tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post7004847549707097684..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The SDP: From Cold War warriors to placating PutinJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86169455002931379152014-10-23T08:37:16.028+01:002014-10-23T08:37:16.028+01:00To be fair on David Owen (and it hurts) his stance...To be fair on David Owen (and it hurts) his stance in SDP days was that the West should engage with Russia from a position of strength. He wanted nuclear weapons, etc, but also détente. In that light his quotation is not so inconsistent. I don't think he's suggesting running down the level of NATO armed forces because the Russians are our friends...Matthew Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138488785194514821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-5764255319945856332014-10-22T21:41:04.878+01:002014-10-22T21:41:04.878+01:00A quick look at the Register of Peers' Interes...A quick look at the Register of Peers' Interests will show how heavily dependent Lord Owen's income has been on Russian business ventures for more than a decade. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-49884599423654134192014-10-22T20:07:58.862+01:002014-10-22T20:07:58.862+01:00Thanks Blogfather. Greetings from a place I did no...Thanks Blogfather. Greetings from a place I did not ever hope to visit, still less to live in, during the 1980s. <br /><br />Estonia. The most liberal and Liberal country in Europe. The freest press, the freest internet- I know, I know, you already know I am the Estonia bore.<br /><br />Russia. The least free, well of more or less anything.<br /><br />The battle is joined. I mean that literally. Jameshttp://www.cicerossongs.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.com