A disgraced police chief and a supine Home Office 31st October 2022 It can be a long and difficult process to bring police officers to book for misconduct —as Alistair Lexden has found out in the case of Mike Veale, from his... Speeches
Why the system for electing Conservative leaders must be changed 26th October 2022 The following letter was published in The Times on October 26, two days after Rishi Sunak became the third Conservative leader this year. Sir, As your editorial... Articles
The man who worked to break down trade barriers in Europe 25th October 2022 The man in question was Basil de Ferranti, a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1988. A profile of him by Alistair Lexden is included... Articles
Peers and the Coronation 20th October 2022 At past coronations, seats were provided for all peers who wanted them. Since the last coronation in 1953, life peers have come into existence and the number of... Articles
Painful reading for ex-Met commissioners 20th October 2022 On 17 October, the latest, and the worst, independent report on the problems of the Metropolitan Police was published. It showed that officers suspected of... Recent News
On this day, 19 October, a century ago: the Carlton Club Meeting 19th October 2022 This famous meeting changed the course of British politics. But It did not bring the Conservative 1922 Committee into being, as is widely believed. *** On the... Articles
An education system for the 21st century 14th October 2022 Britain needs to reform its education system to make it fit for this century. The Times newspaper set up an Education Commission in 2021 to work out what should... Speeches
Post-dated peerages 10th October 2022 It has emerged that No 10 is thinking of breaching a hitherto inviolable constitutional convention by announcing peerages, but deferring their actual conferment... Articles
Give Conservative Party members a role in policy-making again 4th October 2022 That was the message of a letter published in The Times on 4 October as the Conservative Party met in Birmingham for a particularly difficult annual conference... Articles