Lloyd George: the Great Outsider – mixed reviews
The new biography of David Lloyd George by Roy Hattersley has had mixed reviews since its recent publication by Little, Brown books. A taste of the reviewers’ opinion is revealed below but the Society simply welcomes the wealth of new interest in our hero and encourages all visitors to the website to read the book […]
David Lloyd George – always in the news!
Members are mourning the death aged 75 of Lord Livsey of Talgarth who was a Vice-President of the Lloyd George Society and a frequent attender and speaker at Society weekend schools. We pay tribute to Richard’s work for the Lloyd George Society and for the cause of Welsh Liberalism. He was one of those rare […]
New biography of Lloyd George to be launched on 26 June
David Lloyd George was a Liberal leader in a coalition government of Liberals and Conservatives. He was a radical Welsh nationalist, advocating ‘home rule’ for Wales. He was the master pragmatist, always believing that getting things done was preferable to opposing from the sidelines. These are highly contemporary themes for Liberalism and for Wales with […]
Visit the North Wales Agricultural Show in Caernarfon – 3 July 2010
Lloyd George was of course Member of Parliament for the Caernarfon Boroughs from 1890-1945. In his time he would have visited and supported hundreds of local events in his constituency. The North Wales Agricultural Show (sometimes called the Caernarfon Show) was probably one LG attended at some time as it was founded as long ago […]
All those Liberal ministers – the Lloyd George connection
Since the general election and the formation of the first peacetime coalition government in Britain since the National Government in 1931, there has been a lot of looking back. Much of the history keeps coming back to Lloyd George. It was the Wall Street crash of 1929 which precipitated the global financial crisis of the […]
Victory Vince: Cable Wins Channel 4 Chancellors Debate
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne. The Channel 4 vote results are at http://tinyurl.com/yza4m6a and place Vince […]
Ask the Chancellors: Live debate on Channel 4
At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour’s Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions. From 7pm on the night, Channel 4 will be hosting a discussion of the debate. You can send questions and […]
Final programme for 2010 weekend school sent out
Here is the final programme for the Lloyd George Society’s weekend school to be held from 19-21 February 2010 at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells: Friday 19th February 8.00pm: Dinner – Welcome from the President, Roger Pincham CBE Saturday 20th February 0930: Bill Barritt – Hot Air to Cold Comfort 1030: Coffee 1100: Lord Kenneth […]
Some snippets about David Lloyd George
There have a few stories in the press recently mentioning David Lloyd George. In an article published on 5 January in the Wall Street Journal, Jan Morris writes in celebration of graffiti (admittedly not everyone’s favourite popular art form). She recalls that on the top of the parapet of the old bridge over the river […]
Act now – Lloyd George Society on the new Lib Dem social networking site
The Liberal Democrats have launched a social networking site, very similar to Facebook, as the latest part of the party’s online strategy. And the Lloyd George Society has created its own group on the site to encourage interest in what we do, as well as to try and attract new members to come to the […]
