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	Encyclopedia article: Liberal Unionist Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The reason for the split in the Liberals was the conversion of Gladstone (Liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)) to the cause of Irish (The Celtic language of Ireland) Home Rule (Self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government).
		The leading Liberal Unionists were invited to join the Conservative Lord Salisbury (additional info and facts about Lord Salisbury) 's government, but most initially sat on the back benches, leaving the way open for the reunion of the Liberal Party.
		The resulting government was generally referred to as "Unionist (A worker who belongs to a trade union) ", and the distinction between Conservatives and Liberal Unionists began to dissolve.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/liberal_unionist_party.htm (474 words)

	Encyclopedia: Liberal Unionist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Unionist ", and the distinction between Conservatives and Liberal Unionists began to dissolve.
		{{liberal 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 leading Liberal Unionists were invited to join the Conservative Lord Salisbury 's government, but most initially sat on the back benches, leaving the way open for the reunion of the Liberal Party.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liberal_Unionist (235 words)

	Westminster Elections in the future Northern Ireland, 1885-1910
		The Liberal MP for Tyrone North was appointed a judge in 1907, and the Liberal candidate defeated the Unionist in the ensuing byelection by a mere 7 votes.
		The Liberal MP for Tyrone North was appointed a judge in 1911, and T.W. Russell won the by-election as a Liberal candidate, defeating the Unionist by 18 votes.
		The Unionist MP for Antrim North was appointed a judge in 1917, and nobody opposed the Unionist candidate for the vacancy.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/h1885.htm (3588 words)

	J. CHAMBERLAIN - LoveToKnow Article on J. CHAMBERLAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Liberal strength generally was, however, reduced to 335 members, though the Radical section held their own; and the Irish vote became necessary to Mr Gladstone if he was to command a majority.
		The influence of Liberal Unionist views upon the domestic legislation of the government was steadily bringing about a more complete union in the Unionist party, and destroying the old lines of political cleavage.
		In CHAMBERLAIN, J. that year, on the defeat of Lord Rosebery, the union of the Unionists was sealed by the inclusion of the Liberal Unionist leaders in Lord Salisbury's ministry; and Mr Chamberlain became secretary of state for the colonies.
	84.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHAMBERLAIN_J_.htm (5293 words)

	Conservative Party (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The formal name is a vestige the 1912 merger with the Liberal Unionist Party and an echo of the party's (1886-1921) of the union of Great Britain Ireland and subsequent insistence on British sovereignty Northern Ireland in opposition to Irish nationalist and aspirations.
		It wasn't until the split in Liberal Party over Irish home rule in 1886 that the Conservatives were able to truly secure majorities through the defection of Liberal Unionists.
		Liberal mismanagement the early phases World War I led the return of the Unionists to power first in coalition with Asquith's Liberals and with the split and then the collapse the Liberals the Unionists under Andrew Bonar Law were able to become the dominant in Lloyd George's coalition government.
	www.freeglossary.com /Conservative_Party_(UK) (2658 words)

	The Importance of Being Earnest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In a speech in July 1894 the Duke of Devonshire, chairing a meeting of the Liberal Unionist Association, reminded his associates that "every elector who voted for a Gladstonian candidate necessarily, and by the admission of the Gladstonian party itself, voted for Home Rule.
		It was, indeed, on account of the sense which many Liberals entertained of the dangers of Home Rule, and of the dislike with which a separatist policy was received by a great portion of the community, that the Liberal Unionist party came into existence" ("Liberal Unionist Association" [1894]).
		Guttsman's study of economic interests represented in the House of Commons in the period 1868-1910 indicates that Liberal Unionists are counted among the Conservatives in 1886-1910.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~a0fs000/earnest5c.html (342 words)

	Liberal
		In the United States, liberal is sometimes used as an antonym for Conservative or a synonym for left-wing.
		In other countries, liberal may have quite an opposite meaning: for instance, in France a liberal is a right-wing or libertarian proponent of free markets.
		For example, Australia's Liberal Party is generally characterized as following a conservative ideology, rather than a liberal one; the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan is also considered a right-wing party despite its name.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/liberal_1.html (282 words)

	Unionist Party (Canada) bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by MPss who supported the Union government formed by Sir Robert Borden during World War I.
		Borden attempted to continue the Unionist Party after the war and when Arthur Meighen succeeded him in 1920, he renamed it the National Liberal and Conservative Party in hopes of making the coalition permanent.
		During World War II, the Conservatives, now in opposition, attempted to oppose the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King in the 1940 Canadian election by proposing a national government along the lines of the previous war's Unionist government.
	www.elexi.de /en/u/un/unionist_party__canada_.html (734 words)

	Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Grand Orange Lodge
		and Captain Craig M.P. The Ulster Unionist Council was constituted formally at a meeting in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on March 3, 1905 under the chairmanship of Colonel James McCalmont, M.P. for East Antrim and a Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
		Unionist clubs, formed in 1893 by Viscount Templeton, Castle Upton, Templepatrick, spread with great rapidity across Ulster and were in existence even in the southern Irish counties and on the British mainland.
		After 1921, Unionist leaders felt it desirable to demonstrate the unity of all the Protestant people in supporting the link with Britain, and the composition of the Council changed again, and by 1925 it had a membership of 508.
	www.grandorange.org.uk /history/Orange_Institution_Ulster_Unionist_Council.html (1383 words)

