| Summary: | Collection of copied news cuttings of reports relating to David Owen , the SDP, and the SDP/Liberal Alliance, with the label:`1988: Dead parrot' manifesto (Jan) + Maclennan's Limehouse stunt (John Grant 7th Feb); Sheffield CSD; SLD leadership; Kensington (July); Torquay (Sept); Labour Blackpool (Oct); Spycatcher' (Oct); Epping (Dec)';including cuttings concerning negotiations and final merger between the Liberal Party and part of the SDP to form the Social and Liberal Democratic Party (SLD), including coverage of the SDP Council for Social Democracy merger conference in Sheffield, Jan-Feb; the annual SDP conference in Torquay, Sep 1988; the Epping Forest by-election, Dec 1988; the debate and court case over the publication of Peter Wright's book on the security services, Spycatcher, Nov, etc. With copies of indexes of references to newspaper and journal articles. |
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