Articles
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The Sutton & Cheam by-election
The Sutton & Cheam by-election was won for the Liberal Party in December 1972. Jennifer Tankard interviews the victor, Graham (now Lord) Tope.
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Abortion reform 1967
Memories of the battles over one of the key pieces of social reform legislation of the 1960s.
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The lessons of Orpington
Analysis of the importance of the by-election result for the Liberal Party.
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Fighting Orpington
The stunning by-election victory of Orpington in 1962 was the high point of the first Liberal revival. Eric Lubbock (now Lord Avebury) was the candidate.
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Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party
‘The personification and the hope of postwar Liberalism.’ The record of Jo Grimond.
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Remembering Beveridge
Memories of William Beveridge, social scientist and Liberal, whose ideas shaped British postwar politics.
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1959-74: years of Liberal revolution?
Introduction to this special issue on the Liberal postwar revival.
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Liberal Democracy, philosophy and political identity
A call for the historical and philosophical studies of Liberalism in relation to democracy to be brought together.
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The evolution of devolution
Analysis of the lessons from the first Home Rule Bill of 1886.