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Spitting Image copywrite. David Owen has broken away from the Alliance and he has started up his own party - SADP. He is the only member as he struggles on through a difficult conference.

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  • @mikeMCSG I was going to go to Leeds to do International History and Politics as from 1981. I put it off for one year to 1982 and then did not go at all.

    When I was at school, someone came along and said the students ought to take a year off which I did - but it became two and then three. And I ended up in London doing French and Spanish.

  • @alanheath

    I 'm pretty sure it was autumn 1984 as the chairman of the SDP society who was running the event defected to Labour the following year which was my last at Leeds. We had to make do with Bill Rodgers in 85 ; he was less of a crowd-puller.

  • Rosie managed to stay in parliament until the 1992 general election - giving her a more than five year tenure as she was voted in during a bi election following the death of the incumbent Labour candidate in February 1987.

  • @mikeMCSG It was in London in 1985. He got quite a turnout. I remember he got the year wrong that the US joined WW1 (he said 1916). I spoke to him alone and he insisted it was 1916. I accompanied him to the bus stop but a taxi came along and he got into it!

    Your story is brilliant. It must have been much later though. I remember a headline in I think the Mail saying The Party is Over when Raving Monster got three times more votes and Lord Sutch invited him to merge parties!

  • @alanheath

    Was that at Leeds ? I was at that one and remember him taking over the stewarding when the student society chairman was struggling as the hall filled up. The looks on the faces of latecomers at being directed to their seats by Owen himself were priceless !

  • I met him once. He came to speak to the students union in 1984 or 1985!

  • @Myndir Indeed - have you read his book - 'Time to Declare'?

  • 0.35-0.38 is exactly what Gordon Brown should do.

    David Owen faction of the David Owen party of the David Owenites for social David Owenism. Loyal supporters of myself!

  • David Owen: what a guy!

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