Mid 80s sometime.
Or, as Spitting Image had it...
[David Steel is talking to himself in the mirror] "Go back to your constituencies and prepare for a bit of a disappointment..."
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All four were previous cabinet members.
This was also in the days when MPs were - rightly or wrongly - slightly more revered.
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There was something similar 30-odd years ago - the infamous 'Gang of Four' (Shirley Williams, William Rodgers, David Owen and Roy Jenkins). They called it the Social Democratic Party, and elected David Owen as the first leader. They eventually merged with The Liberal Party to form The Liberal...