Articles
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A ‘sincere, thorough and hearty Liberal’?
Biography of Jabez Balfour, 1843-1916.
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Ashdown as leader
In November 2000 Paddy Ashdown published the first volume of his diaries. This article comprises two interviews with him on his period as leader.
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‘His friends sat on the benches opposite’
Examination of the part played by the renegade Conservatives – the Peelites – in the creation of the Liberal Party.
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Backbench Maverick
The political life and career of Liberal MP James Myles Hogge (1873-1928).
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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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Hastings in 1900
The ‘khaki election’ of 1900 saw the Liberals performing poorly. This article examines one seat they gained from the Conservatives.
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The Liberal press and the South African War
The importance of the Liberal press in the politics of the Second Boer War.
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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 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.