Archive for duncan brack
Book review: The Liberal Democrats, edited by Don Maciver
This review of The Liberal Democrats, edited by Don Maciver (1996) was published in 1996. The book is still a significant and interesting source of information for people wanting to know more about the history of the party. This book is the first major book-length study of the Liberal Democrats, comprising eleven chapters written by [...]
Drawing for Social Democracy: an interview with the SDP's cartoonist
Chris Radley, former cartoonist for the Social Democrat (the SDP’s weekly newspaper), was interviewed by myself, Duncan Brack and Sarah Taft for the summer 2003 issue of the Journal of Liberal History. Having looked through his collection for this interview I was so taken with this one that it now hangs on my wall at [...]
Jeremy Thorpe interview
I carried out this interview with Duncan Brack for the Journal of Liberal History in 2000, at a time when Charles Kennedy was Liberal Democrat leader, William Hague was Conservative leader and Tony Blair was approaching his first general election since becoming Prime Minister in 1997. Jeremy Thorpe was elected as leader of the Liberal [...]
Great Liberal Speeches: George Tierney on sacrificing the constitution on the altar of public security
I was one of the contributors to Great Liberal Speeches. Here is my introduction to the selected speech from George Tierney, followed by the speech itself. The issues are arguments are still very pertinent today. George Tierney, who led the Whigs in the Commons between 1817 and 1821, was born in 1761 in Gibraltar to [...]
Book review: Prime Minister Portillo and other things that never happened
I wrote this review of Prime Minister Portillo and other things that never happened: A collection of political counter-factuals, edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale, for the Journal of Liberal History Issue 44. “What if” histories are often disdained by those who see themselves as serious historians, but this intriguing collection – edited by [...]
