British Liberal leaders

by Brack, Duncan Ingham, Robert Little, Tony

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Title Statements

Full title :British Liberal leaders / edited by Duncan Brack, Tony Little and Robert Ingham.

Summary

The British Liberal Party, and its successor, the Liberal Democrats, has a good claim to be the oldest political party in the world. From the Whigs of 1679 to the formation of the Liberal Party in 1859, and then to 1988 and the merger with the Social Democratic Party to form today's Liberal Democrats, politicians of all these labels held to a core of liberal principles: the belief in individual liberty; the quest for an equitable society at home and abroad; and the pursuit of reform, in the economic and social spheres as well as the political, with the aim of enlarging freedom for all. This book is the story of those parties' leaders, from Earl Grey, who led the Whigs through the Great Reform Act of 1832, to Nick Clegg, the first Liberal leader to enter government for more than 60 years.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Biteback Publishing
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 508 ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781849541978, 1849541973
oclc:ocn927101061
Dewey Decimal:941.0099

Subjects

Biographies Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvern… Great Britain Great Britain -- Politics and government History Hommes d'État -- Biographies. -- Grande… Liberal Party (Great Britain) Politics and government Prime ministers Prime ministers -- Biography. -- Great … Statesmen Statesmen -- Biography. -- Great Britain