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Lord Owen, speaking in the House of Lords Debate on UK Defence Forces, 23 November 2017.
Download the speech here: HLDefenceDebate23.11.17
My Lords, the issue before us all is that defence expenditure has to be increased. There can be no ifs or buts about that. For the next five years, the National Security Council will have to find an increase from 2% to 2.5% as the bare minimum. That body …
Lord Owen’s speech to the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, delivered Thursday 16 November 2017.
Download the full text here: LordOwenMoscowSpeech
In the speech, Lord Owen argues “We are on the threshold of another war in the Middle East involving Lebanon and the surrounding countries. It is imperative that Russia and the US start a process to help stabilise the region using the P5 +1 mechanism with others …
Lord Owen speaking to a Conference on ‘The Iranian Challenge in Multiple Areas’, Tel Aviv University, 6 November 2017.
“There will be no peace in the Middle East if Russia sides with the Iran-Alawite-Hezbollah axis alone. Yet Putin, at the moment, has every reason to continue to focus attention on them but he has more to gain for Russia from becoming an overall peace negotiator with the US and to …
Lord Owen was interviewed by John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on 11 October 2017, reflecting on the last 60 years. Listen to the full length unedited interview here: BBC Radio 4 Today interview…
Speaking at The Times Forum Meeting at the Cheltenham Literary Festival, Sunday 8 October 2017.
It is now clear that the German and French governments have vetoed moving into discussions on the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence. We will lose at least two months of negotiating time. We are witnessing the classic Brussels rolling out of delaying tactics compounded by the UK Government’s dithering. It is all creating …
“I believe the whole country can and should now rally to support this negotiating position.
“We are in the midst of the most difficult international negotiation we have ever faced. Disunity weakens our negotiating hand.
“Brexit is the people’s choice. If politicians play games with this issue they imperil the country.
“Brexit does not belong to the Conservative Party. We need cross-party input into refining and buttressing the all important
Lord Owen in the Daily Mirror 5 September 2017
The world faces a very grave situation over what to do to contain the Korean dictatorship of Kim Jong-un after the sixth and most powerful nuclear test in defiance of international law and progressively tougher UN resolutions passed unanimously with the support of China and Russia.
This comes after a series of Korean missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads were launched …
Lord Owen, addressing the House of Lords Debate on the Queen’s Speech, Wednesday 28 June 2017.
Read Lord Owen’s full speech here: QueensSpeech28Jun17
Excerpts: “…Everybody accepts now – the term is ‘implementation period’ – that when we leave the EU, there will have to be a vehicle by which we continue the negotiations. It cannot be Article 50. I believe, and have made clear my view to the Government …