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Throughout his time in the Lords, Alistair Lexden has tried to do what he can to assist the interests of LGBT people. On 19 July, a report by Lord Etherton, a...

For many months Alistair Lexden asked repeatedly about the long delay in starting proceedings in Cleveland at which the discredited former chief constable Mike...

The well-known satirical magazine Private Eye, published fortnightly, includes a good deal of serious political comment. An article in its issue of 2-15 June...

A recent letter in The Times suggested that, since the King seems to have little interest in Buckingham Palace, Parliament should move into it temporarily while...

Nigel Lawson, widely regarded as Britain’s finest post-war Chancellor, died in early April. Alistair Lexden, Conservative Party historian, recalls how he first...

In Horace Farquhar: A Bad Man Befriended by Kings, published on 8 March, Alistair Lexden uncovers the misdeeds of a scandalous figure, now largely forgotten...

Grateful tribute is due to Harry Shindler OBE, who died in Italy at the age of 101 on 21 February. He remained actively involved in public affairs until the...

It was reported recently that the Countess of Swinton had won a seat on her local council in North Yorkshire as a Lib Dem. Alistair Lexden, Conservative Party...

That is the question that Alistair Lexden and cross-party colleagues in the Lords will be considering between now and November as members of a special education...