Exhibition about Lloyd George at Cardiff’s Pierhead Gallery set to open on 16 January
An exhibition about the life and work of David Lloyd George will open at the National Assembly’s Pierhead Gallery in Cardiff Bay on 16 January. The exhibition is to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Welsh prime minister on 17 January 1863. The exhibition, sponsored by William Powell AM, has been […]
The Society welcomes well-deserved award for Roger Williams MP
Roger Williams, the MP for Brecon and Radnor and a regular panellist at Society weekend schools has been awarded the CBE in the New Years’ Honours list. Roger, who was a founder member of the Social Democratic Party, has represented Brecon and Radnor since 2001, taking over from former Society Vice-President Richard Livesy. Richard said […]
Get a souvenir of Lloyd George’s 150th anniversary – and help the Society
Protest and Survive is an online shop for anyone wishing to purchase political and historical gifts for themselves, their, family or friends. To commemorate Lloyd George’s 150th anniversary in 2013, they have produced a special ceramic mug featuring two portraits of the Welsh Wizard and the dates of his premiership of the United Kingdom. This […]
Sad news for Society members
It with great sadness that the Society has learned of the death of Rhona Tremaine of Llandeilo. Rhona died peacefully at Gangwili Hospital in Carmarthen on 24 November. She was aged 93. Rhona was one of our most stalwart members and a familiar face at many weekend schools, where she made many friends and where […]
Dates and costs of 2013 Weekend School announced
The next Society weekend school will take place from Friday 15 – Sunday 17 February 2013. The venue will be the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells. Costs are broadly similar to last time. The following speakers have confirmed; Dr Graham Jones, Head of the Welsh Political Archive on Jennifer Longford; David Melding (Conservative AM) on the […]
Well done Winston
The Society is pleased to report that our chairman, Winston Roddick, has been elected as police and crime commissioner for North Wales. There is no party politics in this. Winston stood as and was elected as an Independent and will surely serve his term in the interests of all the residents of the North Wales […]
Society chairman to stand in police commissioner election
Lloyd George Society chairman, Winston Roddick QC, is one of the candidates in this month’s elections for police and crime commissioner for North Wales. Mr Roddick who was born in Caernarfon is fighting on his distinguished career in the criminal justice system including being Wales’ first Counsel General, the most senior legal adviser to the […]
What are the lessons of the Newport by-election for today’s Coalition partners?
In an earlier article on this site, Professor Russell Deacon wrote about the Newport by-election of 1922 which was the catalyst for the fall of the Lloyd George-Bonar Law, Liberal-Tory coalition government. In a further article Professor Deacon looks in more detail at impact of the Newport by-election and the lessons for present day Clegg-Cameron […]
Ninety years on: the Welsh by-election that brought down a coalition government
October 2012 marks the 90th anniversary of a by-election in Wales that changed the course of British politics and, in many ways, has uncanny similarities with the present day. Professor Russell Deacon casts his gaze on the coalition-rocking Newport by-election of 1922. Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/10/18/ninety-years-on-the-by-election-that-brought-down-a-coalition-government-91466-32057416/#ixzz2AnDS309v
Two men who got things done
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg seen here with Lloyd George Society officer, Professor Russell Deacon holding two portrait posters of Clegg and David Lloyd George at the Cardiff South and Penarth by-election headquarters in Cardiff on Friday 8th September. The original Lloyd George poster comes from the 1929 ‘We can conquer unemployment’ general election. It […]
