Like many politicians of a revolutionary turn of mind, Barbara Castle was of the middle class.

ECONOMIST: Barbara Castle

But for true believers, what mattered was that Barbara Castle continued to stand for that seductive, if self-contradictory, idea, British socialism.

ECONOMIST: Barbara Castle

Well we can't really say goodbye today without paying special tribute and saying a very special goodbye to the grande dame of the Labour Party, Barbara Castle.

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