Prejudice against British India 11th April 2019 Alistair Lexden’s letter about the Amritsar massacre a hundred years ago this month, published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 April ( see below), drew comments... Articles
Sir Robert Peel and Theresa May 5th April 2019 As the Brexit crisis deepened still further at the start of April , an earlier Tory crisis was recalled in the media—that caused by Peel’s repeal of the Corn... Articles
Centenary of the Amritsar massacre 5th April 2019 On 13 April 1919 British Indian Army troops under the command of Col. Reginald Dyer fired into a crowd that had gathered in a public garden at Amritsar in the... Articles
On the fortieth anniversary of Airey Neave's murder 30th March 2019 The article below was published on the ConservativeHome website on 30 March. In it, Alistair Lexden reviews a new biography, and writes about his own memories... Articles
The worst Prime Minister 28th March 2019 In its editorial on 23 March, The Spectator declared that ‘Lord North is one of the few beneficiaries of the May premiership: he is now no longer the worst... Articles
Airey Neave - Personal and historical elections forty years after his murder 27th March 2019 The following article, published in Parliament’s House Magazine on 25 March, draws on both Alistair Lexden’s personal recollections and on an admirable... Articles
Judging the House of Lords fairly 23rd March 2019 A strong case can be made for replacing the existing unelected House of Lords by an upper chamber with a membership determined by the votes of the people. But... Articles
Why the media fail to portray independent schools accurately 15th March 2019 That was the theme of an article by Alistair Lexden in a special spring schools supplement to The Spectator, published on 16 March. He was General Secretary of... Articles
The worst Government defeats in Parliament 14th March 2019 The Commons vote of 149 against Mrs May’s EU withdrawal agreement on 12 March was described in many parts of the media as the fourth worst government defeat... Articles