Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 15
Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 15
Issue: 15, Summer 1997Price: £2
Contents
Landslide
The Labour Party’s performance in the 1997 general election took even its most optimistic supporters by surprise. How does the result look when compared with previous election landslides? And what might happen now?
The election of Jeremy Thorpe to the Liberal leadership
The first phase of the Liberal postwar revival came to an end with the resignation of Jo Grimond as leader. Tim Beaumont recalls the election of his successor.
Must governments fail
Review of Anthony Seldon (ed.), How Tory Governments Fall (Fontana Press, 1996).
1945 and all that
The 1945 election was a stunning Labour victory, but what did it mean for the Liberal Party?