Time Period: 1988-2010
Friends or Enemies, Allies or Competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019
The history of the association between the Liberal Party / Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party features electoral pacts (both formal and informal), support for minority governments, participation in coalitions – and periods of bitter enmity. So are Liberals and Labour friends or enemies, allies or competitors? Discuss the long and complex relationship between Liberals…
‘Like the early Christians in Rome’
Have Liberal Lords been so isolated and powerless?; by Matt Cole
Shirley Williams: Liberal lion and trailblazer
Meeting report, with Mark Peel, Tom McNally and Julie Smith; report by Neil Stockley
Local Liberal history
Review of Martin Kyrle, The Liberals in Hampshire – a Part(l)y History. Part 5, Eastleigh 1981–90: Control! (Sarsen Press, 2022)
The 1992 general election
Liberal Democrat History Group meeting, with Alison Holmes and Dennis Kavanagh. Chair: Lord Foster
Liberal history news
Obituary: Ronnie Fearn
The 1992 General Election. 31 January 2022
The 1992 General Election. 31 January 2022. The general election of 1992 was the first contested by the Liberal Democrats, who had been formed from the merger of the Liberal Party and the SDP just four years before. The new party entered the contest buoyed by parliamentary by-election victories, impressive local election results in 1991,…