Articles
The Two Davids
Examination of how much the failure of the Alliance was due to the failures of its leaders.
The Merger Process: an SDP retrospect
A look back at the merger process from the perspective of the SDP negotiating team. Could it have been handled differently?
The Alliance: parties and leaders
How successful was the Alliance? Was merger the right road to follow? The case against.
The Alliance: two-party cooperation in practice
How did Liberals and Social Democrats cope with the mechanics of alliance?
Alliance days
Vignettes of the days of elation and experiment, frustration and failure.
The merger debate in the SDP 1981-87
The history of the SDP-Liberal relationship, from beginnings to alliance to merger.
The SDP’s ideological legacy
What was the ideological inheritance of the Social Democratic Party? And what did it bequeath to the Liberal Democrats?
Editorial: The Alliance years
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal.
Harry Willcock: the forgotten champion of Liberalism
The story of the Liberal who helped ensure that British citizens today are not compelled to carry identity cards.