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 Great […]
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 Cable […]
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 comment […]
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 Morgan – Lloyd George, Gladstone and […]
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 Dwyfor, […]
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 […]
19th century Welsh Liberal MPs – a chance to own a piece of Liberal history
In 1894, T Marchant Williams published a book containing pictures and biographies of all the Welsh Liberal MPs of the time, 34 in all. Those were the days. The book was published by Daniel Owen of Cardiff. The portraits are black and white drawings by Wil Morgan similar in style to those published in Vanity […]
A date for your diary – the next Lloyd George Society weekend school, 19-21 February 2010
The next weekend school will be held at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells, Powys from the evening of Friday 19 until lunchtime on Sunday 21 February 2010.
Speakers who have confirmed they will attend are: Professor Lord Kenneth Morgan who will speak on Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln and their influence on Lloyd George, Lord Carlile of […]
