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Articles from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
‘Like the early Christians in Rome’
Have Liberal Lords been so isolated and powerless?; by Matt Cole
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Jo Grimond: An essay on power
Mark Egan introduces Jo Grimond’s article from 1970
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Transatlantic Liberalism
Britain and the United States, 1870–1920; by Kenneth O. Morgan
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett 1847–1929
Introduction to Liberal history series; by Tony Little
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The Liberal Democrat performance in the 2023 local elections
Breakthrough or consolidation? By John Curtice.
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John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty
Introduction to Liberal history series. By James Moore.
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William Gladstone and the question of slavery, 1832–33
John Powell analyses Gladstone’s views on slavery during his early years in politics.
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Lloyd George and the 1922 Committee
The meeting that brought Lloyd George down; by Alistair Lexden
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The Lloyd George coalition governments: labour and industrial relations
Chris Wrigley examines what the Lloyd George governments achieved for labour and industrial relations
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The Odd Couple
Lloyd George, Austen Chamberlain and the post-war coalition, 1918–22; by David Dutton
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A Prime Minister of the left in coalition with the right
Lloyd George and the Unionists, 1918–22; by Alistair Lexden.
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Lloyd George, the Liberal crisis, and the Unionist 18 Party during the First World War
Did Lloyd George ‘abandon Liberalism’ in the face of war? Matthew Johnson examines the evidence.
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Lloyd George and the hard-faced men, 1918–22
Kenneth O. Morgan surveys the record of Lloyd George’s peacetime coalition government.
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Gladstone, the Liberal Party and the impact of North American politics and war, 1855–85
A review of the impact of events outside the UK on Liberal governments
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Free trade and the Liberal Party
Introduction to Liberal history series
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Stop the Tour!
Peter Hain recalls his experiences in the Young Liberals fighting apartheid in the 1960s and ’70s
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The New Liberalism
Introduction to Liberal history. In the first of a new series of short introductory articles, Duncan Brack reviews the New Liberalism, an important development in Liberal politics and philosophy.
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Lib Dems in the cities
The Liberal Democrat performance in large cities in May 2022, by Michael Meadowcroft.
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Lloyd George’s French connection
Kenneth O. Morgan analyses the record – so far largely overlooked – of Lloyd George’s interest in France and French policy.
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