This article gives an overview of liberalism in the United Kingdom. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme, it isn't necessary that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party. This article discusses liberalism as a major worldwide political ideology, its development, and its many modern-day variations. ... Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... // Origins of liberal thought John Locke The focus on liberty as an essential right of people within the polity has been repeatedly asserted throughout history. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... Classical liberalism is a term used to describe the following: the philosophy developed by early liberals from the Enlightenment until John Stuart Mill the philosophy developed by early liberals from the Age of Enlightenment until John Stuart Mill and then revived in the 20th century by Friedrich von Hayek and... Cultural liberalism is a form of liberalism which stresses the freedom of the individual from what Lord Acton called the tyrany of the majority, the right of the non-conformist to march to a different drummer. ... The liberal theory of economics is the theory of economics begun in the Englightenment, and believed to be first fully forumulated by Adam Smith. ... Libertarianism is a political philosophy[1] advocating that individuals should be free to do whatever they wish with their person or property, as long as they do not infringe on the same liberty of others. ... For the school of international relations, see Neoliberalism (international relations). ... According to ordoliberalism, the state must create a proper legal environment for the economy and maintain a healthy level of competition through measures that adhere to market principles. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The term Radical (latin radix meaning root) has been used since the late 18th century as a label in political science for those favoring or trying to produce thoroughgoing political reforms which can include changes to the social order to a greater or lesser extent. ... Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ... American liberalism is a broad philosophy favoring liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, or from the existing class structure. ... In the entry Liberalism one can find a comprehensive discussion on liberalism. ... Liberalism has been a strong force in Canadian politics since the late 18th Century. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... Political freedom is the right, or the capacity, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. ... For the direction right, see left and right or starboard. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... An open society is a concept originally developed by philosopher Henri Bergson. ... The philosophical concept of negative liberty refers to an individuals liberty from being subjected to the authority of others. ... Positive liberty is an idea that was first expressed and analyzed as a separate conception of liberty by John Stuart Mill but most notably described by Isaiah Berlin. ... The Statue of Liberty is a very popular icon of liberty. ... Individualism is a moral, political, and social philosophy, which emphasizes individual liberty, the primary importance of the individual, and the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence. It assumes that a person can be socially and culturally free of upbringing: deep-structure language(s), family(s) of origin, and both... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... A mixed economy is an economy that contains both private and public, or state owned (or controlled) enterprises. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ... The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ... ALDE logo The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour lEurope) is a Group in the European Parliament. ... The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is a regional organization of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. ... The Africa Liberal Network is composed of 16 parties in Africa, from 14 different countries, and is an associated organisation of Liberal International, the political family to which Liberal Democratic parties belong. ... The Liberal Network for Latin America (Red Liberal de América Latina, RELIAL) is an international network founded in 2003 with the official launch taking place in Costa Rica November 2004. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major worldwide political ideology, its development, and its many modern-day variations. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ...

Introduction

In the United Kingdom, the word "liberalism" can have any of several meanings. Scholars still use the term to refer to classical liberalism; the term also can mean economic liberalism or neoliberalism; it can simply refer to the politics of the Liberal Democrat party; it can occasionally have the imported US meaning, including the derogatory usage by conservatives. However, the derogatory connotation is much weaker in the UK than in the US, and social liberals from both the left and right wing continue to use "liberal" and "illiberal" to describe themselves and their opponents, respectively. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Historically, the term referred to the broad left-wing political alliance of the nineteenth century, formed by Whigs, Peelites, and radicals. This alliance, which developed into the Liberal Party, dominated politics for much of the reign of Queen Victoria and during the years before World War I. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ... The Peelites were a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party, and existed from 1846 to 1859. ... See radical for other uses of the term In mathematics, the n-th root or radical of the non-negative real number a, written as , is the unique non-negative real number b such that bn=a. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from January 1, 1877, until her death in 1901. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Military dead: 4 million The First World War, also known as The Great War, The War to End All Wars, and World War I (abbreviated WWI) was...

British liberalism is now organized mainly in the left of centre Liberal Democrats (member LI, ELDR). The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (member LI, ELDR) is their counterpart in Northern Ireland. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party aisbl (founded 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party aisbl (founded 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ...

Some members of the Conservative Party, most notably former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher regard that party as the closest major party to classical liberalism, because of its commitment to low taxation and economic deregulation. However, the Conservatives do not regard themselves as a liberal party. This may change with the election of David Cameron as leader - Cameron has set up a website[1] designed to appeal to Liberal Democrat members and making heavy use of traditionally liberal rhetoric. The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. ...

