Speech by Lord Owen: Learning From Oppostion. How Does Labour Avoid The Mistakes of The Past
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Lord Owen Speaking at No to AV Final Rally
Lord Owen speaking at the final rally of the No to AV campaign said:….
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No to AV Final Rally, Central Hall, London, 3 May 2011
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How Should Supporters of PR Vote on AV
How Should Supporters of PR Vote on AV
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Interview with Lord Owen, Today Programme, BBC, 28 April 2011
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David Owen says “Electoral Reformers Should Have Held Out For Real Reform”
David Owen says “Electorial reformers should have held out for real reform”.
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New Poll Shows Yes Campaign Failing to Persuade Voters, Press Release, April 2011
“AV Referendum: Nick Clegg is Failing Vote Reformers, says Lord Owen”, published Daily Telegraph, April 2011…
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Letter to the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell
Dear Sir Gus
I am writing to you as Cabinet Secretary regarding my concern about constitutional implications surrounding the Health and Social Care Bill. I am well aware that it is acceptable for a Secretary of State, once a Bill has received its Second Reading in the House of Commons, to take certain steps in relation to Bills that are before Parliament. I have consulted the Clerks in Parliament and …
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Fatally flawed: Yes to the NHS Internal Market – No to the External Market
Published on the Thursday, 31 March 2011
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Introduction
Prior to the 2010 General Election David Cameron, who was to become the new Prime Minister in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition, had brilliantly defused the NHS as an issue which traditionally had won votes for Labour and lost votes for the Conservatives.…
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House of Lords Debate on NHS; Standards of Care and Commissioning
THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2011
Lord Owen (Crossbench)
The NHS is dear to us all, and the care and health professions have made a difference to pretty well every family in this country. However, the 353 pages of the Health and Social Care Bill are a massive reform, and we should not underrate the basic fatal flaws in this legislation, although of course there is much that we can all recommend …
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30 years on from the SDP
CentreForum debate to mark the 30th anniversary of the formation of the SDP, Monday, 22 March 2011
A Message from David Owen
I wish I could have been with you to hear and contribute to the debate but I am in Germany.
I genuinely believe that all of us who were in the SDP can in our individual ways justly claim to be its heirs. No one political party, member …
