Anthony Louis Banks, barão de Stratford , mais conhecido como Tony Banks, foi um político britânico e membro do Partido Trabalhista na Câmara dos Lordes.
Foi membro do parlamento e atuou como ministro do desporto de 1997 a 1999. Aos 5 de janeiro de 2006, sofreu uma séria hemorragia cerebral enquanto passava férias na Flórida e faleceu em 8 de janeiro, com 62 anos de idade.
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“…so unpopular, if he became a funeral director people would stop dying”
"The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4593562.stm, BBC News, 8 January 2006.
on former Prime Minister John Major
EDM http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=24837&SESSION=682 (Early Day Motion) 1255 proposed by Tony Banks in the House of Commons, 21 May 2004; quoted by Parliamentary Information Management Service.
“I have gone to a safe house, as they say, so I might as well have a different name”
"Banks changes name for Lords life" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4123628.stm, BBC News, 23 June 2005.
on taking the title Lord Stratford when he entered the House of Lords.
“She is a half-mad old bag lady. The Finchley Whinger.”
An MP who took no prisoners, The Daily Telegraph, 2006-01-09 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/09/nbanks109.xml, http://www.geocities.com/Axiom43/insults.html
on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher again.
"Tony Banks close to death after stroke" http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article337229.ece, The Independent (online edition), 8 January 2006.
on fox-hunting.
“She behaves with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor”
Tony Banks close to death after stroke, The Independent (online edition), Sophie Goodchild, 2006-01-08 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article337229.ece, http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1682818,00.html
on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
The Right Hon wag http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1682818,00.html, The Guardian, 10 January 2006.
on seeing John Major in the House of Commons as Prime Minister.
maiden speech to the House of Lords http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldhansrd/vo050720/text/50720-23.htm, 20 July 2005; quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service.
"Obituary: Tony Banks" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4591310.stm, BBC News, 9 January 2006.
comments on constituency work after standing down as an MP
“Living proof that a pig's bladder on the end of a stick can be elected to Parliament”
"Tony Banks close to death after stroke" http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article337229.ece, The Independent (online edition), 8 January 2006.
on right-wing Conservative MP Terry Dicks
Tribune Rally, September 1997; The Right Hon wag http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1682818,00.html, The Guardian, 10 January 2006.
on Conservative politician Michael Portillo.
maiden speech to the House of Lords http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldhansrd/vo050720/text/50720-23.htm, 20 July 2005; quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service
contrasting the House of Lords with the House of Commons.
"The wit and wisdom of Tony Banks" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4593562.stm, BBC News, 8 January 2006.
after a kiss-and-tell story appeared detailing how former Conservative minister David Mellor, his close friend and fellow Chelsea fan, wore football kit during sex.
"Hopes fade for Tony Banks after holiday stroke" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1975281,00.html, The Times Online, 8 January 2006.
comment on football hooliganism abroad after allegations of police brutality against rioting English fans.
"Beyond a joke: the ones that went too far" http://politics.guardian.co.uk/redbox/story/0,9029,1157599,00.html, Guardian Unlimited, 27 February 2004.
comment on both the Conservative Party leader William Hague and the abortion debate at a Labour Party conference fringe meeting, 1997.
House of Lords debate http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldhansrd/pdvn/lds05/text/51026-16.htm on "bird flu", 26 Oct 2005; quoted by United Kingdom Parliament World Wide Web Service.