Journal of Liberal Democrat History 26
Journal of Liberal Democrat History 26
Issue: 26, Spring 2000Price: £4

Contents
Gladstone and the Irish question
Gladstone tried repeatedly to resolve the problem of Ireland. This article argues that his efforts were doomed to failure because of his own prejudices and preconceptions.
Simon and Southwark, Bermondsey
Analysis of how Simon Hughes came to be selected for the apparently unwinnable seat of Southwark, Bermondsey.
'Crinks' Johnstone
The career of the Right Honourable Harcourt Johnstone (1895-1945).
Report: 1974 remembered
Report of the History Group meeting of September 1999, on the 1974 elections, with Tim Beaumont, Viv Bingham, Sir Cyril Smith, Paul Tyler MP and Richard Wainwright.
The men and their times
Review of Roy Jenkins, The Chancellors (Macmillan, 1998).
Of Liberals and Liberalism
Review of Duncan Brack and Robert Ingham (eds.), Dictionary of Liberal Quotations (Politico's Publishing, 1999).
Archive sources: National Library of Wales
Liberal Party archives at the National Library of Wales.