Journal of Liberal History

England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history

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?

  • New Radicalism

    … and the Liberal Democat Whig tendency.

  • Elections 2007

    Analysis of the outcomes of the local, Scottish and Welsh elections of May 2007. What do they mean for the Liberal Democrats?

  • Peter Thurnham

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