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Tony Benn was a member of Parliament from 1950 until 2001, except for a short period when his eventually-renounced peerage disqualified him from the Commons. He served as a minister under Harold Wilson and - despite having supported Michael Foot in the 1976 Labour leadership race leadership race - remained in the cabinet under James Callaghan.

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More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945BBC

By Michael Portillo (Guest), Tony Benn (Guest), Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Guest), David Edgerton (Guest), Dr Martin Gorsky (Guest), Professor Jose Harris (Guest), Dr Stuart Mitchell (The Open University), Professor John Stewart (Guest), Professor Jim Tomlinson (Guest)

11 November 2006

The Welfare State was the defining act of the Clement Atlee's government. But does that overshadow a strong hand played in defence of the realm?  Read more : More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945

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Tony Benn was a member of Parliament from 1950 until 2001, except for a short period when his eventually-renounced peerage disqualified him from the Commons. He served as a minister under Harold Wilson and - despite having supported Michael Foot in the 1976 Labour leadership race leadership race - remained in the cabinet under James Callaghan.

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