60th anniversary of life peerages 30th April 2018 On 30 April 1958, Harold Macmillan’s Bill to create peers for life became law. Alistair Lexden marked the 60th anniversary of this major constitutional reform... Articles
Neville Chamberlain - the unappreciated merits 13th April 2018 This article stems from a lecture which I gave at the Carlton Club in March. I have for long been deeply interested in the career of Neville Chamberlain, the... Articles
Disraeli's Abyssinian triumph 10th April 2018 On 4 April, a report in The Daily Telegraph referred to a scheme being considered by the Victoria and Albert Museum under which Ethiopia would be allowed to... Articles
A chilly Easter in Lexden 29th March 2018 The Easter Act 1928 provides that Easter Day would always occur between 9 and 15 April, putting an end to the wide fluctuations in the date between late March... Articles
The MPs who died in the First World War 23rd March 2018 Nearly a third of MPs served in the First World War; 22 died. A new book, Led by Lions, summarises the careers of those who gave their lives. A review of this... Articles
Chamberlain and Churchill - a perfect partnership 16th March 2018 Patrick Donner, a Second World War RAF pilot and Tory MP, wrote in his memoirs: “must not the final verdict be that Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill... Articles
Attempted political theft 9th March 2018 On March 7, The Times reported that Henry Bolton, recently ousted as UKIP’s leader, has launched his own political party called One Nation. He said the new... Articles
Did Churchill drink too much? 5th March 2018 Many people have said that he did. In a recent interview, reported in The Daily Telegraph on 2 March, his 97-year-old niece, Lady Avon (widow of Anthony Eden)... Articles
Votes at 16 - and all other rights too? 19th February 2018 According to an article in the London Evening Standard on 15 February, support for lowering the voting age to 16 is growing among Conservative MPs, though the... Articles
