Leaders
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Saint or devil?
Ian Cawood and Chris Upton (eds.), Joseph Chamberlain: International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
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‘Jeremy is innocent’: the life and times of Jeremy and Marion Thorpe
Liberal Democrat History Group meeting, held at the National Liberal Club on 6 February 2017, with Ronald Porter; chair: Michael Steed.
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Churchill’s attitude to Ireland
Review of Paul Bew, Churchill and Ireland (Oxford University Press, 2016).
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Churchill and Lloyd George: Liberal authors on the First World War?
An analysis of Winston Churchill’s and David Lloyd George’s volumes on the First World War.
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The Leadership of Charles Kennedy
Under Charles Kennedy’s leadership, from 1999 to 2006, the Liberal Democrats won a record number of seats in the Commons – but in January 2006 he was forced to resign by the party’s MPs. When he died, in August 2015, he was mourned deeply by the party he once led. This meeting will assess Kennedy’s achievements…
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‘Jeremy is Innocent’ : The Life and Times of Jeremy Thorpe and Marion Thorpe
Jeremy Thorpe led the Liberal Party over three general elections from 1967 to 1976. Immensely charismatic, under his leadership the Liberal vote at general elections more than doubled. Yet following a scandal, his career ended in a criminal court case. Why? On the fiftieth anniversary of Thorpe’s rise to the party leadership, Ronald Porter (obituarist…
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Lloyd George in cartoons
Review of Alan Mumford, David Lloyd George: A Biography in Cartoons (Matador, 2014).
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Jeremy’s story
Review of Michael Bloch, Jeremy Thorpe (Little, Brown, 2014).
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Report: Liberal leaders and leadership
Report of the Conference fringe meeting, 20 September 2015, with Simon Hughes, Paul Tyler and Lynne Featherstone.