Cole Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats

Unfinished business
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-436-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

A biography of a long-standing Liberal MP. As well as the revival of the Liberal Party and the formation of the Liberal Democrats, it examines his experiences as a Conscientious Objector in the Second World War; his work in the Methodist Church; his role in the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe and in the Lib-Lab Pact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cole, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part One: Before Parliament
1. Early life
2. Cambridge
3. Wainwright’s War
Part Two: Outside Parliamen
4. Liberal Clubs
5. Wainwright’s Faith
6. The Press
7. The Party in the country
Part Three: In Parliamen
8. Colne Valley
9. Campaigning
10. The LPP
11. Wainwright & Thorpe
12. The Lib-Lab Pact
13. The Alliance
14. Merger and the Liberal Democrats
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Cole Matt:
Matt Cole is Lecturer in Politics for the Hansard Society and Head of Modern History at King Edward VI College in StourbridgeMatt Cole is Lecturer in Politics for the Hansard Society and Head of Modern History at King Edward VI College in Stourbridge