Articles
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Liberals in 1906: flourishing or doomed?
Debate between David Dutton (pessimistic) and Martin Pugh (optimistic).
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The Inverness turning point
How the Liberals’ near-miss in the Inverness by-election of 1954 proved a turning point in the party’s fortunes.
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The First World War and Liberal values
Was the Liberal Party fatally wounded by the war because liberalism proved incapable of coping with the strains of a major modern conflict? Professor Chris Wrigley questions the accepted view.
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Labour, the Liberal Party and the Great War
The Great War laid many of the foundations for Labour’s supplanting of the Liberals in the subsequent decade. Analysis of the relationship between the two parties during the war.
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Asquith and Lloyd George: common misunderstandings
The rivalry between Asquith and Lloyd George grew out of the Great War. This article argues that the points of similarity between the two were at least as important as their differences.
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1906: Blissful dawn?
Lecture to the Corporation of London, February 2006.
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Gladstone’s library under threat
Gladstone’s library under threat. The Gladstone Project aims to safeguard Gladstone’s library at St Deiniol’s.
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The Real Lloyd George
A. J. Sylvester’s classic semi-biographical work, its impact and reactions to its contents and influence.
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One Liberal’s war
The First World War tore the Liberal Party apart. David Dutton looks at how one Liberal MP lived through the conflict.