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Pressure Groups and Political Parties
Analysing Pressure Groups - Click Here
Democracy and Pressure Groups - Click Here
Factors affecting the Power of Pressure Groups - Click Here
Theories of Power - Essay - Click Here
For House of Commons Library data on Membership of UK Political Parties [September 2018] - Click Here
Pressure Politics [Article by Wyn Grant] - Click Here
Functions of Political Parties - Click Here
Series of lectures on British Political Parties [Gresham College Lectures by Professor Vernon Bogdanor:] - Click Here February 2018
Political Parties: Who joins them these days? - Click Here
Membership of UK Political Parties [Parliament Research Briefing] - Click Here
For page of links on the funding of British Political Parties February 2019
Useful essay on the Post-War Consensus - Click Here
Overview of British Party Politics 1960s -2017 [Radio4 Archive on 4] - Click Here June 2017
What does conservatism stand for ?[Recent Guardian article by Ed Rooksby] - Click Here
For MPs’ Expenses : The Legacy of a Scandal [ Prof. Matthew Flinders for BBC Radio 4 - Click Here
Are Party Conferences a Waste of Time? Video Debate [40 minutes] with Polly Toynbee and Tim Montgomerie at a Policy Review Function September 2012 - Click Here
For Guardian Report of the above debate - Click Here
Liberalism and the Liberal Democrats - Click Here
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition [External links only] - Click Here
Nick Clegg: The Liberal who came to Power [2 Part Radio 4 series by Steve Richards] - Click Here
Lord Paddy Ashdown Obituary [From The Guardian] - Click Here
The Conservatives in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
The Liberal Democrats in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
The Labour Party in 2011 [From the BBC] - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Conservative party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Labour party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC reviews of the year for Liberal Democrat party October 2nd 2013 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of 2014 Click Here
The Independent Group- Change UK and Further developments - Click Here June 14th 2019
The Coalition: Lessons Learned ? - Click Here
For “A Zombie Party; The Deepening Crisis of Conservatism” by Andy Beckett - Click Here
BBC Political Review of the Year 2015 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of the Year 2016 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of 2017 - Click Here
BBC Political Review of 2018 - Click Here December 2018
The Labour Party Leadership Election September 2015 - Click Here
The Labour Party Leadership Election 2016 - Click Here
Intra- Labour Party disputes July 2017 - Click Here
What will Tony Blair be remembered for? [2007] - Click Here
Tony Blair’s Legacy 20 Years on - Click Here
The Liberal Democrats in September 2017 [Andrew Rawnsley] - Click Here
Labour and Party Conference September 2017 - Click Here
Labour and Single Market September 2017 - Click Here
Party Conferences September-October 2017 - Click Here
For Going the way of the dodo? The decline of Britain’s main parties [BBC Radio 4 podcast : 28 minutes] - Click Here
For Tales from the Lobby [Radio 4 series by Michael Crick] - Click Here
Page of Links on Conservative Party Leadership Election - Click Here
[Gresham College Lectures by Professor Vernon Bogdanor:]; February 2018
For The Conservative Party - Click Here
For The Labour Party - Click Here
For The Liberals and The Liberal Democrats - Click Here
Keir Starmer and the Leadership of the Labour Party : Links - Click Here December 2022