Drawing for Social Democracy
An interview with SDP cartoonist Chris Radley.
Articles from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
An interview with SDP cartoonist Chris Radley.
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the birth and first two years of the party.
Original memo on the 1983 by-election disaster, plus commentary.
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate what was perhaps the party’s happiest years.
Organisational innovations introduced by the SDP.
Key sources on SDP and Alliance history.
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the run-up to the 1987 election.
The political career and record of Dr David Owen.
Original cartoons from the Social Democrat illustrate the wrangles over merger and the eclipse of the Owenite Continuing SDP.
Key dates in SDP and Alliance history.
Appreciation of the life of Roy Jenkins (Lord Jenkins of Hillhead), who died on 5 January 2003.
The last major interview given by Roy Jenkins, in November 2002.
From Gladstone to young Churchill, Asquith and Lloyd George – is Blair their heir? The fourth annual Senator Keith Davey lecture delivered at Victoria University, University of Toronto, in 2000.
Review of the obituaries and appreciations of Roy Jenkins published by major newspapers.
Were Liberals really the inventors of community politics? Tony Little takes a look at Benjamin Franklin’s claim.
The career of Tommy Shaw (1850-1937), one of Campbell-Bannerman’s law officers.
Examination of the role of a little-known radical group in the 1890s in the evolution of the Liberal and Labour parties.
The life of Sir John Harris (1874-1940), campaigner against slavery and colonial exploitation in Africa and Liberal MP for North Hackney, 1923-24.
The History of Parliament project.
Examination of the February 1921 by-election in Cardiganshire, where Asquithian and Lloyd George Liberals engaged in bitter internecine warfare.