England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

1910-1929

  • Liberalism and Unionist Northern Ireland

    1921 – 1971: despite all the obstacles, Liberalism survived in Northern Ireland after partitition.

  • Land taxing and the Liberals, 1879 – 1914

    Why did the Liberals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries care so much about the land question in general, and land value taxation in particular?

  • Fusion: Liberals and Conservatives

    The concept of fusion between the Liberal and Conservative parties was considered in the immediate post-war years as the solution for a new political age, in which traditional party allegiances had outlived their usefulness.

  • Conscription and the Liberal Party

    The issue of conscription rocked the Liberal Party to its very core during the first part of the Great War, as Liberal parliamentarians struggled to justify the needs of war and necessity of compulsion against the concepts of individualism and laissez faire which they held so dear.

  • The first woman Liberal MP

    The life and political career of the first woman Liberal MP, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955).

  • Every vote for Llewelyn Williams is a vote against Lloyd George

    Examination of the February 1921 by-election in Cardiganshire, where Asquithian and Lloyd George Liberals engaged in bitter internecine warfare.

  • From left to right? The career of John Morley

    Biography of John Morley (1838-1923), the leading Victorian and Edwardian Liberal who could be seen as both of the left and the right.

  • The 1924 general election

    In contrast to the contest of 1923, the General Election of 29 October 1924 was an unmitigated disaster for the Liberals and the Party's parliamentary strength was reduced to just 40 MPs. A number of leading Liberal figures failed to emerge victorious from the contest, including the Party's leader, Herbert Henry Asquith, who lost the…

  • Liberal Governments of 1905-15

    The Liberal government which took office as a minority administration in December 1905, before securing an overwhelming popular endorsement at the General Election of January 1906, remained in power until May 1915.