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Former labour ministers, left to right, William Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins (1920 - 2003) and David Owen, known as the Gang of Four, after announcing the launch of a prototype of a new political party, the Social Democrat Group. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Former labour ministers, left to right, William Rodgers, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins (1920 - 2003) and David Owen, known as the Gang of Four, after announcing the launch of a prototype of a new political party, the Social Democrat Group. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)