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Tony Benn brought hope to everything he touched
'He could lift a room just by walking in'

Tony Benn brought hope to everything he touched, declared green campaigner and former Labour MP Alan Simpson.

"He could lift a room just by walking into it. When he left, people would be flying with the belief that maybe we really were as good as he said we might be.

"He was the only person I know who could waltz you through 2,000 years of history and leave you feeling he was present at all the events he had touched on."

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