1988-2010
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).
Old heroes for a new leader
Liberal Democrat leadership candidates describe their historical inspirations.
Ending equidistance
Traces the story of the adoption and abandonment of the Liberal Democrat strategy of ‘equidistance’.
Report: from Beveridge to Blair
Report of LDHG meeting of September 1997 on the welfare state, with Frank Field MP and Nick Timmins.
So how well did we do?
A critical look at the Liberal Democrats’ performance in the 1997 election.
Landslide
The Labour Party’s performance in the 1997 general election took even its most optimistic supporters by surprise. How does the result look when compared with previous election landslides? And what might happen now?
Roy Jenkins (Lord Jenkins), 1920-2003
Roy Jenkins played a significant role in developing and articulating a new progressive vision of social, political and constitutional change. His reforms at the Home Office helped to transform Britain into a more modern, more civilised society. He was a successful, if orthodox, Chancellor of the Exchequer. He played an important and consistent role in…
New Radicalism
… and the Liberal Democat Whig tendency.