The speakers have all been confirmed and the programme is below and able for download.
LLOYD GEORGE SOCIETY WEEKEND SCHOOL
22/23 FEBRUARY 2025
HOTEL COMMODORE, LLANDRINDOD WELLS
Final Programme
| Date | Time | Event/Talk | Speaker |
| Saturday, 22 Feb | From 10.15 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 10.45 | Formal welcome to the School | Lord Thomas of Gresford, President of the Lloyd George Society | |
| 11.00 12.00 | Is there a Liberal Future? – Chair: Anne Woods | Michael Meadowcroft, historian, writer and former Liberal MP | |
| 12.00 13.00 | Lunch | ||
| 13.00 | Panel – Chair: Cllr Bill Powell | Anne Davies MP, David Chadwick MP, Lord Thomas of Gresford | |
| 14.30 | American Foreign Policy and the US Presidential Election of 2024 – Chair: Prof Russell Deacon | Dr Luca Trent, Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University | |
| 15.30 | Coffee and – Members book lunches | Dr Nick Alderton and others | |
| 16.00 17.00 | The Injustice of Justice: Westminster’s Failure, Wales’s Opportunity – Chair: Dr Nick Alderton | Adam Price MS – former leader of Plaid Cymru | |
| 17.00 | Talk on Maynard Keynes – Chair: Jess Tyler | Richard Walker | |
| 18.0018.30 | Annual General Meeting | ||
| 20.00 | Dinner and Political Thoughts from the Glorious Revolution to the Whigs | Professor Tony Claydon, Bangor University Introduced by Lord Thomas of Gresford Vote of thanks: David Phillips | |
| Sunday, 23 Feb | 10.15 | The unseen Spanish Civil War – Chair: Prof Russell Deacon | Dr Charles Smith, Wales European Movement |
| 11.15 | Coffee | ||
| 11:30 | The General Election 2024 – What do we make of that? – Chair: Mark Williams | Dr Jonathan Kirkup, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University – Chair Mark Williams who will also provide a summary This will also replace our former panel discussion on Sundays | |
| 13.00 | Close of school | ||
