Articles
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The Two Davids
Examination of how much the failure of the Alliance was due to the failures of its leaders.
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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?
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The Alliance: parties and leaders
How successful was the Alliance? Was merger the right road to follow? The case against.
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The Alliance: two-party cooperation in practice
How did Liberals and Social Democrats cope with the mechanics of alliance?
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Alliance days
Vignettes of the days of elation and experiment, frustration and failure.
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The merger debate in the SDP 1981-87
The history of the SDP-Liberal relationship, from beginnings to alliance to merger.
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The SDP’s ideological legacy
What was the ideological inheritance of the Social Democratic Party? And what did it bequeath to the Liberal Democrats?
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Editorial: The Alliance years
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal.
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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.