Tony Banks (politician)
Anthony Louis "Tony" Banks, Baron Stratford , PC (* 8. April 1943 in Belfast , † 8. January 2006 in Fort Myers , USA ) was a British politician of the Labor Party and animal rights activists .
Life
Banks was British Sports Secretary from 1997 to 1999. He resigned to promote England's candidacy for the World Cup. As Vice President of the League Against Cruel Sports, Banks was also one of the critics of the hunt for foxes with dogs. Banks resigned from the House of Commons in 2005 and was raised to a life peer as "Baron Stratford", of Stratford in the London Borough of Newham .
Banks died of a severe stroke that he suffered while on vacation in Fort Myers on January 5, 2006.
Political opinions
Tony Banks was an animal rights advocate in Parliament, often speaking out against fox hunting and vivisection , and a vice-president of the League Against Cruel Sports . He can be assigned to the left side of Labor as he was, among other things, an opponent of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. His only speech regarding the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan was to solicit government funding and Royal Navy aid for the animals in the Kabul Zoo; especially for Marjan, an older lion who, in Bank's opinion, needed air conditioning because of his rheumatism.
An example of his extreme views was given on May 21, 2004 when, in response to newspaper reports that MI5 had investigated the use of pigeons as flying bombs during World War II, condemned this proposal, dating back 70 years, and in In this context, the people themselves as “obscene, perverse, cruel, uncivilized and deadly”, he described and stated “I look forward to the day when the inevitable asteroid hits the earth and sweeps away humanity, giving nature the opportunity to do something new to start".
Web links
- "Ex-minister Tony Banks does this in US" (BBC January 8, 2006)
- "Banks changes name for Lords life" (BBC June 23, 2005)
Individual evidence
- ^ The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks , BBC News , January 8, 2006, accessed August 16, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Banks, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Banks, Anthony Louis Lord Stratford (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician and animal rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 2006 |
| Place of death | Fort Myers , USA |