England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

The Repeal of the Corn Laws

Date of event: 14 February 1996
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The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 split the Tories for a generation, laid the foundations of the Victorian Liberal Party and ushered in nearly a century of free trade orthodoxy in economic policy.

One hundred and fifty years later, the Liberal Democrat History Group discussed this momentous event with one of the period’s leading historians.