Was Paddy Ashdown in the Sbs?

After serving as a Royal Marine and Special Boat Service officer and as an intelligence officer in the UK security services, Ashdown was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil in 1983 before retiring in 2001.

Is Vince Cable an MP?

Sir John Vincent Cable (born 9 May 1943) is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. ... After standing unsuccessfully for Parliament four times, Cable was elected for Twickenham in 1997.

Is Paddy Ashdown Irish?

Ashdown was largely brought up in Northern Ireland, where his father bought a farm in 1945 near Comber, County Down.