The biggest ever Tory rebellion 18th January 2019 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 18 January. SIR--Tuesday’s rebellion by 118 Tory MPs was not “the biggest on record” (article... Articles
Record Government defeats in Commons and Lords 17th January 2019 Mrs May’s unprecedented 230-vote defeat on 15 January prompted the following letter, published in The Times on 17 January. (One point was unintentionally... Articles
Paddy Ashdown's last book 14th January 2019 Shortly before he died in December, Paddy Ashdown, an accomplished author, published an important and inspiring book on the internal German resistance to Hitler... Articles
Churchill talks to his father's ghost 7th January 2019 One day in 1947, while Churchill was painting at Chartwell, the ghost of his father suddenly appeared. They had a long and fascinating conversation, which... Articles
A federal UK post-Brexit? 7th January 2019 An article in the final issue of The Spectator for last year suggested that Lords reform might become a serious possibility after Brexit. Alistair Lexden takes... Articles
Lord Lexden featured in WR Magazine 3rd January 2019 In September, Lord Lexden delivered an address following the unveiling of a statue of Stanley Baldwin in Bewdley, recalling the character and the achievements... Articles
Too many Privy Counsellors 29th December 2018 On a number of occasions in the last few years, Alistair Lexden has drawn attention to a neglected example of unduly generous prime ministerial patronage. He... Articles
Lessons from the confidence vote in Mrs May 14th December 2018 The main lesson perhaps is that an incumbent leader needs an overwhelming majority in order to silence his or her critics, and bring the Party back under... Articles
New publications on Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin 12th December 2018 Alistair Lexden has just published booklets on the two Conservative leaders who dominated British politics between the two world wars. The first, Stanley... Articles