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
A fine candidate at a notable by-election 15th December 2021 The recent death of Sir John Butterfill, MP for Bournemouth West from 1983 to 2010, led Alistair Lexden to recall the MP's first electoral foray in 1981... Recent News
Northern Ireland - the search for greater stability and a stronger Union 14th December 2021 Between 2017 and 2020 devolved government in Northern Ireland was in abeyance. The system has to be run by a coalition in which diametrically opposed parties... Speeches
Thatcher's man in the Lords 9th December 2021 The second Baron Denham, known universally as Bertie, served in the governments of five Conservative Prime Ministers over a period of thirty years, but it was... Articles
On this day, 6 December, a century ago: the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 6th December 2021 “Lock it up carefully”, Lloyd George said to his mistress and secretary, Frances Stevenson, in her room at No 10, as he handed her the British copy of the... Recent News
Restore the memorials to Bishop Bell 25th November 2021 When Bishop George Bell was wrongly condemned by the Church of England as a child abuser in 2015, his name was removed from a number of buildings in his... Articles
Bishop Bell: a triumphant end to the campaign 19th November 2021 In 2016, Alistair Lexden joined a number of academics, politicians, lawyers, clerics and writers in a group which was established to refute the Church of... Recent News
How independent schools help with the training of teachers 18th November 2021 On 18 November, the Lords held an important debate on the training of teachers against the background of major Government proposals to reform the current system... Speeches
A Prime Minister of the left in coalition with the right: Lloyd George and the Unionists, 1918-22 16th November 2021 On 15 November, Alistair Lexden delivered the following address at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society at the National Liberal Club in London. David Lloyd... Speeches
General Sir Thomas Picton: a hero of his time 11th November 2021 Picton was the highest-ranking officer to be killed at Waterloo. For over a century a distinguished portrait of him has hung in the National Museum of Wales. At... Articles
