1956-1976
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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.
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Report: 1974 remembered
Report of the History Group meeting of September 1999, on the 1974 elections, with Tim Beaumont, Viv Bingham, Sir Cyril Smith, Paul Tyler MP and Richard Wainwright.
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Tory cuckoos in the Liberal nest?
Since the Liberal Nationals first divided from the official Liberals and eventually merged with the Conservatives, they have often been regarded as Tory cuckoos in the Liberal nest. This article re-evaluates their role.
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The watchword liberty
Review of, 50 Years On: A History of the Association of Liberal Democrat Trade Unionists, 1947-97 (Association of Liberal Democrat Trade Unionists, 1997).
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The Alliance and after: The travelling of a necessary road
Was it all worth it? A look back at the Alliance years.
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The SDP’s ideological legacy
What was the ideological inheritance of the Social Democratic Party? And what did it bequeath to the Liberal Democrats?