Journal of Liberal History

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

Journal of Liberal History

For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history

Leaders

  • Cromwell’s statue and the fall of the Liberal government in 1895

    An early political controversy about statues, and its link to the fall of Rosebery’s government

  • Letters to the Editor

    The two Davids: Owen versus Steel (Michael Meadowcroft)

  • Was the Coalition a mistake? Why did we fail to stop Brexit?

    Launch of Partnership & Politics in a Divided Decade, by husband-and-wife team Vince Cable and Rachel Smith. This new book tells the inside story of Vince Cable’s political career during the turbulent decade of the 2010s. The book covers Vince’s time as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the Liberal Democrat –…

  • Lloyd George and the Versailles Treaty

    An analysis of Lloyd George’s role in the Paris peace conference.

  • Liberals with a radical programme: The post-war welfare state, Beveridge and the Liberal Party 75 years on. 26th September 2020

    Liberals with a radical programme: The post-war welfare state, Beveridge and the Liberal Party 75 years on. 26th September 2020 Recording of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting: Liberals with a radical programme: The post-war welfare state, Beveridge and the Liberal Party 75 years on. 26th September 2020 2020 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the…

  • Asquith vs Lloyd George. 1st February 2021.

    Asquith vs Lloyd George. 1st February 2021. On 7 December 1916, H.H. Asquith was replaced as Prime Minister by David Lloyd George. The change followed mounting disquiet over the conduct of the First World War, and Lloyd George’s demands that a small committee, not including Asquith, should direct the war effort. Lloyd George forced the…

  • The two Davids: Steel versus Owen. 17th September 2021

    The two Davids: Steel versus Owen. 17th September 2021 In 1981 the alliance between the Liberal Party and the newly founded SDP was agreed; the two parties would fight elections together on a joint platform with join candidates. Between 1983 and 1987, however, the working relationship between the Liberal leader, David Steel, and his SDP…

  • Religion and politics

    Review of Tim Farron, A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal (SPCK Publishing, 2019).

  • Asquith vs. Lloyd George

    Report of evening meeting (online), 1 February 2021, with David Laws and Damian Collins MP; chair, Wendy Chamberlain MP.

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