Journal of Liberal History 67 – Special issue: Liberals and the left
Journal of Liberal History 67 – Special issue: Liberals and the left
Issue: 67, Summer 2010Price: £10
Contents
Liberals and left
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal.
Out of Chartism, into Liberalism?
Popular radicals and the Liberal Party in mid-Victorian Britain.
The Liberal Party and the New Liberalism
Examination of the relationship between the New Liberalism and the Liberal Party in the period around the Liberal victory of 1906.
Thomas Paine
What was the impact of Thomas Paine on Liberalism and liberal thought?
The flight from the Liberal Party
Liberals who joined the Labour Party, 1914-31.
George Jacob Holyoake
Examination of how the life of Holyoake exemplified the development of popular Liberalism.
A retreat from the left?
The Liberal Party and Labour, 1945-55.
Radical Reform Group
Examination of the group’s formation, history and publications.
'An out-of-date word'
Jo Grimond and the left.
New Radicalism
… and the Liberal Democat Whig tendency.
The Young Liberals and the left, 1965-70
The relationship between the Young Liberals and the left in the 1960s.
Blair and Ashdown
Notes on a political relationship.