Articles
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The yellow glass ceiling: the mystery of the disappearing Liberal women MPs
Only six women ever sat as Liberal MPs, and most only for very short periods. This article examines why.
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Selecting women candidates: a critical evaluation
The Liberal Democrat record in selecting and supporting women candidates.
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From WLF to WLD: Liberal womens grassroots campaigning
The evolution of the Womens Liberal Federation into Women Liberal Democrats.
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The role of women in merger
A personal view of women in Alliance politics.
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Radical Action and the Liberal Party during the Second World War
The story of this influential pressure group within the Liberal Party.
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David and Maggie
Diaries and correspondence files are used to examine the courtship between David Lloyd George and Margaret Owen between 1884 and their marriage in 1888.
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Gladstone 200
The Gladstone 200 Campaign at St Deiniol’s Library.
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The ‘People’s Budget’ a century on
An examination of the genesis, content and impact of Lloyd George’s famous Budget of one hundred years ago.
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John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ 150 years later
An analysis of the most well-known work of the greatest of the Victorian Liberal philosophers, published 150 years ago this year, and an assessment of its relevance to 2009.