	Wikinfo \| Liberal
		Generally speaking - and with the exception of the phrase liberal arts, where it means "studies that are liberating to the mind" - the liberal is that which departs from the traditional in some way, whereas the conservative is that which holds to it.
		Additionally, it is used in theology to refer to a belief system which departs from the traditional views of the religion in which it is found.
		Liberal can also mean a good (large) amount of something, such as "Spread a liberal amount of woodchips on the garden." See these articles:
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Liberal (203 words)

	Liberal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Liberal is also the name of two towns in the United States : Liberal, Kansas and Liberal, Missouri.
		In religion and politics, to be liberal is to be tolerant or open-minded, to favour freedom overcontrol.
		In most other countries, liberal may have quite anopposite meaning: for instance, in France a liberal is a right-wing or libertarian proponent of free markets.
	www.therfcc.org /liberal-3733.html (210 words)

	Party Politics
		The Liberal Democrats ("Lib Dems") are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom.
		Economically, it is not a party founded on economic class interest, nor on explicit economic liberal doctrine (unlike some "Liberal Parties" in other countries); instead the party has historically combined a strong commitment to social justice, social provision and the welfare state with a strong belief in economic freedom and competitive markets wherever possible.
		The Liberal Democrats' opponents describe them as being all things to all people, having so many policies that they would find it impossible to implement them consistently were they to find themselves in Government; while supporters say that this reflects a misunderstanding of the federal and decentralised nature of the party.
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	Liberal Democrat History Group: Thesiswatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		M.W. Hart, 'The decline of the Liberal Party in parliament and in the constituencies, 1914-1931', (Oxford D.Phil., 1982).
		Catriona Levy, 'Conservatism and Liberal Unionism in Glasgow, 1874-1912', (Dundee Ph.D., 1983).
		Brent, 'The emergence of Liberal Anglican politics: the whigs and the Church, 1830-41', (Oxford D.Phil., 1985).
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~dbrack/ldhg/theses.html (1835 words)

	Churchill as Liberal - The Churchill Centre
		Churchill warms to the task, carrying his Liberal colours, and in June 1905, at the Cobden Club, held within the auspices of the Midland Club in Manchester (the home of Free Trade) he launches a scathing attack on his former Conservative colleagues.
		This sudden reversal in Liberal policy turned out to be a key to the fall of Lloyd George and the Liberal Party.
		One of the most fascinating insights into Churchill's attraction to the Liberal Party was his lifelong helpmate, companion and wife, Clementine Churchill, born and bred a Scottish Liberal.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=707 (2140 words)

	MEATH PEACE GROUP TALKS
		Unionists working on this priority tend to assume that the entitlements due to the “minority” are entirely non-political in kind and involve no tinkering whatsoever with the Union.
		My argument is for Unionists to recognise that they are shaped by Irish factors which they often find hard to acknowledge and for nationalists to acknowledge that they are being shaped by British factors, that it runs against the grain for them to acknowledge.
		He would defend unionists’ right to be unionist, but he is aware of areas where people believe they are governed without the consent of the governed.
	www.geocities.com /meathgroup/Talk25.htm (8080 words)

	History & Policy - Policy Papers
		Unionists also shared a wider faith in the British Empire as the most effective vehicle of political and economic progress across the world.
		The strongest argument against this is the rediscovery of a Unionist past which cannot be reduced to confessional, reactionary politics or simplistic and increasingly obsolete notions of 'siege mentality'.
		The valuable contributions of both Unionist and Nationalist MPs to the Parliamentary debate over the Iraq question demonstrates that involvement in a political world that operates outside the barriers of the Irish question is still a highly valued facet of the British connection.
	www.historyandpolicy.org /archive/policy-paper-15.html (3287 words)

	Eri24
		It was evident in the hearings held in the highlands, where the bulk of the adherents of the Unionist Party are found, that the organization of those present was semi-military.
		It was apparent that the Unionist cause enjoyed the favour of the Administrating authority in that region.
		At nearly all the gatherings of the Unionist Party a large number of priests were seen with church emblems and it was obvious that the clergy was using its influence over the laity.
	eri24.com /Article_384.htm (6576 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irelandclick.com article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In time the Young Unionists became like the old Unionists and vied with the young DUP to be like their founding fathers until nowadays the liberal element seems to have disappeared from young unionist ranks.
		At the moment more unionists are understanding what they were told in the nineteen sixties, that if Ireland's northeast is to remain under London control they need the consent and co-operation of a lot of Catholics.
		The unionists have their choice, either to take part in the often painful job of creating a real democracy here free of London control, or continue their disruption of the efforts of those who are prepared to work at it for everybody's sake.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/Irelandclick/arts2002/dwils6-6-02.html (705 words)

