Archive for david owen
Star Wars as it really should have been
How did I never think of this before? Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Princess Leia. That is four people, three male and one female. Now, can I think of another quartet with the same gender balance… or how about a Gang of Four? Ah, of course: Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at [...]
A footnote to my praise for Jeremy Browne
In recently praising Jeremy Browne for arguing that the Liberal Democrats must guard against being pigeonholed as only being interested in issues that do not win much public support, I added a caveat about how his broader vision of what the Liberal Democrats should be for (social mobility – yuk) showed how inconsistent senior Liberal Democrats [...]
Newsletter 11 is out: Liberal Democrat conference preview
You can now read the latest edition of my email newsletter about the Liberal Democrats here, a special Birmingham Lib Dem conference preview. It features The Three Doctors: Owen, Harris and Who. The next will be a post-Nick Clegg conference speech edition, with the full text of his speech and post-speech analysis. If you would [...]
Drawing for Social Democracy: an interview with the SDP's cartoonist
Chris Radley, former cartoonist for the Social Democrat (the SDP’s weekly newspaper), was interviewed by myself, Duncan Brack and Sarah Taft for the summer 2003 issue of the Journal of Liberal History. Having looked through his collection for this interview I was so taken with this one that it now hangs on my wall at [...]
The Alliance: a chronology
Parts of the following chronology have been used in various Liberal Democrat History Group publications over the years, but here it is all together in one place. Spot any errors or omissions? Just let me know. 1979 3 May General election won by Tories. Defeated Labour MPs include Shirley Williams. June Social Democrat Alliance (SDA) [...]
