Dare To Be a Daniel: Tony Benn

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This was one of those books that looked at me from the shelf and said " you need to read me!".. so I did! I've always had a cautious liking for Tony Benn.. I think he may be a little crazy but he was a wonderful parliamentarian. In this little book he talks about some of the things that influenced him. He has that slightly strange thing where he has so many Christians influences in him, but just one or two tiny things mean that he can't accept the church. Its all very odd one way or the other. The back of the book cataloguies some of his speeches.. I particularly like the one on the ordination of women!

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