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Local Radio,6 mins

Paying tribute to Tony Benn

Kevin Philemon and Primrose Granville

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Politicians and activists on all sides have been paying tribute to the veteran Labour MP and left-wing activist, Tony Benn, who's died aged 88. His supporters have hailed him as a fearless fighter for what he believed in; his opponents have praised him as a magnificent campaigner and orator. In this extract, civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson OBE, who led the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, shares his memories with the Âé¶¹Éç's Kevin Philemon.

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