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
The discredited Johnson 11th July 2022 In its leading article on July 8, The Times condemned Boris Johnson’s continuance in office on a caretaker basis, arguing that “Britain’s loose constitutional... Articles
Send for the Duke 8th July 2022 There was some light-hearted comment in the Lords on 7 July about Boris Johnson’s resignation as Conservative leader while remaining prime minister on a... Speeches
Purge the Privy Council - starting with the Rt. Hon. Christopher Pincher 4th July 2022 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 2 July, as a particularly serious sex scandal rocked Boris Johnson’s Government. SIR - Surely... Articles
Wanted: a Stanley Baldwin for our time 27th June 2022 On 24 June, Oliver Dowden resigned as Chairman of the Conservative Party in the aftermath of two disastrous by-election losses. In his letter of resignation he... Articles
Should independent schools be charities? 24th June 2022 For years the Labour Party said they should not. In 1992 they changed their mind. They have now changed it again. On 22 June, during the committee stage of the... Speeches
A new foundation's famous name 23rd June 2022 In 2020, the Government announced in a major Northern Ireland policy document entitled New Decade, New Approach that a Castlereagh Foundation would be... Recent NewsSpeeches
A British Baccalaureate? 23rd June 2022 The introduction of a British baccalaureate was the principal recommendation of The Times Education Commission, which published its report on 15 June after a... Recent NewsSpeeches
Neville Chamberlain: the reality 15th June 2022 In an address to the Friends of the National Archives at Kew on 14 June, Alistair Lexden returned to one of his abiding convictions: that Neville Chamberlain is... Articles
How Tory leaders should be chosen 13th June 2022 In a letter to The Times on 7 June ( see below), Alistair Lexden called for reform of the existing rules. In a further letter, published in The Daily Telegraph... Articles
