"Smith would have been a better leader than Tony Blair. It would have been a completely different party."

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomLawyers from ScotlandLabour Party (UK) politiciansPoliticians from ScotlandLeaders of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
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Tony Benn, quoted in Mark Stuart, John Smith: A Life (2005), p. 409

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Tony Benn, quoted in Mark Stuart, John Smith: A Life (2005), p. 409