Leaders
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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…
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Religion and politics
Review of Tim Farron, A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal (SPCK Publishing, 2019).
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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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William Ewart Gladstone
Simon Heffer’s chapter on Gladstone from Iain Dale’s new book, The Prime Ministers.
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Jo Swinson as leader
Interview with Jo Swinson on her period as leader of the Liberal Democrats.
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Liberal Democrat leadership performance
Comparative table of leadership performance updated to 2020.
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Lloyd George and an Anglo-Irish centenary
Text of an address to mark the centenary of the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
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Old heroes for a new leader
Liberal Democrat leadership candidates’ historical heroes.