1956-1976
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David Steel (Lord Steel), 1938-
With the exception of H. H. Asquith, David (now Lord) Steel has been the longest serving leader of the Liberal Party. During his twelve-year tenure of the leadership, the party enjoyed the highest share of the popular vote cast for a third party in half a century and won more seats in Parliament and in…
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Liberal roots
The Liberal Party in a West Yorkshire constituency, 1920s-1970s.
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‘A nasty, deplorable little incident in our political life’
Liberalism, National Liberalism and the editorship of the Dumfries Standard, 1957.
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A life-long espousal of Liberal values
Review of Mark Pottle (ed.), Daring to Hope: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter 1946 – 1969 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000).
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More mirage than vision
Review of Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (University of Exeter Press, 2000).
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Re-establishing the faith
The revival of Liberalism in Dumfriesshire, 1931-63.