'The most tremendous result': how Tony Benn celebrated losing to Denis Healey

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Audio diaries reveal how Labour leftwinger celebrated ‘popularity without power’ after losing deputy leadership race in 1981

It was a defeat but it was also a staggering result, Tony Benn reassured himself at 1am in his hotel bathroom. By coming so close to beating Denis Healey to be Labour deputy leader he had “popularity without power” – a brilliant outcome he could never have dreamed of.

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