Grimond and the first post-war revival The apogee of two-party politics in the UK was reached in the 1950s. At the 1955 election, the Conservative and Labour parties, and their allies, between them took 96.10 per cent of the vote and 98.7...
Great Liberals John Stuart Mill chosen as greatest British Liberal ...
How did the Liberal Party come to adopt a strategy of community politics in 1970? This article traces the origins of the concept from the New, or Social, Liberalism of Thomas Hill Green, through Jo Grimond's leadership of the Liberal Party, to the counter-culture of the 1960s.
John Meadowcroft
After 300 years, Scotland is to have a Parliament again. This article examines the role of Jo Grimond in the story of Scottish devolution.Dr Geoffrey Sell
The first phase of the Liberal postwar revival came to an end with the resignation of Jo Grimond as leader. Tim Beaumont recalls the election of his successor.
Tim Beaumont
John Grigg: Lloyd George: War Leader; Michael McManus: Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire; Mark Bonham Carter and Mark Pottle (eds): Lantern Slides: The Dairies and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1904-1914
Ian Hunter, Michael Steed and Robert Ingham
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Adonis and Thomas (eds): Roy Jenkins - A Retrospective; Barberis: Liberal Lion - Jo Grimond: A Political Life; Lloyd-George: David Winston: How a Friendship Changed History; Jackson: Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt
Dr Julie Smith; William Wallace; Dr J. Graham Jones; Martin Pugh
Clement Davies Liberal Party Saviour? Sunday 21 September 2003 Clement Davies led the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. During that time, the party came very close to dying out but it survived. He turned down Churchills offer of a government position and in so d...
The Legacy of Jo Grimond - Remembering Jo Sunday 22 September 2002 There were many at the Brighton Conference who were in no doubt that if it wasnt for a young, charismatic party leader they would have no party at all.
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Why didn't the Liberal Party Die? The first Liberal revival, 1959-66 Friday 7 March 1997 After almost thirty years of continuous decline, the leadership of Jo Grimond, and byelection and local election victories, seemed to herald a new era for the Liberal Party. Why did it all go wrong? ...
