Journal of Liberal Democrat History 29
Journal of Liberal Democrat History 29
Issue: 29, Winter 2000Price: £4
Contents
The Liberal Party and the South African War 1899-1902
Examination of the crisis in the Liberal Party that was provoked by the Anglo-Boer War.
Hastings in 1900
The ‘khaki election’ of 1900 saw the Liberals performing poorly. This article examines one seat they gained from the Conservatives.
The Liberal press and the South African War
The importance of the Liberal press in the politics of the Second Boer War.
The peacemonger
The life and career of David Davies, the first Baron Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944).
Report: Liberalism in North America
Report of LDHG meeting of September 2000, with Dilys Hill, Terry McDonald and Akaash Maharaj.
Letters to the Editor: Issue 29
Community politics (David Rebak); the Popular Front (Graem Peters); Grey and Asquith (Michael Brock).
250 High Streets later...
Review of Mark D'Arcy & Rory Maclean, Nightmare! The Race to Become London's Mayor (Politico's Publishing, 2000).
New leader, new book
Review of Charles Kennedy, The Future of Politics (HarperCollins, 2000).
More mirage than vision
Review of Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (University of Exeter Press, 2000).
Unremembered - but not forgotten
Review of G. W. Keeton James, A Liberal Attorney-General; Being the Life of Lord Robson of Jesmond, 1852-1918, with an Account of the Office of Attorney-General, etc. (Nisbet & Co, 1949).