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Friends or Enemies, Allies or Competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019: 15th September 2024
The history of the association between the Liberal Party / Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party features electoral pacts (both formal and informal), support for minority governments, participation in coalitions – and periods of bitter enmity. So are Liberals and Labour friends or enemies, allies or competitors? The long and complex relationship between Liberals and…
Greening Liberalism: The history of Liberal and Liberal Democrat environmental thinking
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group fringe meeting, 15 March 2024, with Professor Neil Carter and Baroness Parminter. Chair: Keith Melton
Friends or Enemies, Allies or Competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019
The history of the association between the Liberal Party / Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party features electoral pacts (both formal and informal), support for minority governments, participation in coalitions – and periods of bitter enmity. So are Liberals and Labour friends or enemies, allies or competitors? The long and complex relationship between Liberals and…
‘Like the early Christians in Rome’
Have Liberal Lords been so isolated and powerless?; by Matt Cole To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Was the coalition a mistake? Why did we fail to stop Brexit?
Report of Liberal Democrat History Group evening meeting, 7 October 2022, with Vince Cable and Rachel Smith. Chair: Anne Perkins
Was the Coalition a mistake? Why did we fail to stop Brexit?
Launch of Partnership & Politics in a Divided Decade, by husband-and-wife team Vince Cable and Rachel Smith. This new book tells the inside story of Vince Cable’s political career during the turbulent decade of the 2010s. The book covers Vince’s time as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the Liberal Democrat –…
Liberal history news
Obituary: Ronnie Fearn