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Joe Chamberlain, in Churchill’s famous phrase, “made the weather”. By denouncing Gladstone’s Irish Home Rule Bill in 1886 and splitting the Liberal party, he...

We are fortunate to have a Prince of Wales who takes a close and constructive interest in politics (“ Prince tried to influence policy ,say Blair ministers”...

On 28 June Lord Lexden was the guest of honour at parents’ open day at Maple Hayes Hall School, outside Lichfield (to which he was driven from the railway...

A short debate on the Government’s plans was held in the Lords on June 26. Alistair Lexden drew on the experience of independent schools, which are already...

Alistair Lexden wrote this account of the career of an outstanding Ulster politician and lawyer as the basis for an obituary in The Times newspaper. A badly...

Peers and their families were conspicuous throughout the First World War. Nothing, of course, could have been less surprising. For centuries many heads of...

In April the Independent Schools Council published the first ever report showing the contribution that independent schools make to the British economy. At...

On 19 June Alistair Lexden addressed the Spalding Conservative Patrons’ Club at the end of their visit to Churchill’s War Rooms. He pointed out that, although...

The rediscovery of patriotism is indeed crucial for the revival of Toryism which Disraeli defined as ‘love of country and an instinct for power’. There has been...