Is Parliament in danger of misusing its powers in the Brexit crisis? 24th August 2019 In an article in The Times on August 23, Professor Robert Tombs, historian and well-known ardent Brexiteer, accused opponents of a no deal Brexit in the Commons... Articles
Airey Neave and Ulster 1975-79 14th August 2019 March this year brought the fortieth anniversary of Airey Neave’s murder. It was marked by the publication of a biography by Patrick Bishop, which I reviewed... Articles
The continuing Heath campaign 7th August 2019 On I August (see below )in the aftermath of the conviction of Carl Beech (better known as ‘Nick the fantasist’), Alistair Lexden renewed his call for an... Articles
Immortal Dizzy 6th August 2019 In 1992, Robert Blake, the distinguished historian and biographer, compiled The Sayings of Disraeli, a slim volume containing the famous Tory leader’s timeless... Articles
New press for Heath enquiry 1st August 2019 On 22 July, Carl Beech, who gained notoriety under the pseudonym ‘Nick’, was sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment for fraud and perverting the course of... Articles
A great bishop and a great injustice 31st July 2019 During the last four years, outrage has been expressed in many quarters—ecclesiastical, academic, political and journalistic—about the Church of England’s... Articles
Party and Nation 26th July 2019 “The Conservative Party is the national party or it is nothing”, Disraeli famously declared in 1867. Its duty to represent the interests of the whole nation was... Articles
The second biggest Cabinet purge in British history 26th July 2019 Harold Macmillan’s dismissal of seven members of his Cabinet in 1962 was unprecedented. On July 24, Boris Johnson sacked eleven. Alistair Lexden described what... Articles
The Tory Brexit crisis in historical perspective 16th July 2019 Has the Tory Party ever been in a worse plight than it is today? What were the periods of greatest difficulty that it faced in the past? These and other... Articles