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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This letter, which was published in The Daily Telegraph on October 10, echoed the widespread criticism of the Government’s decision to give away the Chagos...

Many years ago (Lord) Robert Blake, Disraeli’s greatest biographer, asked if anyone knew how the term ‘One Nation’ had come into existence since he had been...

There are many notable features of the Conservative Party’s history that are worth pondering as the Party sets out to rebuild itself. Alistair Lexden mentioned...