Green Party Leadern, Natalie Bennett, said:
"Tony Benn was a man who fully lived his personal values. He believed what he said and said what he believed. History will remember him as towering figure who stood against the neoliberal consensus in the period of its ascendancy and was proved to be right in many of his critiques of it.
But having had the privilege to share platforms with him I would also have to simply say he was a great speaker and a great man."
Penny Kemp, former Chair of the Green Party and friend of Tony Benn pays tribute:
“I have shared many a platform with Tony Benn over the last 25 years. Not only was he a good friend but an inspirational political mentor. I looked forward to his regular appearances at the Greenfields at Glastonbury and in true Tony Benn style he was looking forward to coming again this year. He will be very much missed.”