The fascists' press baron Friday, 22 November, 2024 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 22 November. Lord Northcliiffe was the greatest press baron of his time, but cannot be censured for supporting fascism. It got substantial press backing from elsewhere. Alison Phillips (The Critics, 8 November) states that “Northcliffe supported Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts and the Nazis”. That would have been difficult since Northcliffe... Articles
150th anniversary of the Ballot Act 28th November 2022 Voting in secret became a feature of the British electoral system in 1872. In the attached commemorative article, published in Parliament’s House Magazine... Articles
Book Review: Flying High 15th November 2022 Michael Morris, now Lord Naseby, was Conservative MP for Northampton from 1974 to 1997. He recently published a vivid account of his experiences as a young... Articles
Where are the new hospitals? 10th November 2022 A pledge to build a large number of them was a prominent feature of the last Tory election manifesto. In the Lords on 9 November, Alistair Lexden asked about... Speeches
Did Churchill dislike Scotland? 2nd November 2022 That is what many Scottish Nationalists allege. The truth can be found in a new book by a promising young writer, Andrew Liddle, who works in the Scottish media... Articles
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
