Labour's schools tax raid sums don't add up Monday, 16 June, 2025 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 16 June in slightly edited form. SIR – At the spending review, Rachel Reeves boasted proudly that she had ended “the tax loophole which exempted private schools from VAT”, a grossly misleading description of the tax exemption that those independent schools which are charities had always enjoyed. She and her party believe they can squeeze... Articles
Margaret Thatcher: Successes and failures 2nd June 2025 A new, short biography of Margaret Thatcher by the well-known writer and broadcaster, Iain Dale, weighs up both her achievements and her mistakes. Alistair... Articles
Churchill's unexpected election disaster: the 1945 Labour landslide 80 years on 2nd June 2025 Alistair Lexden has studied the 1945 general election in some detail from Churchill’s perspective. His conclusions were published in Parliament’s magazine The... Articles
Mrs Badenoch and her critics 28th May 2025 Since the dire local election results at the beginning of May, Kemi Badenoch's leadership has been the subject of quite outspoken criticism within the Party. In... Articles
Did she control the Daily Telegraph? 22nd May 2025 In the years up until the fall of Ted Heath, it was widely believed that what appeared in The Daily Telegraph was decided by the scheming wife of the editor-in... Articles
Pets' corner 12th May 2025 Alistair Lexden speaks in the Lords from time to time about issues relating to animal welfare. On 6 and 12 May he supported amendments, moved by Lord Black of... Speeches
What happened in Parliament on VE Day, 80 years ago? 6th May 2025 Alistair Lexden described the scene in the Commons sitting in the Lords chamber in the following article published in Parliament’s magazine The House on 6 May... Articles
Making amends for the injustice suffered by LGBT veterans 1st May 2025 Between 1967 and 2000—a period when homosexual conduct was no longer a crime in civilian life—some 20,000 LGBT people were thrown out of the armed forces... Recent NewsSpeeches
Addressing prize-winning students 29th April 2025 On 29 April, Alistair Lexden presented prizes to 33 students from independent sixth-form colleges belonging to the Council for Independent Education (CIFE), of... Recent News
What should be done about the remaining hereditary peers in the Lords? 26th April 2025 The Government’s Bill to remove the remaining 92 hereditary peers, fulfilling a commitment in Labour’s election manifesto, has come under sustained atack from... Articles
