Articles
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‘Maistly Scotch’: Campbell-Bannerman and Liberal leadership
Assessment of the record of the man who led the Liberals into the 1906 landslide.
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‘I am a Liberal as much as a Tory’: Winston Churchill and the memory of 1906
Examination of how Churchill frequently summoned up the memories of 1906 to bolster his own position in politics.
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The Liberal Party and the constitution
Argues that the Liberals regarded the 1911 Parliament Act as a final settlement of the second-chamber question.
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Liberals in 1906: flourishing or doomed?
Debate between David Dutton (pessimistic) and Martin Pugh (optimistic).
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In search of the great Liberals
Who is the greatest Liberal of all time? Your chance to decide.
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Learning the lessons of history: Liberalism in the 1930s
What can Liberal Democrats learn from the Liberal Party’s positions in the 1930s?
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L. T. Hobhouse and J. A. Hobson: New Liberal influence on Third Way ideas
What did Tony Blair draw from the New Liberalism of the Hobhouse and Hobson?
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Sir Edward Watkin and the Liberal cause in the nineteenth century
The life of Liberal MP Edward Watkin, the last of the railway kings.
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Life with Lloyd George
A. J. Sylvester’s Life with Lloyd George remains a unique source of information. This article examines its preparation, publication and impact.