UK Politics (2) Liberal Democrats Flashcards
Classical liberals believed that…
Individual freedom was best achieved with the state playing a minimal role
Modern liberals believe…
Because of free market capitalism freedom can no longer be defined as being left alone
The core values of liberalism are?
Liberty
Freedom
Socially left wing
Economically right wing
Justice and equality
The father of liberalism who thought governments should be limited was?
John Locke
Economist who wrote ‘The Wealth of Nations’?
Adam Smith
The Liberal Party was founded in this year
1877
The decade in which the influence of the party began to decline…
1920’s
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was founded in which year?
1981
The four Labour rebels who founded the SDP were?
Bill Rodgers
Shirley Williams
Roy Jenkins
David Owen
How many MPs eventually joined the party?
28 Labour
1 Conservative
The Liberal/SDP pact was agreed before which general election?
1983
How well did they do in the 1983 election?
Poorly - winning fewer than 30 seats.
After which general election did both parties decide to merge?
1987
The current leader of The Libdems is?
Sir Ed Davey