Themes: 2010-2015 Coalition
Liberal Democrats in coalition: home affairs
Overview by Timothy J. Oliver. Commentaries from Lynne Featherstone, Norman Baker and Caron Lindsay.
Liberal Democrats in coalition: social security
Overview by Peter Sloman. Commentaries from Jenny Willott and Alex Marsh.
Liberal Democrats in coalition: health
Overview by Peter Sloman. Commentaries from Paul Burstow, Norman Lamb and Evan Harris
Liberal Democrats in coalition: education
Overview by Simon Griffiths. Commentaries from David Laws and Helen Flynn.
Liberal Democrats in coalition: economic policy
Overview by Matt Cole. Commentaries from Vince Cable, Jo Swinson and David Howarth.
Coalition and the Liberal Democrats: the policy record
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal.
Coalition: Could Liberal Democrats have handled it better?
The 2015 election decisively ended the Liberal Democrats’ participation in government. Did what the party achieved in coalition between 2010 and 2015 justify the damage? Could the party have managed coalition better? The meeting marks the publication of the autumn Journal of Liberal History, a special issue on the policy record of the coalition. Speakers:…
Coalition and the 2015 election
Targeting and its effect on Liberal Democrat performance in the 2015 general election; Can Liberals learn from history?
Comparing coalitions
A comparison of the coalition with the Scottish experience of 1999–2007; and a look at parallels from history.
The 2015 election campaign and its outcome
Analyses of the election result, and a look at what happened to the party’s campaigning machine.