Forgotten Liberal heroes: (Lord) Desmond Banks
Desmond, later Lord, Banks was one of the central figures in keeping the Liberal Party going after the Second World War. He became a life peer in 1974. … Read the full post »
David Lloyd George
Read about the Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer and then coalition Prime Minister, David Lloyd George.
Forgotten Liberal heroes: Pratap Chitnis – campaign mastermind
Pratap (later Lord) Chitnis was the post-war Liberal Party’s first grassroots campaigning mastermind. … Read the full post »
Gems from the archive: David Lloyd George and other Liberals speaking at the 1929 general election
Back in the early 20th century, political parties used to record speeches and distribute gramophone copies around the country for replaying at local meetings. … Read the full post »
David Lloyd George’s legacy
A fascinating set of talks from the Liberal Democrat History Group’s spring conference meeting back in 2013. … Read the full post »
On this day in 1909, the first state pensions came in – thanks to a Liberal government
January 1, 1909 saw the first state pensions come into force in the UK, thanks to David Lloyd George and the Liberal government elected in the 1906 landslide. … Read the full post »
1918: A Very British Victory by Peter Hart
Peter Hart’s book 1918 is a fascinating account of the last year of fighting on the Western Front during World War One. … Read the full post »
Dole Queues and Demons: British election posters from the Conservative Party Archive by Stuart Ball
Stuart Ball’s collections of election posters from the Conservative Party Archive at the Bodleian is really two books in one. … Read the full post »
What the Liberal Democrats believe
“Tell me more about what the Liberal Democrats believe”. Here’s a poster to answer that question. … Read the full post »
How leaflets used to look: Labour’s Citizen leaflet from 1929
Today’s leaflet in my series on old election leaflets is a centrally produced Labour party 4-pager from 1929. As with the Conservative leaflet from 1931 which I previously featured, the design may be very different from good modern leaflets, but the content has some very familiar overtones. … Read the full post »
The perfect playing cards for politicos, from Protest and Survive
A set of Welsh Political Figures Playing Cards has just been released, featuring hand-drawn caricatures of 54 Welsh figures. … Read the full post »