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
Labour widens its attack on independent schools 29th January 2025 On 29 January, the Lords debated a Government Bill which will remove the rates relief that independent schools with charitable status have always enjoyed... Recent NewsSpeeches
Failure of a police watchdog 19th December 2024 Operation Midland was one of the most disastrous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Between 2014 and 2016, police officers mercilessly... Recent NewsSpeeches
Tamworth: commemorating the first and most famous election manifesto, 190 years ago 3rd December 2024 On 18 December 1834, Sir Robert Peel, the first leader of the modern Conservative Party, wrote as follows to the electors of his Tamworth constituency in... Recent News
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
Unfinished business: sex abuse allegations against Ted Heath 9th October 2024 This piece of business—so very important for Heath’s reputation at the bar of history—could have been completed years ago if Home Office Ministers in the last... Recent News
The new session of Parliament 22nd July 2024 As is customary, the Lords allocated several days to its debate on the Gracious Speech delivered by the King on 17 July. Alistair Lexden made his contribution... Recent NewsSpeeches
Absent friends must vote 17th June 2024 In a statement on 10 June, David Cameron urged the five million British people living abroad to use the votes, which all of them now have for the first time... Recent News