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WI if the so-called 'Gang of Four' consisting of Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Williams never leave the Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party in 1981?

What effect would this have on British politics at the time? Would it and the lack of other high-profile defections from the Labour Party at the time dramatically alter the internal politics of Labour at the time?

How successful would the Liberals have been without their Alliance with the SDP in 1981?
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