I think without doubt, the true crown needs to go not to one labour MP, but to an entire family, that of the former second Viscount Stansgate.
John Williams Benn -> William Wedgwood Benn -> Tony Benn -> Hilary Benn -> Emily Benn (parliamentary candidate)
only the finest Champagne here of course, educated in the finest schools, multi millionaires throughout – how can one justify advocating a fair and meritocratic system where new people are encouraged to get involved in the parliamentary prodecures, yet one single family has spent a hundred and fifty years on the front benches, – just how can such a family affair be considered alongside the supposed ethos of equality and meritocracy inherent in the Labour party?
Most impressive of course, is the fact that despite their radical advocacy of left wing socialist policies through the generations, the Family have amassed personal fortunes of millions – This would be the same Tony Benn who placed the family wealth into an offshore trust, away from pip squeaking Dennis Healey as he didn’t think his children should suffer due to his socialist principles? Tony renounced his title, but not the wealth which came with it!
My old father always said that if he had as much money as Tony Benn without ever having to work and had then married an American millionairess to make things even better, that he would have been a socialist and the idol of gullible lefties all round – Now we have his kids in politics, again straight in with out having to work or any experience of the real world, living in a London dwelling bought by their father, a type and expense of which 99% of the population could never aspire to. Yet some fools think these people are spokesmen and defenders of the working class!
Tony Benn is a mixture of the same contradictions that many of his peer group suffer. He believes passionately in democratic structures but supports dodgy governments abroad so long as they fit his narrow ideological thinking. Why for example did he refer to Chechens as terrorists – if those guys were fighting Bush rather than Putin, Benn would have championed their status as anti-imperialist freedom fighters. If its anti-american its fine by him, but get a comment about Chinese oppression of Tibet, Russian human rights abuses in Chechnya – not a word!
The Benn’s are the closest thing in Britain to the political dynasties notorious in the USA, Champagne Socialism, served up with Beluga Caviar!