Beware attempts to rewrite history 15th July 2022 Revolutionaries and terrorists invariably try to rewrite history in order to conceal their own crimes, and destroy the reputations of those they want to... Speeches
Send for the Duke 8th July 2022 There was some light-hearted comment in the Lords on 7 July about Boris Johnson’s resignation as Conservative leader while remaining prime minister on a... Speeches
Should independent schools be charities? 24th June 2022 For years the Labour Party said they should not. In 1992 they changed their mind. They have now changed it again. On 22 June, during the committee stage of the... Speeches
A new foundation's famous name 23rd June 2022 In 2020, the Government announced in a major Northern Ireland policy document entitled New Decade, New Approach that a Castlereagh Foundation would be... Recent NewsSpeeches
A British Baccalaureate? 23rd June 2022 The introduction of a British baccalaureate was the principal recommendation of The Times Education Commission, which published its report on 15 June after a... Recent NewsSpeeches
Independent schools and the Government 24th May 2022 The Schools Bill, one of the Government’s principal measures in the new Session of Parliament, had its Second Reading in the Lords on 23 May. Alistair Lexden... Recent NewsSpeeches
A very rotten apple 7th April 2022 On 7 March ( see below), Alistair Lexden told the House of Lords that Mike Veale, the former Wiltshire police constable who tried to smear Ted Heath as a child... Speeches
Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom 7th April 2022 On 7 April, Alistair Lexden introduced a short debate about Northern Ireland in the House of Lords. The text of his speech follows. It was altered slightly in... Speeches
More music needed in our schools 30th March 2022 An all-party Commons report in 2019 sounded a note of alarm about “the crisis facing music education”. It pointed out that “the overall picture is one of... Speeches
