Articles
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The origins of community politics
How did the Liberal Party come to adopt a strategy of community politics in 1970? This article traces the origins of the concept from the New, or Social, Liberalism of Thomas Hill Green, through Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party, to the counter-culture of the 1960s.
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The peacemonger
The life and career of David Davies, the first Baron Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944).
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The Liberal Party and the South African War 1899-1902
Examination of the crisis in the Liberal Party that was provoked by the Anglo-Boer War.
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Gladstonian Liberalism according to Gladstone
What were the prevailing principles of the Liberal Party in the late Victorian period?
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Jimmy
The career of one of the Liberal Party’s most colourful MPs, James de Rothschild (1878-1957).
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Liberals cheer Mr Churchill
Speech: Winston Churchill at the National Liberal Club, 22 July 1943.
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Liberal unity frustrated
Why the Liberal Party failed to patch up effectively its first major post-war split, between the supporters of Asquith and those of Lloyd George.
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Alliance, Liberals and the SDP
1971 – 1985: the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland was born in the midst of the Troubles, in April 1970. This article looks back at the party’s history and its relationships with the Liberal Party and the SDP.
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Lord John Russell and the Irish Catholics
1829 – 1852: despite the Whig leader Lord John Russell’s efforts to work for justice to Ireland, his policies ended mainly in failure.