Neville Chamberlain - the unappreciated merits 13th April 2018 This article stems from a lecture which I gave at the Carlton Club in March. I have for long been deeply interested in the career of Neville Chamberlain, the... Articles
Disraeli's Abyssinian triumph 10th April 2018 On 4 April, a report in The Daily Telegraph referred to a scheme being considered by the Victoria and Albert Museum under which Ethiopia would be allowed to... Articles
A chilly Easter in Lexden 29th March 2018 The Easter Act 1928 provides that Easter Day would always occur between 9 and 15 April, putting an end to the wide fluctuations in the date between late March... Articles
Parliament's duty to Northern Ireland 28th March 2018 On 27 March, the Lords debated and passed three Northern Ireland Bills which would have been dealt with by the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly if it had been... Speeches
The MPs who died in the First World War 23rd March 2018 Nearly a third of MPs served in the First World War; 22 died. A new book, Led by Lions, summarises the careers of those who gave their lives. A review of this... Articles
Human Rights in the Commonwealth 23rd March 2018 On March 22, the Lords debated the government’s plans for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in London in April. In his contribution to the... Speeches
Free school meals 21st March 2018 Controversy has arisen over the impact of the new streamlined welfare payment, universal credit, on the provision of free school meals. Critics say that the... Speeches
Chamberlain and Churchill - a perfect partnership 16th March 2018 Patrick Donner, a Second World War RAF pilot and Tory MP, wrote in his memoirs: “must not the final verdict be that Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill... Articles
Bringing state and independent schools together 9th March 2018 Contrary to widespread belief, independent schools have never disdained contact with their counterparts in the state sector. There has never been a “Berlin Wall... Recent News