Time Period: 1976-1988
Liberal roots
The Liberal Party in a West Yorkshire constituency, 1920s-1970s.
More mirage than vision
Review of Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (University of Exeter Press, 2000).
Simon and Southwark, Bermondsey
Analysis of how Simon Hughes came to be selected for the apparently unwinnable seat of Southwark, Bermondsey.
The watchword liberty
Review of, 50 Years On: A History of the Association of Liberal Democrat Trade Unionists, 1947-97 (Association of Liberal Democrat Trade Unionists, 1997).
Falling apart
Review of Patricia Lee Sykes, Losing from the Inside: The Cost of Conflict in the British Social Democratic Party (Transaction Publishers, 1990).
Merger most foul
Review of Rachael Pitchford and Tony Greaves, Merger: The Inside Story (Liberal Renewal, 1989).
Research notes: Issue 18
Chronology of key Alliance dates; bibliography: sources on Alliance history.
Merger hopes and fears: Were they realised?
Alliance into merger: how has it worked? The myths and the realities.