	The Conservative Party (UK) : UK Conservative party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However it must be noted that while Labour lost a third of their support to the SDP and that no major group has defected from the Conservatives.
		Whether or not the U.K has a two party system is debatable, certainly the gap between the Liberal Democrats and the Tories, tends now to be smaller than between Labour and the Tories.
		Also half the Shadow Cabinet's seats are under threat from the Liberal Democrats who are growing at a rapid rate in former Tory strongholds in the South West and South East.
	www.termsdefined.net /uk/uk-conservative-party.html (1185 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		His purpose was to convince the electorate that a Liberal victory would mean the defeat of British arms in South Africa.
		His theme became, "A vote for the Liberals is a vote for the Boers!" This charge was shouted from platforms, proclaimed by billboards and placards.
		One Liberal M.P. attacked in this fashion had lost two sons in the war and was actually visiting their graves in South Africa when the election was held.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/weeklystandard/1243805.html?view=print (544 words)

	Ampersand - The Churchill Centre
		Initially allied to the Liberal Party in an electoral pact (1903), it moved out of the Liberal alliance during the First World War and in the 1920s replaced the Liberals as the principal party of the Left in Britain.
		The Liberal Party was split and deeply damaged by issues arising from the First World War: though Lloyd George survived as Liberal Prime Minister until 1922, he did so only with Conservative support.
		As a result of this, Neville Chamberlain, a Birmingham MP who had begun life as a Liberal Unionist, was Churchill's predecessor as Leader of the Conservative Party (1937-40), but was never actually elected to Parliament as a "Conservative," and hated the word as a party label.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=145 (1086 words)

	REPUBLICANS for '08: A Better SLOGAN
		iii, As you are a gentleman, be liberal.
		Liberal Christian: in the U.S. chiefly applied to the Unitarians and Universalists; in England somewhat more vaguely to those who reject or consider unessential any considerable part of the traditional system of belief; so liberal Christianity, liberal theology.
		Baronet [Peel] to be as liberal as the noble Lord [J. Russell].
	community.middlebury.edu /~harris/illiberal.html (2253 words)

	The Raw Story \| Editorials
		Yet that's the same attitude for which the liberal establishment endlessly ridicules Bush: that he subscribes to a world view that is annoyingly simplistic.
		Tory after all means loyalist; Nader has demonstrated that whatever one may think he is — narrow minded consumerist, zealous gadfly, or uncouth party pooper — one thing he is not is a loyal adherent to the status quo.
		What the status quo-loving liberal establishment is really demanding, but doesn’t posses the temerity to say, is a United States of America that is a first rate power abroad, and a third rate democracy at home.
	www.rawstory.com /exclusives/dempsey/nader.html (845 words)

	Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Spencer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1875 he became Leader of the Liberal opposition, and in 1880, after the fall of Benjamin Disraeli's government, he was invited to form a government, but chose instead to serve under William Ewart Gladstone as Secretary of State for India (1880-1882) and Secretary of State for War (1882-1885).
		In 1886 he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule, and sat as a Liberal Unionist.
		He resigned from the government in 1903, and from the Liberal Unionist Association the following spring, in protest at Joseph Chamberlain's Tariff Reform[?] scheme.
	www.encyclopedian.com /sp/Spencer-Compton-Cavendish.html (244 words)

	[VANITY] Where can I find a list of states with most liberal gun laws
		States with the most liberal gun laws are the ones with the highest crime rates.
		Liberalism in Religion 56, I maintain that Liberal Protestantism, Liberal Christianity, is not anti-dogmatic, is not anti-theological.
		Liberal Unionist: a member of the party formed by those Liberals who refused to support Mr.
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	WATERVLIET - LoveToKnow Article on WATERVLIET
		It was in the realms of railway politics that Watkin showed to best advantage; for the routine work of administration pure and simple he had no aptitude.
		He entered parliament as a Liberal, and after representing Stockport from 1864 to 1868, sat as member for Hythe for twenty-one years from 1874, becoming a Liberal-Unionist at the time of the Home Rule split, and subsequently acting as a free lance.
		In 1868 he received a knighthood, and in 188o he was created a baronet.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WATERVLIET.htm (738 words)

	Chamberlain, Joseph on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Entering Parliament as a Liberal in 1876, Chamberlain advocated radical social reform and served under William Gladstone as president of the Board of Trade (1880-85).
		In 1886, however, he broke with Gladstone, leading the defection from the Liberal party of the Liberal Unionists (those Liberals who opposed Home Rule for Ireland).
		Chamberlain became leader of the Liberal Unionists in the House of Commons in 1891, and in 1895 he joined the Conservative government as colonial secretary.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/chamberlj1os.asp (598 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		Trimble, Unionism's latest liberal reformer, is fighting on two fronts -- against his own internal opponents of the agreement and against the threat from Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, which is the political embodiment of Paisley's history of opposition to reform, proclaiming that it will never negotiate with republicans until the IRA "repents" and disappears forever.
		But the problem is that many unionists are unhappy with the terms that have been reached that have brought the crisis to an end.
		Only with the maturing of the peace process was it possible for liberal unionists to the lead the party again in seeking a settlement with Northern nationalists.
	www.irishecho.com /search/searchstory.cfm?id=13780&issueid=333 (776 words)

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