Liberator is a radical liberalUnited Kingdommagazine associated with but not officially connected to theLiberal Democrats. Founded in 1970 as the magazine of the thenYoung Liberals, it has often published articles critical of the party leadership, in particular over theLiberal Party's debacle overnuclear disarmament in 1986, the merger of the Liberal Party andSocial Democratic Party and theTony Blair-Paddy Ashdown project.
Previous editors includePeter Hain in 1973–75, later aLabour MP. Since 1982, the magazine has been edited by aneditorial collective, whose former members includeLiz Barker, now a Liberal Democrat peer. The magazine merged withRadical 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 inLiberator 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.[1]
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