Articles
The Liberal Party and the fall of the Chamberlain government
Examines the crucial role played by Liberal politicians – including Sinclair and Lloyd George – in the ousting of Neville Chamberlain in May 1940.
The Liberal Party’s performance in 1945
Continuing the debate over the Liberal Party and the 1945 general election.
Education and the Liberal rank and file in Edwardian England: the case of Sir George White
The political career and beliefs of one of the major proponents of Liberal education policy in the Edwardian period.
Report: The repeal of the Corn Laws
Report LDHG meeting of February 1996, with Professor John Vincent.
Gladstone: The colossus of the nineteenth century – politics then and now
Lord Jenkins, giving the Guildhall Lecture to an invited audience in June 1996, took the contrast between the patterns of political life in the nineteenth century and the late twentieth century as his central theme.
The Liberal performance in 1945
Contribution to the continuing debate over the 1945 election: response to earlier Newsletter articles.
The Liberal Party and the 1945 election
Personal recollections of the Liberal Party’s campaign in the 1945 general election.
New Zealand’s Liberal Party
The rise and collapse of the Liberal Party of New Zealand has many parallels with the heyday and decline of the British Liberal Party.
Liberal Party fortunes in the Isle of Wight 1900-1910
The political and electoral history of a Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.