Lord David Owen https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html “Never forget that the causal link between holding power and  aberrant behaviour is proven.” The UK is still an independent country, says David Owen Homepage “We have the opportunity to leave the EU before the temple comes crashing down.” It is essential now that Europe becomes the biggest element in manpower and finance within NATO’s defence of Europe. Putting Britain back together Contact Lord Owen speaks again against the Andrew Lansley Health and Social Care Bill and seeks disclosure of the transitional risk register. NATO MUST MEET THIS COMING WEEK Restoring Europe’s Relevance Trump’s push for Greenland could destroy Nato There is a legal way of exiting the EU by 31st October Lord Owen talks to Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live NHS Professional Standards Flaws: article by Lord David Owen The UK has not gone through such an undemocratic period of governance for well over a century. We, the people, must ensure this deplorable and undemocratic process cannot continue. How to take back the NHS, before it’s too late New European Army would undermine NATO Annan is right for Syria. But he needs time The EEA Agreement (EEAA) and why it is a potential vehicle for a UK implementation period after leaving the EU and while negotiating an EU/UK trade agreement. Lord Owen: Health and Social Care Bill is too challenging to progress normally through the Lords Introduction to the topic of Hubris Syndrome: Red Box interview: Hubris Syndrome. ‘Liz Truss was described as acting like a Queen. Power goes to your head’ David Owen comments on the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry report. “I urge all leaders in this audience to go back to their countries and hammer home this simple message: what we have in the UN is not to be destroyed.” Lord Owen discusses his recent IEA paper ‘Rebuilding Britain’ Lord Owen joins call for Russia to face a tribunal for its ‘manifestly illegal’ Ukraine aggression Health & Social Care bill: keeping parliament in dark is a constitutional outrage Putin’s brutal war shows why we still need NATO Inside Putin’s mind: power has blinded Russia’s new tsar Remember Kissinger’s advice to the Ukrainians At Last: ban on UK blood plasma lifted Lord Owen Comments on Health and Social Care email leaked to Daily Telegraph China’s latest acts of oppression must act as a wake-up call Britain Must Step Up to the Global Stage to Protect Hong Kong How must the 5 million Labour voters who backed Brexit feel now? Our EU escape route exists already. Europe set it up In a major interview with The Guardian, Lord Owen discusses The Independent Group, the Labour Party and Brexit. Health and Social Care Bill: Statement by The Rt Hon Lord Owen This is no SDP rerun, but a younger socialist could still take Labour to power. Lord Owen recommends: ‘Brexit is about sovereignty and Parliament must respect that’. The Chequers option is holed below the waterline. There is a third way to avoid the UK being boxed in between a bad deal and no deal. I recommend the article produced by Brexit Central: ‘The EU is cynically exploiting the Irish border issue to try to keep Britain under the thumb.’ Here’s how to stop the EU yelling ‘heel’ – and prosper after Brexit: Sunday Times article Health and Social Care Bill – Report (3rd Day) The world faces a very grave situation over what to do to contain the North Korea dictator. Germany’s ‘soft Brexit’ suggestion is not as favourable to the UK as being a non-EU contracting partner to the European Economic Area Agreement (EEAA). Referenda and a crossparty Constitutional Convention: Peter Hennessy Inaugural Lecture Halt the march towards a US healthcare system. Growing evidence shows that positions of power in politics and business may corrupt the ability of those in them to behave rationally. It’s time for risk managers to take heed. Welcome