Labour's schools tax raid sums don't add up Monday, 16 June, 2025 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 16 June in slightly edited form. SIR – At the spending review, Rachel Reeves boasted proudly that she had ended “the tax loophole which exempted private schools from VAT”, a grossly misleading description of the tax exemption that those independent schools which are charities had always enjoyed. She and her party believe they can squeeze... Articles
A question of terminology 21st April 2016 On April 21 the Committee stage of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan Bill) took place in the Lords. Alistair Lexden supported an... Speeches
Greater political stability in Northern Ireland 13th April 2016 On 12 April the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill had its Second Reading in the Lords. The Bill contains important provisions... Speeches
Justin Welby's conception at Number 10 11th April 2016 On April 9 the news broke that the Archbishop of Canterbury’s biological father was Anthony Montague Browne, private secretary to Winston Churchill at the end... Articles
Young David and George 9th April 2016 In a letter published in The Spectator on 9 April, Alistair Lexden recalled the first stages of David Cameron’s and George Osborne’s political careers. Articles
Awards for outstanding international students 8th April 2016 Every year the Council for Independent Education (CIFE), of which Alistair Lexden is President, holds an awards ceremony at the House of Lords to recognise... Recent News
A Prince of Wales at war 1st April 2016 A letter written in 1916 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) was quoted in The Daily Telegraph on March 30; it shows his discomfort at being awarded... Articles
The first Tory leadership election (cont.) 1st April 2016 A newly devised system to enable Tory MPs to elect the Party leader was used for the first time in July 1965. A letter published in the New Statesman on March... Articles
Palmerston not Pankhurst 30th March 2016 On March 28 The Times reported that an irate golfer at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire was thinking of resorting to civil disobedience like the suffragettes... Articles
The betrayal of a great bishop by his church 29th March 2016 On two occasions (see posts for 28 January and March 14 below) Alistair Lexden has challenged the Church of England bishops sitting in the House of Lords to... Articles
