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Benn

British

/ bɛn /

noun

Antony ( Neil ) Wedgwood , known as Tony Benn . born 1925, British Labour politician, a leading figure on the party's left wing. He renounced (1963) the title of Viscount Stansgate

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The head of the Kenova team, Sir Iain Livingstone, pleaded with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn for the right to name Scappaticci in his report, but Benn said he would decide after the Supreme Court ruling in the Paul Thompson case, which came later in December.

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That ruling has, in effect, strengthened Benn's power to stop him being named.

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Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said whatever the previous legislation's intentions, it had "fundamentally failed".

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Benn told MPs the government did not agree with immunity "as a matter of principle" and that those who served in the armed forces had to abide by the rule of law.

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Cook never won a world title, but he fought among Britain's elite, including Michael Watson, Nigel Benn, Herol Graham.

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