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SDP CONFERENCE: Day 4; ENGLAND: Devon: Torquay: ‘English Rivera Centre’CMS DAVID WALTER I/C SOFINTMS SIDE Delegates seated in hall as speaker at lecternTMS Delegates seatedMS JOE BINNS (Birmingham SDP) SPEECH SOF(Thinks European Monetary System a good idea/ only the City can persuade Thatcher that it is)"David Owen's quite -- City of London does"CMS DAVID ASTOR (National C'tee) SPEECH SOF(Thatcher is a new convert to EC but trying to undermine UK's economic role in Europe)"The Prime Minister -- ought to be doing"MS Delegates seated as speaker at lecternCMS Officials on dais PAN R-LCMS DON AUSTEN (Greenwich SDP) SPEECH SOF(Doesn't think time is right for pacts with SLD)"Our negotiating criteria --TCMS Delegates laugh & applaud SOF-- carry on fighting"PULL OUT as leaves stage L-R & delegates in BV applaudBV Austin on floor of hall as delegates stand for ovationCMS MIKE THOMAS (Vice Pres SDP) SPPECH SOF(Doesn't want a fight with SLD but hopes to be able to work with them)"Let's not relish -- come round soon"LMS SIDE John Cartwright (SDP Pres) speaking ZOOM INCMS JOHN CARTWRIGHT MP (SDP Pres) SPEECH SOF(Feels that SLD is confrontational & aggressive)"It must also -- political point scoring"LMS Officials on stage & delegates on floor in BV in f/g give standing ovation SOFMS Rosie Barnes MP, David Owen MP, & John Cartwright MP as standing ovation SOFCMS VOX POPS 3 DELEGATES SOF"We may have -- political language"MS David Owen (Ldr SDP) & wife Debbie along thru cafeteria PAN R-LEXTCMS ROBIN OAKLEY (Political Ed. 'The Times') INTVW SOF(SDP a minor & a pariah but assumes the role of a major political force in British politics)"For the moment -- major national party"Torquay Railway StationMS Inter City 125 train approaching platform towards as peopleAV 'Torquay' station sign on wal...