In this issue: 25 years of the Journal; Interview: Tim Farron as party leader; 7 December 1916: Asquith, Lloyd George and the crisis of Liberalism (Kenneth O. Morgan); The 1924 Labour government and the failure of the whips (Michael Meadowcroft); Review of Laws, Coalition and Coalition Diaries 2012–2015; Votes for women – meeting report and book reviews; Meeting report: The 1918 coupon election and its consequences; Review of A Very English Scandal and interview with David Steel about his recollections of Jeremy Thorpe.
Journal of Liberal History 100
Issue: 100, Autumn 2018Price: £7.50
Contents
25 years of the Journal
The <i>Journal</i> team celebrate our hundredth issue.
Letter to the Editor
Liberal Party Council (John Smithson).
Tim Farron as Party Leader
Interview with Tim Farron MP on his period as Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2015–17.
7 December 1916: Asquith, Lloyd George and the crisis of Liberalism
An analysis of the partnership between the Liberal leaders which finally split under the strains of war.
The 1924 Labour Government and the Failure of the Whips
The party whips, the collapse of the government and the decline of the Liberal Party.
Coalition before Party?
Review of David Laws, Coalition (Biteback Publishing, 2016) and Coalition Diaries 2012–2015 (Biteback Publishing, 2017).
Votes for Women (1)
Report of the conference fringe meeting, 9 March 2018, with Krista Cowman and Jo Swinson MP; chair: Elizabeth Jewkes.
Votes for Women (2)
Review of Diane Atkinson, Rise Up Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes (Bloomsbury, 2018); Jane Robinson, Hearts and Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote (Doubleday, 2018).
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.
Hidden Liberal Traumas Exposed
Review of A Very English Scandal, BBC One, 20 May – 3 June 2018
Interview with David Steel
David Steel on his recollections of Jeremy Thorpe.