Evolution of organised liberalism

Emerging primarily from the Whigs of the nineteenth century, the Liberal Party was a major force in pre-World War I politics. Their main political rivals was the Conservative (Tory) Party. While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Military dead: 4 million The First World War, also known as The Great War, The War to End All Wars, and World War I (abbreviated WWI) was... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ...

After the War, their influence was undermined by the rise of socialism in the form of Labour Party, who displaced the Liberals to become the party of progressive and reformist tendencies. Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Reformism (also called revisionism or revisionist theory) is the belief that gradual changes in a society can ultimately change its fundamental structures. ...

The doctrine of the party evolved a lot throughout history, matching concerns of the day. For historical details, see the article about Whiggism. While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ...

In the latter half of the 20th century, the party merged with the Social Democratic Party to become the Liberal Democrats. As a result, some commentators say that the party has, at least on a national level, moved left into social democracy. (Though members often claim that the right-left spectrum is inadequate in a post-Cold War and post-ideological Britain.) The Liberal Democrats are a main member of the European Liberal Democratic and Reform Party and the Liberal International. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a political party of the United Kingdom that existed nationwide between 1981 and 1988. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Cold War (Russian: Холодная война Kholodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. ... The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party aisbl (founded 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ... The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ...

Specifically Liberal policies that remain important to the party include support for free trade (albeit with heavy regulation) and strong civil liberties.

Notable Liberal Prime Ministers include: In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ...

• William Ewart Gladstone
• Herbert Henry Asquith
• David Lloyd George

William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809–19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). ... The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852–15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the last member of the Liberal Party to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

The timeline

Great Britain

Levellers

• 1647: The proto-liberal Levellers are formed
• 1653: The Levellers disappeared

The Levellers were a mid 17th century English political party, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. ...

From Whigs to Liberal Democrats

• 1681: The Whigs constituted themselves
• 1859: The Whigs merged with the ⇒ Peelites and ⇒ Radicals into the Liberal Party
• 1886: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Unionist Party
• 1918: The party fell apart into the Coalition Liberals and the ⇒ Independent Liberals (1918)
• 1922: The Coalition Liberals renamed themselves in National Liberals
• 1923: The National Liberals and the ⇒ Independent Liberals rejoined into the Liberal Party
• 1931: A faction formed the ⇒ Liberal National Party; Another faction centred on Lloyd George and his family became ⇒ Independent Liberals (1931)
• 1935: Lloyd George's Independent Liberals rejoined with the rest of the Liberal Party
• 1988: The Liberal Party merged with Social Democratic Party into present-day Liberal Democrats, the new ⇒ Liberal Party seceded
• 2002: A splinter group of the Conservative Party, Pro-Euro Conservative Party merges into Liberal Democrats.

While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a political party of the United Kingdom that existed nationwide between 1981 and 1988. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The Pro-Euro Conservative Party was set up by John Stevens, a deselected Member of the European Parliament, who believed that the UK Conservative Party was too Eurosceptic. ...

Radicals

• 1830s: The Radicals became active and allied themselves with the ⇒ Whigs
• 1859: The Radicals merged into the new ⇒ Liberal Party

The Radicals were a political grouping in Britain in the early to mid 19th century. ...

Peelites

• 1840s: The Peelites seceded from the Tories
• 1859: The Peelites merged into the new ⇒ Liberal Party

The Peelites (or Liberal Conservatives as they were also occasionally known) are those MPs and Peers who remained loyal to British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel following the break up of the British Conservative Party on the issue of abolishing the Corn Laws in 1846. ... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ...

Liberal Unionist Party

• 1886: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal Unionist Party
• 1912: The LUP merged into the present-day Conservative Party

The Liberal Unionists were a British political party which split away from the Liberals in 1886, and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the turn of the century, the formal merger being completed in 1912. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ...

Independent Liberals (1918)

Independent Liberals 1

• 1918: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Independent Liberals
• 1923: The Independent Liberals rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

Liberal National Party / National Liberal Party

• 1931: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal National Party
• 1947: The LNP is renamed National Liberal Party and formally merges with the Conservative Party; however some MPs and candidates continue to use the National Liberal label (and variants thereof) for the next twenty years
• 1966: The last self-identified National Liberals end the use of the title and disappear into the Conservative Party

National Liberal Party was a name used by two groups of politicians, who had formerly been associated with the Liberal Party. ... National Liberal Party was a name used by two groups of politicians, who had formerly been associated with the Liberal Party. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ... The Conservative Party is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting MPs, and the largest by of public membership. ...

Independent Liberals (1931)

• 1931: A faction formed the ⇒ Liberal National Party; Another faction centred on Lloyd George and his family became Independent Liberals
• 1935: Lloyd George's Independent Liberals rejoined with the rest of the Liberal Party

The Independent Liberal Party was a small group led by the former party leader, David Lloyd George, who refused to work with either those Liberals who entered the National Government, or the offical Liberal Party, which sat in Opposition. ...

