"In 1981, Tony Benn and Dennis Healey stalked each other across the country, smashing into each other at pitched-battle debates that always seemed inches away from a riot. Healey was often unable to speak because he was screamed down; one of the groups backing Benn for the leadership was the Posadists, who called for "an intergalactic revolution" and believed socialism would be brought to earth by aliens. Asked if he welcomed their backing, Benn unironically said "socialism is a broad church, and I don't want to rule people out."
No doubt it was all a hilarious adrennaline-rush to the people there. It was also such a farce that Labour kept on losing elections by landslides, handing the country to Thatcher-Tebbitry."
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