Cameron and the record books 11th May 2015 On May 7 David Cameron returned to Downing Street with more seats and a higher share of the national vote than in 2010. That was a remarkable double achievement... Articles
Towards federalism? 6th May 2015 Support for a new federal constitution for the UK could help cement a Labour/ SNP deal, Alistair Lexden argued in a letter in The Times on May 6 . Articles
Labour and the Lib Dems 6th May 2015 In a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on May 6 (see below), Alistair Lexden drew attention to some key constitutional points that had not featured... Articles
The Tories and the Union 2nd May 2015 There has been much comment during the election campaign about the threat to the Union posed by the SNP. In a letter published in The Spectator on May 2... Articles
A Remarkable Tory Love Story 30th April 2015 There has long been great interest in the relationship between Disraeli and his colourful wife, Mary Anne. Neither of them conformed to the popular image of a... Articles
Reluctant MP in Sam Cam’s family 28th April 2015 David Cameron’s wife, Samantha, has a number of MPs (all Tory) among her forbears. One of them was the subject of a piece in The Times on April 25 which... Articles
The monarch and a hung parliament 92 years ago 27th April 2015 The state of the opinion polls before the general election has prompted much speculation about what might happen if no government can be formed after it... Articles
Michael Forsyth was right. The Conservative Party must reassert its historic Unionism 22nd April 2015 A century ago there were no MPs in the House of Commons who called themselves Conservatives. After the second of two elections in 1910, 272 Unionists confronted... Articles
Alistair Lexden explains the origin of a famous political slogan 20th April 2015 The following letter was published in The Times on April 17 ArticlesRecent News