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|job3 = Minister of Technology | |||
|affiliation = British government | |||
|affiliation2 = Labour Party | |||
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'''Tony Benn''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party]] [[politician]]. | '''Tony Benn''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party]] [[politician]]. | ||
In the late [[1960s]], he was the [[Minister of Technology]] in [[Harold Wilson]]'s cabinet and was responsible for [[the Vault ( | In the late [[1960s]], he was the [[Minister of Technology]] in [[Harold Wilson]]'s cabinet and was responsible for [[the Vault (The Scales of Injustice)|the Vault]]. [[The Brigadier|Lethbridge-Stewart]] commented that Benn might be the only one who knew precisely where the Vault was. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beast of Fang Rock (novel)|Beast of Fang Rock]]'') | ||
He served as the [[Home Secretary]] in the cabinet of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Shirley Williams]] in [[1976]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | He served as the [[Home Secretary]] in the cabinet of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Shirley Williams]] in [[1976]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 7 November 2023
Tony Benn was a British Labour Party politician.
In the late 1960s, he was the Minister of Technology in Harold Wilson's cabinet and was responsible for the Vault. Lethbridge-Stewart commented that Benn might be the only one who knew precisely where the Vault was. (PROSE: Beast of Fang Rock)
He served as the Home Secretary in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shirley Williams in 1976. (PROSE: No Future)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Tony Benn was the real-life Minister of Technology under Harold Wilson. He was a Cabinet minister in the 1970s but not Home Secretary; the Williams government is a fictional creation by Paul Cornell.
Benn hosted the documentary One Foot in the Past concerning the Post Office Tower which was included on the DVD release of The War Machines.
