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Clement Davies: why vote Liberal
Here’s a Pathe News clip from the 1950 general election featuring Liberal Party leader Clement Davies: Hat-tip: Thanks to Geoff Payne from Hackney for pointing this out.
Liberal Party election broadcast, February 1974
A little something from the archives to enjoy. It’s from the February 1974 election which, although now very much history, is still an election whose impact on the political system is felt. Look at the proportion of votes and seats won by Labour and Tories since the 1930s and there are two big downward lurches [...]
Book review: How grassroots activists saved the Liberal Party
Mark Egan’s book Coming into Focus: The Transformation of the Liberal Party 1945-64 examines how and why the Liberal Party survived its bleakest decades and survived a run of dismal general election results. He’s not the first to look at this question but the book takes a unique approach, being based on an extensive set of [...]
Sometimes, dear reader, you are wrong: the 1906 election
A very occasional series highlighting a previous post that (a) I still think was actually pretty good, but (b) the server stats say not many people came and read. Just in case you, dear reader, may have been wrong in overlooking this post here it is for your enjoyment once more: The 1906 election Imagine [...]
Book review: The Decline of British Radicalism
This review of The Decline of British Radicalism 1847-1860 by Miles Taylor (1995) first appeared in 1996 in the Journal of Liberal History Issue 11. Miles Taylor’s book is an examination of the failure of British radicalism in the 1850s. For many the mere appearance of a book that concentrates on the 1850s in their [...]
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 [...]
The Alliance: a chronology
Parts of the following chronology have been used in various Liberal Democrat History Group publications over the years, but here it is all together in one place. Spot any errors or omissions? Just let me know. 1979 3 May General election won by Tories. Defeated Labour MPs include Shirley Williams. June Social Democrat Alliance (SDA) [...]
