HIV action plan 20th October 2021 Immense progress had been made since the late 1980s in treating HIV/AIDS. It has long since ceased to be a death sentence, despite the lack of a vaccine. There... Recent News
Understanding Gladstone 21st May 2021 The intolerant, left-wing Black Lives Matter movement is having a pernicious effect on the way British history is perceived. Much publicity has been given... Recent News
The election of a new Lord Speaker to preside over the Lords 12th April 2021 Votes will start to be cast on 13 April to elect a new Lord Speaker who will take over from Lord Fowler, elected in 2016, before the end of the month. There is... Recent News
Met child abuse scandal unredressed 17th March 2021 On 13 March, the Met was plunged into a fresh crisis when some of its officers overreacted in policing a peaceful vigil on Clapham Common. Their conduct will be... Recent NewsSpeeches
Independent schools and the recovery of the education system 3rd March 2021 Alistair Lexden has been closely involved with independent schools since 1997 when he became General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council, which has... Recent NewsSpeeches
Operation Midland - Questions that must be answered 25th February 2021 Alistair Lexden has been campaigning in the Lords for some years to try to get the full truth about misconduct by Met officers during the utterly disastrous... Recent News
Church and Parliament 23rd February 2021 Since the 1920s, the Church of England has had the power to devise its own laws—known as Measures—but they need Parliamentary approval before they can be... Recent News
Bonar Law's remarkable story told in Lexden film 13th January 2021 Alistair Lexden provided an introduction to his film about Bonar Law (Conservative Party leader, 1911-21 and 1922-23; Prime Minister, 1922-23) in an article... Recent News
Times letters - claiming the record 11th December 2020 The publication of Alistair Lexden’s 300th Times letter on 7 December(see below) led a number of people in the House of Lords and elsewhere to ask whether this... Recent News