Duncan Brack
Liberal history: introductory reading list
The Liberal Democrats draw on a rich heritage of liberal and social democratic traditions stretching back to the seventeenth century. This reading list provides a brief guide to some of the best histories of the party and its predecessors.
Concise history booklet updated to spring 2017
Just out from the Liberal Democrat History Group: Liberal History: A concise history of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats – 350 years of party history in 32 pages. Revised and updated to include the coalition and its impact and the 2015 election and its aftermath. The essential introduction to Liberal history, now updated to March 2017. Special…
Directory of election candidates 1945–2015 now available
The Liberal Democrat History Group’s website now features a major new resource for students of post-war Liberal history: a comprehensive directory of all election candidates at every Westminster election from 1945 to 2015. This is the first comprehensive biographical index to appear of the individuals who have contested a UK parliamentary election under the designation…
Liberal leaders booklets clearance sale
For a limited period, we are cutting the price of the two booklets below by 50 per cent – with a further 20 per cent reduction for subscribers to the Journal of Liberal History. Liberal Leaders of the Nineteenth Century This forty-page booklet contains concise biographies of every Liberal leader from the Great Reform Act…
Liberal Democrat History Group Christmas / New Year sale
As a special offer over the holiday season (until 6 January 2017) we are making our two short booklets on Liberal leaders available for 50% off: Liberal Leaders of the Nineteenth Century This forty-page booklet contains concise biographies of every Liberal leader from the Great Reform Act to the end of the nineteenth century –…
New concise history booklet published
New from the Liberal Democrat History Group: Liberal History: A concise history of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats – 350 years of party history in 32 pages. Revised and updated to include the coalition and its impact and the 2015 election and its aftermath. The essential introduction to Liberal history. Special discounted price for Journal of Liberal History subscribers.…
‘Legacy of Roy Jenkins’ meeting, Monday 27 June – change of start time
Please note that because of Parliamentary business, the start time for our meeting on Monday 27 June on the legacy of Roy Jenkins has changed from 6.30pm to 7.00pm. Please print the web page and bring it with you; you may be asked to show it at the security check.
New book from the History Group: British Liberal Leaders
The latest book from the Liberal Democrat History Group aims to assess the qualities required for effective political leadership. Who is a good leader and who a bad? British Liberal Leaders – published by Biteback alongside companion volumes on Conservative and Labour leaders – contains chapters on every leader of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal…