Shirley Williams: Liberal lion and trailblazer
Meeting report, with Mark Peel, Tom McNally and Julie Smith; report by Neil Stockley
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Reports of meetings from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
Forgotten Liberal heroes: Grey and Haldane
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group evening meeting, 30 January 2023, with Thomas Otte and John Campbell OBE. Chair: Layla Moran MP
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Was the coalition a mistake? Why did we fail to stop Brexit?
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group evening meeting, 7 October 2022, with Vince Cable and Rachel Smith. Chair: Anne Perkins
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Working with Labour: The Liberal Party and the Balance of Power 1923–31
Conference fringe meeting (online), 11 March 2022, with Professor Philip Williamson and Michael Meadowcroft; Chair: Wendy Chamberlain MP. Report by Joseph Walker.
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The 1992 general election
Liberal Democrat History Group meeting, with Alison Holmes and Dennis Kavanagh. Chair: Lord Foster
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The two Davids: Owen versus Steel
Fringe meeting, Liberal Democrat autumn conference, 17 September 2021, with Sir Graham Watson and Roger Carroll. Chair: Christine Jardine MP
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Liberalism in the United States
Meeting report, with Helena Rosenblatt and James Traub
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Back from the dead: the Liberal Party in the 1950s
Report of conference fringe meeting (online), 19 March 2021, with Dr Mark Egan and Lord William Wallace; chair: Baroness Liz Barker.
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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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Liberals with a radical programme: the post-war welfare state, Beveridge and the Liberal Party 75 years on
Conference fringe meeting (online), 26 September 2020, with Dr Peter Sloman and Professor Pat Thane; chair: Baroness Tyler.
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The Peterloo Massacre and Nineteenth-Century Popular Radicalism
Evening meeting, 16 July 2019, with Robert Poole and Jacqueline Riding; chair: Liz Barker.
General Election 2019: Disappointment for the Liberal Democrats
Report of online meeting 8 July 2020, with with Professor Sir John Curtice and James Gurling; chair Wendy Chamberlain MP.
The 1979 general election
Report of evening meeting, 3 February 2020 with David (Lord) Steel and Professor Sir John Curtice. Chair: Lord Wallace.
The Liberal Party, health policy and the origins of the NHS
Report of fringe meeting at Liberal Democrat conference, Bournemouth, 15 September 2019, with Lord Morgan and Chris Renwick; chair Baroness Judith Jolly.
Liberalism in the north
Spring conference fringe meeting, 15 March 2019, with William Wallace, and Michael Meadowcroft. Chair: Baroness Kath Pinnock.
Gladstone’s First Government 1868–74
Meeting following the AGM, 28 January 2019, with Professor Jon Parry and Dr David Brooks; chair Tony Little.
Europe: The Liberal Commitment
Autumn Conference fringe meeting, 16 September 2018, with Anthony Howe and Eugenio Biagini; chair: Julie Smith.
The 1918 Coupon Election and its Consequences
Report of the evening meeting, 2 July 2018, with Alistair Cooke and Kenneth O. Morgan; chair: Claire Tyler.
Votes for Women (1)
Report of the conference fringe meeting, 9 March 2018, with Krista Cowman and Jo Swinson MP; chair: Elizabeth Jewkes.
Election 2017 – A Missed Opportunity?
Evening meeting, 5 February 2018, with James Gurling and Professor Phil Cowley; chair: Baroness Olly Grender.