''Liberator'' is a radical liberal

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magazine associated with but not officially connected to the Liberal Democrats. Founded in 1970 as the magazine of the then Young Liberals, it has often published articles critical of the party leadership, in particular over the

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's debacle over

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in 1986, the merger of the Liberal Party and

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and the

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project. Previous editors include

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in 1973–75, later a Labour MP. Since 1982, the magazine has been edited by an editorial collective, whose former members include

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, now a Liberal Democrat peer. The magazine merged with ''Radical Bulletin'', mostly topical and distinctly off-message news, in 1983. Regular features include a column by the fictional peer Lord Bonkers who "was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910. Since 1990 his diaries have appeared in ''Liberator'' magazine, giving a unique perspective on British politics. Lord Bonkers' Diary is dictated to Jonathan Calder". A history of the magazine was published in the 300th issue in December 2004. - refer to pages 10–11 in particular

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External links

Liberator
official website
Thirty years of Liberator (A Newspaper of the Young Liberal Movement) by John Smithson: Journal of Liberal History, Issue 30, Spring 2001
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