Liberal Party

• 1988: A faction of the old ⇒ Liberal party formed the new Liberal Party

The Liberal Party is a minor United Kingdom political party. ...

Northern Ireland

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

• 1969: The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is formed
• 1982: The Liberal Party fields its last candidate in a Northern Ireland election and subsequently endorses Alliance candidates instead.

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

Liberal leaders

• Whigs: Charles James Fox - Charles Earl Grey
• The Liberal Party: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - William Ewart Gladstone - Lord Rosebery- Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Herbert Henry Asquith - David Lloyd George - Herbert Samuel - Archibald Sinclair - Clement Davies - Jo Grimond - Jeremy Thorpe
• Liberal Democrats: David Steel - Paddy Ashdown - Charles Kennedy - Menzies Campbell

Charles James Fox Statue of Charles James Fox in Bloomsbury Square, erected 1816. ... The Right Honourable Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764–17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. ... The Right Honourable Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid 19th century. ... The Right Honourable John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August 18, 1792 – May 28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ... William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809–19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). ... Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (May 7, 1847 - May 21, 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. ... Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from February 5, 1906 until resigning due to ill health on April 3, 1908. ... The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852–15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the last member of the Liberal Party to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870-1963) was a British politician and diplomat. ... Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (then Sir Archibald Sinclair) (October 22, 1890-June 15, 1970) was leader of the UK Liberal Party from 1935 until 1945. ... Clement Edward Davies (February 19, 1884–March 23, 1962) was a UK politician and leader of the Liberal Party between 1945 and 1956. ... Joseph Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond (July 29, 1913 - October 24, 1993) was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly in 1976. ... The Right Honourable John Jeremy Thorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. ... David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood KT PC KBE (born March 31, 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. ... The Right Honourable Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC, (born 27 February 1941), invariably known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 until 1999. ... Rt. ... The Rt Hon. ...

Liberal thinkers

In the Contributions to liberal theory the following British thinkers are included: This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...

• Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
• John Locke (1632-1704)
• John Trenchard (1662-1723)
• Thomas Gordon (169?-1750
• David Hume (1711-1776)
• Richard Price (1723-1791)
• Adam Smith (1723-1790)
• Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
• Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
• Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
• James Mill (1773-1836)
• John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
• Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
• Thomas Hill Green (1836-1882)
• Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1864-1929)
• William Beveridge (1879-1973)
• John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
• Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992)
• Karl Raimund Popper (1902-1994)
• John Hicks (1904-1989)
• Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997)
• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929- )

Hobbes redirects here. ... John Locke (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704) was an influential English philosopher. ... John Trenchard is the name of several people. ... Thomas Gordon , English writer and Commonwealthman. ... David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776)[1] was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian who is one of the most important figures of Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... Richard Price (February 23, 1723 – April 19, 1791), was a Welsh moral and political philosopher. ... Adam Smith, FRSE, (baptised June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. ... Joseph Priestley is often credited for the discovery of oxygen. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, deist and idealist. ... Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ) (February 15, 1748 – June 6, 1832) was an English gentleman, jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. ... James Mill James Mill (April 6, 1773 - June 23, 1836), Scottish historian, economist and philosopher, was born at Northwater Bridge, in the parish of Logie-Pert, Angus, Scotland, the son of James Mill, a shoemaker. ... John Stuart Mill (May 20, 1806 – May 8, 1873), an English philosopher and political economist, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. ... Herbert Spencer. ... Thomas Hill Green (April 7, 1836 - March 26, 1882) was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. ... Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (September 8, 1864 - June 21, 1929) was a British liberal politician, one of the theorists of modern liberalism. ... William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal (March 5, 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and social reformer. ... John Maynard Keynes (right) and Harry Dexter White at the Bretton Woods Conference John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced canes, IPA ) (June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well... Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek (May 8, 1899 in Vienna – March 23, 1992 in Freiburg) was an Austrian economist and political philosopher, noted for his defense of liberal democracy and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought in the mid-20th century. ... Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH, KT, MA, Ph. ... Sir John Richard Hicks (April 8, 1904 – May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. ... Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM, (June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997) was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. ... Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf (born May 1, 1929) is a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and politician. ...

See also

• History of the United Kingdom
• Politics of the United Kingdom
• List of political parties in the United Kingdom
• History of socialism in Great Britain

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The politics of the United Kingdom are based upon a unitary state and a constitutional monarchy. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The History of socialism in Great Britain is generally thought to stretch back to the 19th century. ...

External links

• Liberal Democrat History Group