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Welcome to The Alliance Archival Project! Hello and welcome to The Alliance Archival Project , a blog dedicated to preserving and sharing the Fun Facts and interesting Bits of information related to the SDP-Liberal Alliance. What was the SDP-Liberal Alliance? The SDP-Liberal Alliance was a political alliance formed in the early 1980s between two distinct political forces in the UK: the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Party . The goal was simple yet ambitious— to create a centrist alternative to the established dominance of the Conservative Party and Labour Party . The origins of the Alliance can be traced back to a split in the Labour Party. A group of moderate Labour MPs, including the charismatic Roy Jenkins, Bill Rodgers, David Owen and Shirley Williams , became disillusioned with the direction the party was taking under Michael Foot’s leadership. This led to the formation of the SDP in 1981. At the same ...
