Talk:National Liberal Party (UK)

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Lloyd George is described on the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom page as being a "National Liberal" during his tenure 1916-22; is this just a previous use of the name, or was there any relationship between the two? Psmith 09:42, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

They were a different group altogether, though annoyingly the same term is frequently used for both. The Liberals split during the First World War but reunified in 1923. Another split occurred in 1931 and just to confuse things even further a tiny group of Liberals followed Lloyd George (most were members of his family) in complete opposition to the National Government whilst the two main groups remained in government during the general election.

Perhaps this article should mention both groups of National Liberals, perhaps with a horizontal border (like above) between them G-Man 00:41, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)


The first half of this article is hopeless. It doesn't actually say anywhere which group of Liberals was which, or who led which one. Someone needs to improve it. Thedreamdied 13:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Simonites - one to watch out for

There's a major book on the Liberal Nationals due out in a couple of months called "Liberals in Schism: A History of the National Liberal Party" by David Dutton. [1] It will be the first significant work on the party, including its origins, exactly when it became a clear separate party (something that in places at the local level wasn't clear for the entire decade) and its nature in the post war period (when it's traditionally written off as being just being a name used by a few post merger). When it comes out I'll aim to expand the article a bit, but we may want to split the Simonite party into an article in its own right. Timrollpickering (talk) 21:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)