Limehouse Blues
At the height of its popularity three years ago, the SDP/Liberal Alliance ran well ahead of Labour and the Conservatives in the opinion polls. Since then its support has slipped.
Now the SDP faces a dilemma. One group of SDP activists thinks the party has strayed too far from the ideals of the founding Limehouse
Declaration and become too right wing. Others believe that only a merger with the Liberals can rekindle public enthusiasm.
Fred Emery reports on the arguments inside the SDP and, live from the Party Conference in Buxton, talks to its leader Dr David Owen.
Producer JAMES HOGAN Editor PETER IBBOTSON
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