David Owen, once a knobhead, always a knobhead, Gang Of Four opportunist who helped to keep Thatcher in power to wreck the country, is hardly a man any of us should be attending to. He has as much credibility as Guido bloody Fawkes. Trouble with you is that you lionise anyone at all who, like a stopped clock that's right twice a day, happens to coincide with your prejudices. Some of us look for credentials first.