Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant;
But over its terrible edge there had slipped
A duke and full many a peasant.
So the people said something would have to …
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A coalition government is not the answer
“Cross-party government worked in wartime—but this is not a war. Those clamouring for coalition should remember that.”
LORD OWEN, WRITING IN ‘PROSPECT’, 4 APRIL 2020
A coalition government is not the answer
“I am opposed to a coalition government.
“Labour …
Statement issued on the eve of the UK’s exit from the EU
Download Lord Owen’s statement here: Statement on eve of EU departure
I will celebrate with the all-Party Vote Leave referendum campaigners on Friday evening and in particular with those who spent the last three and a half years, at personal
Lord Owen speaks on the Middle East crisis
Lord Owen, speaking in the House of Lords Queen’s Speech Debate, Tuesday 7 January 2020.
My Lords, as we talk in this Chamber, the Middle East is once again a powder keg of extreme danger…. We have to ask ourselves
How must the 5 million Labour voters who backed Brexit feel now?
Lord Owen writing in the Mail on Sunday, 20 October 2019.
Read the article here: 5 million Labour voters
Extract:
The result of the 2016 referendum cannot be reversed – it must be honoured, The genie cannot be simply put …
Let’s get (Brexit) wrapped up and negotiate intelligently and strongly. If any extension is required to finalise a Withdrawal Agreement, then let it be one the British Government asks for, not one imposed on it by the chicanery of the House of Commons.
Lord Owen speaking with Julia Hartley-Brewer on TalkRadio, Monday 14 October 2019. Listen to the full segment (approx 14’20”) here: TalkBackRadio show
“Let’s get this wrapped up and negotiate intelligently and strongly. If any extension is required to finalise a …
There is a legal way of exiting the EU by 31st October
SPEECH BY THE RT HON LORD OWEN TO THE CAMBRIDGE UNION ON “THE PRESENT STATE OF POLITICS IN THE UK”, TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019
There is a legal way of exiting the EU by 31st October
A PDF of …
Following a Freedom of Information request from Ireland, Lord Owen is happy to make public a letter he sent in April to all 27 EU Heads of Government, President Donald Tusk and President Jean-Claude Junker. Lord Owen’s idea for helping to resolve the ‘Irish Backstop’ is as relevant now as then.
Following a Freedom of Information request from Ireland, Lord Owen is happy to make public a letter he sent in April to all 27 EU Heads of Government, President Donald Tusk and President Jean-Claude Junker. Lord Owen’s idea for helping …
