Geoffrey Russell Searle is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of East Anglia. His published works include The Liberal Party: Triumph and Disintigration 1886-1929 (1992) and Country Before Party: Coalition and the Idea of National Government in Modern Britain 1885-1987 (1995).

Ian Bradley is as academic, author, broadcaster and theologian. In a varied career Bradley has worked for The Times and the BBC  – serving as Head of Religious Broadcasting for BBC Scotland. He taught for many years at the University of St Andrews and is ordained to the Church of Scotland. He stood as a Liberal…