Duncan Brack is the editor of the Journal of Liberal History, and has co-edited and contributed to all the Liberal Democrat History Group's previous books. He has been director of policy for the Liberal Democrats, chair of the party's conference committee, and special advisor to Chris Huhne, when he was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

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