1910-1929
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The flight from the Liberal Party
Liberals who joined the Labour Party, 1914-31.
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The 1910 and 2010 elections
Continuity and change in election campaigning.
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The strange case of Edward Hemmerde
David Dutton traces the story of the three-times MP, playwright and judge Edward Hemmerde (1871-1948).
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Strange death?
Review of Ross McKibbin, Parties and People 1914-1951 (Oxford University Press, 2010).
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The coalition of 1915-1916
Prelude to disaster: an examination of the Asquith coalition of 1915-16, which brought to an end the last solely Liberal government.
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Liberals in coalition, 1916-1922
An analysis of the history of the last Liberal-Conservative coalition government.
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Coalition in the archives
The papers of Liberal activist Frances Josephy are used to examine the attitudes of ordinary Liberals to coalitions in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The King of Showland
The unusual career of the entertainment entrepreneur and Liberal MP for Walsall, 1922-24, Pat Collins.
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Secular intellectuals
Review of William C. Lubenow, Liberal Intellectuals and Public Culture in Modern Britain, 1815-1914: Making Words Flesh (Boydell Press, 2010).