TO MARK his retirement from the House of Lords at the distinguished age of 86, David Owen, the former Labour Foreign Secretary and the last leader of the Social Democratic Party, gave a valedictory radio interview. At the conclusion of a tour d’horizon in which he displayed an impressive command of all his marbles, he was asked what he thought would be the most important thing about his legacy.
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