Too many Privy Councillors 30th October 2017 There is widespread agreement that Britain has too many MPs and too many peers with seats in the Lords. The excessive number of Privy Councillors— people who... Articles
Books and indexes 27th October 2017 Books need proper indexes if the reader is to be able to find his or her way around them. A letter published in The Spectator magazine on 21 October stated:... Articles
Ten days in the Upper House 24th October 2017 The editors of Parliament’s House Magazine, published weekly when Parliament is in session, ask a member of each House to write a diary column about their... Articles
Great letters from The Times 20th October 2017 A book entitled The Times Great Letters has just been published by Times Books. It contains a wide range of letters drawn from the newspaper’s famous daily... Articles
Who invented One Nation Conservatism? 8th October 2017 Disraeli is widely believed to have originated it. Several years ago, however, Alistair Lexden established that he had never used the famous phrase which first... Articles
Capitalism and conservatism 2nd October 2017 Successful Conservative economic policies have always been based on the principles of capitalism. Those principles have not been given much prominence recently... Articles
Chris Patten's Ulster errors 22nd September 2017 Chris Patten’s first job in government was a junior post at the Northern Ireland Office which he held from 1983 to 1985. A year after returning from Hong Kong... Articles
Our future King 18th September 2017 A leading article in The Times on September 16 expressed concern that the Prince of Wales might seek to bring undue influence to bear on ministers when he... Articles
Stephen Ward: Scapegoat in the Profumo scandal? 17th September 2017 On 31 July 1963, Dr Stephen Ward, a well-known osteopath and artist, was convicted on two counts alleging that he lived on the earnings of a prostitute. The two... Articles