Factions
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The queen and the chemist’s son: Matthew Wood MP and the radical defence of Queen Caroline
A hop merchant and former Lord Mayor, Wood brought Caroline out of exile in June 1820 and housed her at…
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Friends reunited? The end of the Whig Schism
In the summer of 1720 a schism that had divided the Whig Party into competing factions was finally healed. Dr…
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Exiting the English Republic part 2: the end of the Long Parliament
In the second half of her series on exiting the English Republic (part one available here) Dr Vivienne Larminie, Assistant…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Edmund Burke and the Rockingham Whigs
Ahead of this evening’s IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, Dr Max Skjönsberg from the University of Liverpool revisits his…
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Exiting the English Republic, part 1: political flux in early 1660
Continuing the series on the turmoil of 1659-1660, which saw a retreat from radicalism and political experiment, Dr Vivienne Larminie,…
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Parliaments, Politics and People: Patriotic Labour 1918
In the last session of our IHR seminar, Parliaments, Politics and People, we enjoyed a paper from Professor Emeritus of…
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St David’s Day: ?The First Welsh Republican
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for another blog from our resident Welshman and History…
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Peace at Last?
Earlier this autumn saw the 80th anniversary of the Munich agreement, marked by a ‘Peace for our Time’ blog from…
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The General Election of 1818
Today’s blog from Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section, Dr Philip Salmon details the significance of the contentious and rather…
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Labour Unrest: Ramsay MacDonald and the Labour party, 1931
Our series this summer has taken a look at historical cases of division within political parties. In our last post…
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David Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith: Liberals at war
Inspired by the political upheaval in many of our political parties after the Brexit vote, we’ve been looking this summer…
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Party splits and political change in the 19th century
This summer, following the internal wrangling that occurred in most parties following the Brexit referendum, we’ve been taking a look…