In this issue: Old heroes for a new Leader (Vince Cable); Liberal Democrat leadership; The 2017 election: a missed opportunity? (John Curtice); The Nonconformist mind of Lloyd George (Chris Wrigley); En Marche! A new dawn for European liberalism? (Michael Steed); The same but different: Lib Dem members in 1999 and 2015 (Tim Bale, Monica Poletti and Paul Webb); Meeting report: The leadership of Charles Kennedy, with Greg Hurst and Lord Newby; letters; book reviews.
Journal of Liberal History 96
Issue: 96, Autumn 2017Price: £7.50
Contents
Liberal History News
Directory of election candidates; in memory of Sandy Waugh.
Old heroes for a new leader
Vince Cable explains why Roy Jenkins is his political hero.
Liberal Democrat leadership
Comparative table of leadership performance updated to 2017.
The 2017 election: a missed opportunity?
An examination of the Liberal Democrat performance in the 2017 election.
The Nonconformist mind of Lloyd George
The roots of Lloyd George’s political beliefs.
Letters to the Editor
The 1915 general election (Graem Peters, Peter Rowland); Chris Rennard interview (Barry Standen, Roger Jenking).
En Marche! A new dawn for European liberalism?
An examination of the political background to Emmanuel Macron’s election as French President.
The same but different: Lib Dem members in 1999 and 2015
The characteristics of Liberal Democrat members analysed.
The leadership of Charles Kennedy
Evening meeting of the Liberal Democrat History Group, 3 July 2017 with Greg Hurst and Lord Newby; chair: Baroness Lindsay Northover.
Margot in wartime
Review of Anne de Courcy, Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912–1916 (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2015).
Fascinating diary entries of a Liberal junior minister in the thick of events
Review of Andrew Thorpe and Richard Toye (eds.), Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George: the Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth, MP, 1909–1922, Camden Fifth Series, Volume 50 (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
Agents at work
Review of Kathryn Rix, Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England 1880–1910 (Boydell Press, 2016).