United Kingdom - The SDP-Liberal AllianceUnited Kingdom 1981 The SDP-Liberal Alliance was an electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the UK that ran from 1981 to 1988, when the bulk of the two parties merged to form the Social and Liberal Democrats, later refer, popularly known simply as "The Alliance," a formal electoral alliance comprising the Liberal PartyThe Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which wo and the Social Democratic PartyThe Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a United Kingdom political party which existed between 1981 and 1990. It was created in 1981 by a centrist breakaway group from the Labour Party who thought the Labour Party had moved too far to the left to be electab, prior to the merger of the two parties as the Liberal Democrats in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra.
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