{"id":2236,"date":"2014-03-15T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2015-08-31T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T21:05:22","slug":"a-persistent-commoner-the-late-tony-benn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-persistent-commoner-the-late-tony-benn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Persistent Commoner – The Late Tony Benn"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner”
\n“I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing”
\n– Tony Benn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Tony<\/p>\n

Speaking the truth, it is never easy,
\nAll the more reason to speak it clear,
\nRepeat it so it can be understood
\nBy a world that refuses to hear.<\/p>\n

The silence of Men of the Cloth,
\nAgainst profiteering and exploitation,
\nShows the men on the alter know not God
\nAs they condemn sin and fornication.<\/p>\n

The rich get richer, the moral lost
\nOf the needle and the camel, told…
\nWe need the tellers of the truth
\nThat live like Benn did, out in the cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner” “I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing” – Tony Benn Speaking the truth, it is never easy, All the more reason to speak it clear, Repeat it so it can be understood By a world that refuses …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[571,2290,308,1],"tags":[998,2384,313,2385,2291],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","category-biography","category-obituaries","category-uncategorized","tag-england","tag-labour","tag-obituary","tag-tony-benn","tag-tribute","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-A4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2166,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/fair-girls-at-the-horse-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":2236,"position":0},"title":"Fair Girls at the Horse Fair","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"31st July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"They walk the streets, young, wild at heart Among horses the men admire Free of sprit and fast with word To the shouts of commoner and squire. 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