One Nation: Forget Disraeli 15th October 2021 Alistair Lexden has repeatedly pointed out that, contrary to almost universal belief, Disraeli never spoke or wrote of One Nation. His efforts have had little... Articles
Chamberlain and Churchill - as seen by a brilliant diarist 4th October 2021 The diarist was Henry ‘Chips’ Channon, a sharp-eyed Tory MP who chronicled the life of the House of Commons (and his own adventurous sex life) at length from... Articles
The last Earl to be a Cabinet Minister 1st October 2021 The second Earl of Gowrie, who died on 24 September at the age of 81, was a member of Margaret Thatcher’s first two governments between 1979 and 1985. His... Articles
A Scum Club? 30th September 2021 Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, got herself widely noticed (as she intended) by calling Boris Johnson and his colleagues “scum” during her party’s annual... Articles
A church without integrity 18th September 2021 Alistair Lexden prepared the following text for a short debate in the Lords on 16 September on the Church of England’s Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure... Speeches
Righting wrongs for more gay people 17th September 2021 On 7 September, Alistair Lexden spoke of the injustices done in the past to homosexual members of the Armed Forces ( see below). Exactly a week later, on 14... Speeches
Independent schools: answering the critics 17th September 2021 Writing as a guest columnist in the September issue of The Independent Schools Magazine, Alistair Lexden set out some of the points that supporters of... Articles
Preserving England's historic counties 16th September 2021 There are 39 counties which have been in existence since Norman times, a thousand years ago. As a result of local government changes in the 20th century, new... Speeches
9/11 attack - Historical reflections in 2001 and 20 years on 13th September 2021 Alistair Lexden (then Alistair Cooke) wrote to The Daily Telegraph about Afghanistan in September 2001. The paper asked him to reflect in a further letter on... Articles