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Johnnie Walker confronts Tony Benn over rocking the boat: How DJ and former Postmaster General faced off over pirate radio, 50 years on

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As reconciliations go, it took its time in coming. For almost 50 years, Johnnie Walker and Tony Benn have represented two sides of a battle that defined British radio. One was a maverick DJ, playing records out of a rusting ship to circumvent a ban on broadcasting pop. The other was the Labour MP and then Postmaster-General, determined to close the loophole that allowed Radio Caroline to thrive. Reported by Independent 13 hours ago.

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