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{{Useful Notes}}
[[File:David_Owen_4629.jpg|frame|Owen at the height of his career]]
{{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).]]
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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* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Roy Jenkins' Sensitive Guy. Also with David Steel.▼
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Moreso in private than in public.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]▼
* [[I Am Very British]]: His accent is very posh.▼
* [[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.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: To Labour supporters in the 80s, this is what the SDP defectors did.▼
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The SDP-Liberal Alliance was very much this.▼
** [[The Hero]]: Originally [[Roy Jenkins]] then [[David Owen]].▼
** [[The Lancer]]: Originally [[David Owen]] Then [[David Steel]].▼
** [[The Smart Guy]]: [[Roy Jenkins]].▼
** [[The Big Guy]]: [[Bill Rodgers]].▼
** [[The Chick]]: [[Shirley Williams]].▼
▲* [[I Am Very British]]: His accent is very posh.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: To many who acknowledge his intelligence, but have experienced his moody temperament.
▲* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Roy Jenkins' Sensitive Guy. Also with David Steel.
▲* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: [[Dennis Skinner]]. They threatened to knock each other out at one point. Also how he viewed [[Margaret Thatcher]].
** He didn't have such feelings for Neil Kinnock.
▲* [[Five-Man Band]]: The SDP-Liberal Alliance was very much this.
▲* [[The Hero]]: Originally [[Roy Jenkins]] then [[David Owen]].
▲* [[The Lancer]]: Originally [[David Owen]] Then [[David Steel]].
▲* [[The Smart Guy]]: [[Roy Jenkins]].
▲* [[The Big Guy]]: [[Bill Rodgers]].
▲* [[The Chick]]: [[Shirley Williams]].
▲* [[Face Heel Turn]]: To Labour supporters in the 80s, this is what the SDP defectors did.
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