Ex-Tory boosts The Daily Telegraph 3rd July 2015 June 29 marked the 160th anniversary of the first issue of The Telegraph. In a letter published in the paper on July 2, Alistair Lexden explained the part that... ArticlesRecent News
A Firm Stand against the IRA 25th June 2015 25 years ago today the IRA bombed the Carlton Club in St James’s Street, London. Alistair Lexden—official historian of the Club as well as of the Conservative... Recent NewsArticles
Origins of Tories’ right-to-buy policy 22nd June 2015 An article in The Times on June 20 asserted that proposals to give council tenants the right to buy their homes had helped sweep Margaret Thatcher to power in... Articles
The Prime Minister and his Chief of Staff 19th June 2015 In a letter published in The Spectator on 20 June, Alistair Lexden, a former Deputy Director of the Conservative Research Department, recalled the circumstances... Articles
Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson 8th June 2015 On June 4 The Daily Telegraph reported that a Rolls-Royce used by Edward VIII to drive Mrs Simpson in secret was up for sale. In a letter published in The... Articles
Clapping in Parliament 2nd June 2015 The new intake of SNP MPs were ticked off by the Speaker for breaching parliamentary convention by clapping during the debate on the Queen’s Speech at the end... Articles
The Tories and Northern Ireland 29th May 2015 As a strong supporter of the Union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Alistair Lexden believes that the Conservative Party must be directly involved in... Recent NewsArticles
Prince of Wales’s pilgrimage 22nd May 2015 On May 20 the Prince of Wales visited Mullaghmore , Co. Sligo where his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, was murdered by the IRA on 27 August 1979. In a letter... Articles
Growth of the Privy Council 15th May 2015 It is a little known fact that the Privy Council, the Queen’s formal body of advsiers, has increased massively in size during recent years. Research by Alistair... ArticlesRecent News