Journal of Liberal History 48
Journal of Liberal History 48
Issue: 48, Autumn 2005Price: £5
Contents
Disappointment or bridgehead?
Liberal Democrat performance in the 2005 election.
Holding the balance
The record of the Liberal Party in hung parliaments in 1924, 1929-31 and 1977-78.
Battling Bath Liberal
The story of a Liberal activist in Bath in the late nineteenth century, in his own words.
Berwick-upon-Tweed: A venal borough?
Berwick’s reputation for electoral corruption during the nineteenth century, and the impact of bribery on voting behaviour.
Conrad Russell: Address to memorial service
Address by Sally Hamwee at Earl Russell’s memorial service, 14 June 2005.
The fighting parson
Biography of Rev Roderick Kedward MP (1881-1937).
Report: Liberals and organised labour
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at Harrogate, March 2005 with David Powell and Keith Laybourn.
Report: Civil liberties in war and peace
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting, January 2005 with Professor Clive Emsley and Julian Dee.
Letters to the editor: Issue 48
SDP strategy (Bill Rodgers); local pacts (Michael Meadowcroft).
Man of many talents
Review of Andrew Adonis and Keith Thomas (eds.), Roy Jenkins - A Retrospective (Oxford University Press, 2004).
'His presence generated electricity'
Review of Peter Barberis, Liberal Lion, Jo Grimond: A Political Life (I.B. Tauris, 2005).
Lloyd George and Churchill
Review of Robert Lloyd-George, David & Winston: How a Friendship Changed History (John Murray, 2005).
A hand-to-mouth man?
Review of Patrick Jackson, Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004).