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[[File:David_Owen_4629.jpg|frame|Owen at the height of his career]] |
[[File:David_Owen_4629.jpg|frame|Owen at the height of his career]] |
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{{quote|''"I have never been a Liberal."|[[Take That|In response to a heckler who shouted at Owen over his disagreement with the Tory-LibDem Coalition Government policy on the National Health Service. (Decades earlier Owen had opposed the SDP merger with the Liberal Party to form the LibDems).]] |
{{quote|''"I have never been a Liberal."''|[[Take That|In response to a heckler who shouted at Owen over his disagreement with the Tory-LibDem Coalition Government policy on the National Health Service. (Decades earlier Owen had opposed the SDP merger with the Liberal Party to form the LibDems).]]}} |
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David Anthony Llewellyn Owen (July 2, 1938 - ) born in Plympton, Devon, England is a British politician and medical doctor who served as Foreign Secretary and was co-founder and leader of the British Social Democratic Party. Owen was also the longest serving Member of Parliament in the city of Plymouth's history for both the Plymouth Sutton and later Plymouth Devonport constituencies. Owen is a controversial figure who currently sits in the House Of Lords as a Crossbencher. |
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen (July 2, 1938 - ) born in Plympton, Devon, England is a British politician and medical doctor who served as Foreign Secretary and was co-founder and leader of the British Social Democratic Party. Owen was also the longest serving Member of Parliament in the city of Plymouth's history for both the Plymouth Sutton and later Plymouth Devonport constituencies. Owen is a controversial figure who currently sits in the House Of Lords as a Crossbencher. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Moreso in private than in public. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Moreso in private than in public. |
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* [[Dr. Jerk]]: To many people who have worked with him. Owen is a medical doctor, who, to many of his peers came off as exceedingly arrogant and mean-spirited. |
* [[Dr. Jerk]]: To many people who have worked with him. Owen is a medical doctor, who, to many of his peers came off as exceedingly arrogant and mean-spirited. |
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: To many who acknowledge his intelligence, but have experienced his moody temperament. |
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: To many who acknowledge his intelligence, but have experienced his moody temperament. |
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]: [[Dennis Skinner]]. They threatened to knock each other out at one point. Also how he viewed [[Margaret Thatcher]]. |
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: [[Dennis Skinner]]. They threatened to knock each other out at one point. Also how he viewed [[Margaret Thatcher]]. |
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** He didn't have such feelings for Neil Kinnock. |
** He didn't have such feelings for Neil Kinnock. |
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