Wanted? How do you know that? Are you a confidante of young Hillary?Once his ministerial career is over (next June, probably) who knows what he'll decide.

Anthony Wedgwood Benn was desperate to become leader of the Labour Party and (eventually) Prime Minister and I have no problem with that. The reason he fought to change the law about hereditary peeerages was to further that ambition. As the 14th Earl of Home demonstrated, a Prime minister must have a seat in the Commons. There was no way that Labour would ever choose Viscount Stansgate so he had to become an 'ordinary bloke' like the rest of us. 'Tony Benn' sounds much more 'ordinary' than Anthony Wedgwood Benn.