1895-1910
The Lloyd George land taxes
A look at the history of the land taxes introduced by Lloyd George in the 1909 People’s Budget.
The strange case of Edward Hemmerde
David Dutton traces the story of the three-times MP, playwright and judge Edward Hemmerde (1871-1948).
The 1910 general elections
Turning points in British politics?
Land and nation in England
Review of Paul Readman, Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914 (Royal Historical Society, 2008).
Report: Fighting Labour – the struggle for radical supremacy in Scotland 1885-1929
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference, 13 March 2009, with Professor Richard Finlay, Dr Catriona Macdonald and Jim Wallace. Chair: Robert Brown MSP.
Report: ‘Taxes that will bring forth fruit’ – The centenary of the People’s Budget of 1909
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at The National Liberal Club, 12 January 2009, with Kenneth O. Morgan and Vince Cable MP. Chair: Lord Wallace.
Campbell-Bannerman and Asquith
Analysis of the uneasy political relationship between the two Liberal leaders.
The two great wartime leaders
Review of Richard Toye, Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness (Macmillan, 2007).