LEADER 04386nam 2200685 450 001 9910456285703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99609-2 010 $a9786611996093 010 $a1-4426-8057-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680579 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001804 035 $a(EBL)3255088 035 $a(OCoLC)923070277 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290486 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215336 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290486 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411291 035 $a(PQKB)11468547 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255088 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672015 035 $a(DE-B1597)479182 035 $a(OCoLC)987941851 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672015 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257701 035 $a(OCoLC)958562684 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001804 100 $a20160914h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe British liberal tradition $efrom Gladstone to young Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George-is Blair their heir? / Lord Roy Jenkins. /$fLord Roy Jenkins 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (76 p.) 225 1 $aSenator Keith Davey Lectures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8454-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tIndex -- $tPreface -- $tIntroductory Remarks -- $tOpening Comment / $rSedra, Adel -- $tIntroduction / $rJackman, H.N.R. -- $tThe Fourth Annual Senator Keith Davey Lecture -- $tThe British Liberal Tradition / $rJenkins, Lord Roy -- $tConcluding Remarks -- $tToast to Lord Jenkins / $rEmerson, H. Garfield -- $tCommentary -- $tBiographical Notes 330 $aIn this wide-ranging lecture, Lord Jenkins tells the story of the rise and fall of the British Liberal party under prime ministers Gladstone, Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George and explores the place of current British Prime Minister Tony Blair in this tradition.Beginning with the Liberal Party's birth in London, 1859, the author addresses the relative success of the Liberal prime ministers in dealing with social issues, such as religion and suffrage, and aspects of government legislation including education, foreign policy, and the military. Lord Jenkins also offers his views on the personalities of these men, recognizing that the character of leaders naturally shapes their leadership. Of William Ewart Gladstone, for example, Lord Jenkins notes that, while he was "not necessarily the greatest prime minister," Gladstone was "certainly the most remarkable specimen of humanity ever to inhabit 10 Downing Street." Gladstone climbed mountains at the age of seventy-five and read twenty thousand books in his lifetime. Herbert Henry Asquith and Winston Churchill were remarkably different in their oratory skills. While Asquith reveled in the pressure of spontaneous, emotional speeches to large crowds, Churchill excelled in a more literary, meticulous approach to his audience, which explains why the latter prime minister was so respected for his performances on radio broadcasts.Lord Jenkins' style, seasoned by the experience of having published over sixteen books on politics and politicians, reflects a keen sense of British history and politics and, more generally, of our fascination with the inner workings of political and personal lives. The British Liberal Tradition, by Lord Roy Jenkins, is the fourth annual Senator Keith Davey Lecture, delivered at Victoria University at the University of Toronto in 2000. 410 0$aSenator Keith Davey lecture series. 606 $aLiberalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 676 $a324.2410609 700 $aJenkins$b Roy$f1920-2003,$0173201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456285703321 996 $aThe British liberal tradition$92486050 997 $aUNINA