When I Saw How The

I'm Interested In Language. We Used To Call It The War Office. Then It Became The Ministry Of Defence. We Used To Talk About The Hydrogen Bomb, Now We Talk About A Deterrent. And The Language Is Very Cleverly Constructed To Give The Impression That It's Not What It Is.

When I Think Of Cool Britannia I Think Of Old People Dying Of Hypothermia.

I Think If You Do Have Democracy It Would Transform The World Because If The Millions Of People Who Die Live On A Dollar A Day, Had The Vote, They Would Redistribute The Wealth Of The World, And The People At The Top Are Not Prepared To See That Happen.

After The War People Said, 'if You Can Plan For War, Why Can't You Plan For Peace?' When I Was 17, I Had A Letter From The Government Saying, 'dear Mr. Benn, Will You Turn Up When You're 17 1/2? We'll Give You Free Food, Free Clothes, Free Training, Free Accommodation, And Two Shillings, Ten Pence A Day To Just Kill Germans.' People Said, Well, If You Can Have Full Employment To Kill People, Why In God's Name Couldn't You Have Full Employment And Good Schools, Good Hospitals, Good Houses?

In The End, The Tragedy Of Harold Wilson Was That You Couldn't Believe A Word He Said