1956-1976
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Grimond and the first post-war revival
The apogee of two-party politics in the UK was reached in the 1950s. At the 1955 election, the Conservative and Labour parties, and their allies, between them took 96.10 per cent of the vote and 98.73 per cent of the parliamentary seats in the UK.
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In further search of ‘Orpington Man’
A response to the report on the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting about ‘Orpington Man’.
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Sheelagh Murnaghan and the Ulster Liberal Party
The life and political career of the only Liberal to win a seat in the Northern Ireland parliament.
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Liberal thought
Review of Kevin Hickson (ed.), The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2009).
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The Young Liberals and the left, 1965-70
The relationship between the Young Liberals and the left in the 1960s.
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A Radical Life
Review of Mervyn Jones, A Radical Life: The Biography of Megan Lloyd George (Hutchinson, 1991).
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Liberals and Europe
The development of the Liberal commitment to Europe, 1945-64.
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Battle of ideas or absence of leadership?
Analysis of the ideological struggle in the Liberal Party in the 1940s and 1950s.
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The slow death of Liberal Wales 1906 – 1979
The story of Liberalism in Wales 1906 – 1979.