Liberal thought and thinkers
Friends or Enemies, Allies or Competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019: 15th September 2024
The history of the association between the Liberal Party / Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party features electoral pacts (both formal and informal), support for minority governments, participation in coalitions – and periods of bitter enmity. So are Liberals and Labour friends or enemies, allies or competitors? The long and complex relationship between Liberals and…
Radicalism in England
Review of Richard Taylor, English Radicalism in the Twentieth Century: A distinctive politics? (Manchester University Press, 2020)
The origins of Liberalism
A look at the origins of Liberal political thought
The letters of Richard Cobden online
A new resource for Liberal history
Friends or Enemies, Allies or Competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019
The history of the association between the Liberal Party / Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party features electoral pacts (both formal and informal), support for minority governments, participation in coalitions – and periods of bitter enmity. So are Liberals and Labour friends or enemies, allies or competitors? The long and complex relationship between Liberals and…
Greening Liberalism
The history of Liberal and Liberal Democrat environmental thinking How and when did environmental policy become important to British political parties, and to the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats in particular? Speakers: Professor Neil Carter (York University) and Baroness Parminter. Chair: Keith Melton (Green Liberal Democrats). You can view the accompanying slides here
Jo Grimond: An essay on power
Mark Egan introduces Jo Grimond’s article from 1970 To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty
Introduction to Liberal history series. By James Moore. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.