At the height of the Cold War, former Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn was considered by the Soviet Union an 'unnecessary simpleton' who was too stupid to recruit as an agent, KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has claimed.
Harold Wilson said of him, "He immatures with age." But, as this Blog always does try to be fair, we have to admit that, unlike many, he was too good for Da Ali G.
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