D709 3/24/1/7 - Group of copied news cuttings - Jun-Dec 1986

Collection of copied news cuttings of reports relating to David Owen , the SDP, and the SDP/Liberal Alliance; with label: `1986 (Jun-Dec): Polaris; BBC's settlement (July); Newcastle-under-Lyme (July); Westland report (July); Steel attack on SDP tax-benefit policy (Sept); Tristan (Sept); Harrogate (...

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Summary:Collection of copied news cuttings of reports relating to David Owen , the SDP, and the SDP/Liberal Alliance; with label: `1986 (Jun-Dec): Polaris; BBC's settlement (July); Newcastle-under-Lyme (July); Westland report (July); Steel attack on SDP tax-benefit policy (Sept); Tristan (Sept); Harrogate (Sept); Libs at Eastbourne (Sept); Security Services Debate (Dec)': including cuttings concerning the split within the Alliance over nuclear weapons policy, particularly policy concerning the replacement of Polaris, following the report of the SDP/Lib Joint Defence and Disarmament Commission, Jun 1986; new SDP tax proposals and David Steel's objections to them, Sep; reports of the battle of David Owen's son, Tristan Owen, against leukaemia, Sep; coverage of the SDP conference at Harrogate, Sep etc. With copies of indexes of references to newspaper and journal articles.
Date:Jun-Dec 1986
Reference Number:D709 3/24/1/7