Reply #246: Wonderful, wonderful man

[Prophet 451]

Tony Benn is one of those people who start out as a radical firebrand, terrorising the establishment and end up as one of the grand old men of politics. I believe he is the only man in history to turn down a peerage so he could continue serving as an MP.

He also has the distinction of being the only man to appear with Ali G and get the joke. Briefly, Ali G is a satirical interviewer, designed to be the official voice of the youthful moron. The humour comes from watching politicians trying to find ways of getting out of the interview without wrecking their careers by agreeing with Ali's outrageous remarks. Well, Tony Benn appeared with Ali G and about five minutes into the interview, you can see this look of realisation as he gets the joke and then proceeds to not only agree with Ali on everything but one-up him by making even more outrageous remarks. I think the interview ended with Tony Benn and Ali G agreeing to overfund genetic engineering so every child could live the dream of being born black.