You caught me out there, Raggytash! The history of the Liberal Part(ies) is complicated but I had naively assumed they were the same. However WIkipedia informs me: The Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1989 as a continuation of the original Liberal Party (founded in 1859) by former members who opposed its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party holds eleven local council seats. The party promotes a hybrid of both classical and social liberal tendencies.
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