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
Edward Grey and Teddy Roosevelt: two great bird lovers 5th November 2021 “Lord Lexden will appreciate this”, said a leading Lib Dem peer, Lord Stoneham, In a Lords debate on 3 November when Alistair Lexden, a Deputy Speaker, was on... Recent News
A landmark victory for homosexuals in Northern Ireland 22nd October 2021 On 22 October 1981, the European Court of Human Rights held, by fifteen votes to four, that the existence of law in Northern Ireland prohibiting male homosexual... Speeches
Dom to Dorneywood? 20th October 2021 In early October an unseemly squabble broke out between Dominic Raab and Liz Truss over which of them should occupy Chevening in Kent, the 15-bedroomed stately... Articles
HIV action plan 20th October 2021 Immense progress had been made since the late 1980s in treating HIV/AIDS. It has long since ceased to be a death sentence, despite the lack of a vaccine. There... Recent News
One Nation: Forget Disraeli 15th October 2021 Alistair Lexden has repeatedly pointed out that, contrary to almost universal belief, Disraeli never spoke or wrote of One Nation. His efforts have had little... Articles
Chamberlain and Churchill - as seen by a brilliant diarist 4th October 2021 The diarist was Henry ‘Chips’ Channon, a sharp-eyed Tory MP who chronicled the life of the House of Commons (and his own adventurous sex life) at length from... Articles
The last Earl to be a Cabinet Minister 1st October 2021 The second Earl of Gowrie, who died on 24 September at the age of 81, was a member of Margaret Thatcher’s first two governments between 1979 and 1985. His... Articles
A Scum Club? 30th September 2021 Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, got herself widely noticed (as she intended) by calling Boris Johnson and his colleagues “scum” during her party’s annual... Articles
A church without integrity 18th September 2021 Alistair Lexden prepared the following text for a short debate in the Lords on 16 September on the Church of England’s Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure... Speeches
