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Opinion piece in the Daily Telegraph, 22 June 2017.
“Jim Callaghan guided his restless party through choppy political waters and this PM can do so too.”
“Minority government is a grind, with the Whips’ Office becoming more important that the great offices of state. From February 1974 to May 1979, I saw the inner workings of the last minority administration to survive more than a few months. Few of …
Letter to The Times, June 20 2017.
‘Soft’ Brexit plan
Sir, Further to your report “Germany offers soft Brexit amid worries about coup at No 10” (June 19), the German suggestion is well meant but is not as favourable to the UK as being a non-EU contracting partner to the European Economic Area Agreement (EEAA) as we negotiate an EU-UK trade agreement. The proposed court would be joint EU-UK, ie. …
The Question + Answer session following Lord Owen’s speech to the University of Oxford International Relations Society, Wednesday 17 May 2017.
View the Q+A session (approx 26 mins), courtesy Voices from Oxford.
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Lord David Owen’s speech to the University of Oxford International Relations Society, Wednesday 17 May 2017.
View Lord Owen’s speech (approx 45 mins), courtesy of Voices from Oxford.
Read the speech: Brexit- An amicable divorce?
Extract:
My main message is Brexit does not belong to the Conservative Party. It belongs to us all whether in different parties or people who voted Leave or Remain in the referendum.
I hope …
Download a PDF of this article here: Lord Owen on the EEAA
Lord Owen’s proposals on the EEA Agreement are also referred to in article by Liam Halligan in the Sunday Telegraph of 6 May.
Download a PDF of Lord Owen’s detailed EEAA assessment and interpretation here: Lord Owen: EEA Agreement interpretation
“It is very important that Brexit does not become the property of the Conservative Party or Conservative MPs …
Speaking in the House of Lords debate on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, 21 February 2017
Read Lord Owen’s full speech here: HLdebateonEUBill21.2.17
“We have to be flexible on many things. We need to come out of the EU as quickly as we can, and I would not wait two years to do this. That is the fundamental decision as I understand it, and which I believe is …
Lord Owen speaking in the House of Lords Debate on UK Withdrawal from the EU and Potential Withdrawal from the Single Market.
Thursday 27 January 2017
Download the PDF version here: H_LDebate26.17
My Lords, the rights of EU citizens already living in this country are a matter of honour and it is wholly appropriate that this House should direct its attention to that issue. It is not only a matter …