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Exposed: Tensions between the two Davids

THE full extent of tensions between "the two Davids" during the SDP/Liberal Alliance have been revealed for the first time in a new biography of the former Liberal leader David Steel.

IMAGE: David Owen and David Steel appeared in public to be united
IMAGE: David Owen and David Steel appeared in public to be united

Previously unseen archive material shows that Mr Steel, now Lord Steel of Aikwood, and the SDP leader David Owen, now Lord Owen, often did not speak to each other for weeks on end, while there were major divisions over strategy.

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