Journal of Liberal Democrat History 24
Journal of Liberal Democrat History 24
Issue: 24, Autumn 1999Price: £4
Contents
Clement Davies: An underestimated Welshman and politician
Clement Davies led the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. This article reviews his life and career.
'A sad business'
Examination of Clement Davies’ resignation from the leadership in 1956.
The 1988 leadership campaign
Following this year’s leadership election for the Liberal Democrats, Harriet Smith looks back to the party’s first such election.
Lessons for leaders
Considers the options open to Charles Kennedy and draws some lessons from the historical record.
The Dictionary of Liberal Quotations
Introduction to the Liberal Democrat History Group’s latest publication.
Collecting political cigarette cards
Description of an unusual form of political activism.
Thomas Edward Ellis
Biography of Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-1899)
Report: Did the Yellow Book spell the end of Asquithian Liberalism?
Report of LDHG meeting of April 1999, with John Grigg and Richard Grayson.
Virtues and flaws
Review of Richard Shannon, Gladstone: Heroic Minister 1865-1898 (Penguin Press, 1999).
Cricket, Albania and Liberals
Review of Iain Wilton, C. B. Fry: An English Hero (Richard Cohen Books, 1999).