Archbishop Welby's unprecedented resignation Wednesday, 13 November, 2024 At the end of the 17th century an Archbishop of Canterbury resigned because he was unwilling to swear allegiance to the Dutch King William III and his English wife Queen Mary II. On November 12, Archbishop Welby became the first to do so since then. The circumstances were very different. He departed in response to heavy criticism of his handling of the most serious abuse case in church history... Articles
An historic Budget - for the wrong reason 12th November 2024 Alistair Lexden delivered the following speech in the House of Lords during a debate on the Labour Government’s irresponsible tax-raising first budget on 11... Speeches
The Labour Government and Northern Ireland 8th November 2024 Years ago the Labour Party favoured pushing Northern Ireland out of the UK and into a united Ireland. Things are very different today. Labour stand by Northern... Speeches
Conservatives and Tories 4th November 2024 The following letter was published in The Times on 4 November in a brief reply to a claim that Tory is a “pejorative” name, which should be dropped by... Articles
Labour's attack on children with special needs 29th October 2024 Labour say that they will exempt a small number of children at independent schools with special needs and disabilities (SEND) from their iniquitous VAT levy... Articles
Jenrick's historical errors 21st October 2024 Writing in The Sunday Telegraph on 13 October, Robert Jenrick included three historical points. Two of them were wrong. He said that that the Party “has just... Recent News
VAT on school fees: a bad policy badly implemented 17th October 2024 The Government are making a bad policy even worse by rushing to impose VAT on independent school fees on I January, just two and a half months away, in the... Speeches
No escape from 10 Downing Street 14th October 2024 An article in The Times on 12 October detailed the dissatisfaction felt by many prime ministers with their official residence. Disraeli found it “dingy and... Articles
Starmer banishes Gladstone 13th October 2024 On 13 October, The Sunday Telegraph carried a report of the removal of a portrait of Gladstone from 10 Downing Street. It quoted comments by Alistair Lexden... Articles
Disraeli's sleepy support for trade unions 11th October 2024 An error in a recent article in The New Statesman was corrected by Alistair Lexden in a letter published in the magazine on 11 October. Robert Colls (The... Articles
