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Programme aired on BBC Radio 5, 2 April 2025.
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He discusses a range of topics including world affairs under the Trump presidency; NATO, Ukraine and Russia; the need, from a security perspective, for the UK to “be more European”; and defence spending. Lord Owen also touches on the current electoral scene with the rise of Reform and the need for some form of proportional …
George Parker of the Financial Times interviews Lord Owen for BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Week In Westminster’.
“Following his retirement from the House of Lords, the Labour politician and founding member of the Social Democratic Party, Lord Owen, discusses his life in politics.”
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Lord Owen’s section starts at approx. 15’20”
First aired 12 October 2024.…
‘David Owen; A radical life’ is an in-depth interview by Freddie Sayers recorded live at Westminster’s UnHerd club. Watch the video here
In the conversation, Lord Owen reminisces as he marks his retirement from the House of Lords. He discusses his life in politics, the ideological shifts of the recent decades and the future of the British Left.
1hr 18 min. Subtitled but please note the quality of the transcription …
Lord Owen discusses breaking away from Labour—having become their Foreign Secretary aged just 38—with the ‘Gang of Four’ to form the SDP. He reviews this defining moment in UK political history; the SDP’s legacy; which PMs suffer ‘hubris syndrome’; the economy; the NHS; and much more.
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From the Bank of England to the NHS, Lord Owen discusses a variety of areas ripe for reform with Mark Littlewood, Director General of the IEA (Institute of Economic Affairs). March 2023.
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Broadcast in the series ‘The Political Party, Matt Forde’. 21 May 2021.
1hr 58″
David Owen reminisces about Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, but also delivers sharp political analysis about Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit…. His insights on the international stage include brilliant stories about his encounters with Ronald Reagan, Robert Mugabe and Slobodan Milosevic.
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Lord Owen speaks to the Planet Normal podcast of the UK’s Daily Telegraph (22 April 2021). In a wide-ranging interview, he discusses the Government’s response to Covid, the various lobbying scandals and the wisdom of proper Cabinet Government. In particular, in the wake of the death of Shirley Williams he talks of the ‘what ifs’ of history if she had become, as he wished, leader of the Social Democratic Party …
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…