1910-1929
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A failure of leadership
Defections 1918-29. The post-First World War period saw many Liberals, including high-profile personalities such as Winston Churchill, decide that the time was right for them to change political parties.
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‘There are things stronger than parliamentary majorities
Review of Alan O’Day, Irish Home Rule 1867-1921 (Manchester University Press, 1998).
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Victory at Paisley
Asquith’s return to Parliament in 1920.
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Who did it?
Review of George Dangerfield, The Strange Death of Liberal England (Serif, 1997).
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Labour and the Liberal decline
Review of John Shepherd and Keith Laybourn, Britain’s First Labour Government (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).
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John Sutton Nettlefold, Liberalism and the early town planning movement
The contribution of the chair of Birmingham’s Housing Committee, 1901-11, to the debates on slum housing and town planning.
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Liberal Party funding between the wars
One of the major problems facing the Liberal Party in the inter-war period was the lack of funds that they had at their disposal. As the Party became increasingly defunct, so it became impossible to attract the wealthy donors, who formed the foundation of the Liberal finances.
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The 1929 general election
The election of May 1929 took place against a backdrop of economic depression, as the Conservative government struggled to stem a growing tide of unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War.
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The 1918 ‘coupon’ general election
Just 24 hours after the Armistice had been signed with Germany, Lloyd George announced his decision to hold an election in alliance with his Coalition partners and Parliament was accordingly dissolved on 14 November 1918. The ensuing contest shattered the Liberal Party by formalising wartime divisions and providing a clear distinction between those Liberals who…