After the publication of the damning report by the Commons privileges committee on 15 June, it seemed that the parliamentary pass normally available to an ex-MP might be withheld from him. In a letter published in The Times on 17 June, Alistair Lexden suggested a different sanction.
On 6 June, during his evidence in the court case he has brought against the publisher of the Mirror, the Duke of Sussex lashed out at the Government, which he said was at “rock bottom.” It has long been a constitutional convention that members of the royal family do not criticise elected politici
The bisexual poet Byron had many lovers. One of the most scandalous and famous of his liaisons was with Lady Caroline Lamb, wife of the future prime minister, Lord Melbourne. Their turbulent affair dominates Antonia Fraser’s lovely new book, which is also her last.
The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on June 3, after an earlier correspondent had drawn attention to the hugely important role played by this great naval commander in World War 2.
A recent letter in The Times suggested that, since the King seems to have little interest in Buckingham Palace, Parliament should move into it temporarily while the protracted Westminster restoration programme proceeds.
The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 15 May, correcting comments made by a Conservative MP and former minister, who is a critic of the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill, about Winston Churchill’s attitude to a European court and the control of immigration.
