The gay ex-MP who vanished 105 years ago Tuesday, 22 April, 2025 No one knows why or how Victor Grayson, briefly an extreme left-wing MP, disappeared without trace in 1920. The unsolved mystery has now been turned into a novel. Alistair Lexden reviewed it in Parliament’s magazine The House on 22 April. Green Ink By Stephen May Published by Swift Press Victor Grayson, who is the subject of this book, was the Lord Lucan of his day, though he possessed an... Articles
"You will be held to account," Lord Lexden tells Labour 2nd April 2025 After inflicting two heavy defeats on the Government, on 1 April the House of Lords reluctantly gave way to the large Labour majority in the Commons, and ended... Speeches
Supermac's triumph 31st March 2025 In a letter published in the April edition of The Critic magazine, Alistair Lexden corrected an article in the previous month’s edition which had misdated an... Articles
"The bishop and the rats": Tories and Lords reform in 1910-11 24th March 2025 The following article, written against the background of the latest dispute over the composition of the Lords, was published in Parliament’s magazine The House... Articles
How the Conservatives Nearly Lost Their Name in 1912 24th March 2025 On 9 May 1912, large numbers of Conservatives descended on the Queen’s Hall in London, best-known at that time as the home of Sir Henry Wood’s Promenade... Articles
Labour "cruel" to small independent schools 14th March 2025 In the Lords on 13 March, Alistair Lexden once more condemned Labour’s imposition of VAT on independent school fees.He spoke as President of the Independent... Speeches
Anthony Eden's blissful second marriage 10th March 2025 After a colourful early life, Clarissa Eden became the beloved wife of one of our most tragic prime ministers, looking after him devotedly during his long years... Articles
Independent school / Private school amendment - What's in a name? 27th February 2025 On 27 February, during the Lords Committee stage of a Bill which increases the tax burden on many independent schools by making those with charitable status... Speeches
Some great historians and the Conservative Party 24th February 2025 The wide influence ( and the eccentricities) of a long line of historians at Christ Church, Oxford are recalled in a learned and entertaining book which... Articles
How much praise should Airey Neave be given? 22nd February 2025 The Spectator magazine has noted that Kemi Badenoch regards Airey Neave as her hero. Alistair Lexden gave his reaction in a letter published in the magazine on... Articles
