The new session of Parliament Monday, 22 July, 2024 As is customary, the Lords allocated several days to its debate on the Gracious Speech delivered by the King on 17 July. Alistair Lexden made his contribution on 19 July when all speeches were limited to five minutes. He covered two subjects: Labour’s attack on independent schools which at the moment is his main preoccupation in politics, and the action needed to tackle late-diagnosed osteoporosis... Recent NewsSpeeches
The Times: Andrew Lansley 17th October 2014 Andrew Lansley’s talent for acting foolishly without regard to the financial consequences first became apparent when, as Director of the Conservative Research... Articles
Lord Lexden backs moves to increase the number of young people on the electoral register 16th October 2014 The Electoral Commission has calculated that only 44 per cent of young people voted in the 2010 election and only some 50 per cent were registered. Recent News
Lord Lexden celebrates the work of the Hansard Society 16th October 2014 This year is the Hansard Society’s 70th anniversary. It was founded during the final phase of the Second World War by a popular and influential independent MP... Recent News
Lord Lexden visits Ashbourne College 10th October 2014 Alistair Lexden continued his series of visits to schools and colleges on October 9 when he went to Ashbourne College, an ‘outstanding’ (Ofsted’s word) academic... Recent News
Lord Lexden explains how Jacobitism helped to destroy the Tory Party 300 years ago 10th October 2014 At the Carlton Club on October 9, Alistair Lexden delivered the second of three addresses to mark the tercentenary of the Hanoverian succession and its impact... Recent News
Heed Churchill's advice over the European Convention 6th October 2014 In a letter (attached) in The Daily Telegraph on October 6, he recalled Churchill's strong conviction expressed in a speech in 1949 that individual countries... Articles
Deep Blue Boris 5th October 2014 My friend Mark Field doubts whether Boris was a Tory at Oxford (NS Profile, 26 September). He was sufficiently interested to apply on graduation for a job in... Articles
How Balfour Chillaxed 4th October 2014 Adrian Wooldridge ('The Cameron Way', 27 September) refers to one of Arthur Balfour’s hobbies—golf –but omits two others that were no less important to him... Articles
What kind of Tory is Boris Johnson? 2nd October 2014 The question was posed by Andrew Gimson in an article entitled ‘Boris the Tory’ which was published in the issue of the New Statesman that coincided with the... Articles