Summary: | Collection of copied news cuttings of reports relating to David Owen , the SDP, and the SDP/Liberal Alliance; including cuttings concerning the merger negotiations between the SDP and the Liberal Party and the failure of the first policy document produced by the merger team, 13 Jan; the agreement of a new policy, 18 Jan; pressure on Liberal Party leader David Steel to resign; coverage of the Liberal Party special conference, Blackpool, 23-25 Jan including the vote supporting the merger; coverage of the start of the Council for Social Democracy conference on merger at Sheffield, and David Owen's rally of supporters held at the conference venue, 30 Jan; etc. |