter battles with every leader of the Labour Party since Gaitskell.

It details his service in the governments of Wilson and Callaghan, his role as a champion of the left during the Labour Party’s long period in opposition during the 1980s and 1990s, his retirement from Parliament in 2001 to ‘spend more time involved in politics’ and his subsequent emergence as a leading figure in the British opposition to the Iraq War.