A great Prime Minister's early death Thursday, 11 July, 2024 Prime minister at the age of 24, the Younger Pitt died when he was 46 in 1806 after serving in the highest political office for eighteen years, a term exceeded in length only by Walpole. His health was never robust. It is well-known that he added to his problems by drinking heavily, and it is often said that drink killed him. Far from that being the case, the illness that proved fatal to him can... Articles
Can we trust the National Trust? 8th December 2020 An Act of Parliament, passed in 1937, defined the objectives of the National Trust in the following terms: the preservation of buildings of national interest... Speeches
Thatcher painting mystery published 7th December 2020 Earlier this year, Alistair Lexden wrote up the results of prolonged researches, undertaken with an art dealer, Daniel Hadden, into a mysterious painting of Mrs... Articles
300th letter in the Times 7th December 2020 A letter by Alistair Lexden in The Times on December 7 about a terrible statue of Mrs Thatcher was the 300th that he has had published in the paper, appearing... Recent News
Mrs Thatcher demeaned by statue 7th December 2020 A ten-foot tall bronze statue of Mrs Thatcher, said to have cost £300,000, by an award-winning sculptor, Douglas Jennings, has become the subject of heated... Articles
Neutral on the Union? 6th December 2020 Alistair Lexden has criticised the Government in the Lords for failing to counter the serious Nationalist threat in Scotland with a vigorous and determined... Speeches
Conservatives and AIDS 1st December 2020 World AIDS Day falls on 1 December each year. Thirty-five years ago in 1985, deaths from AIDS in Britain seemed likely to reach, and remain, at enormously high... Recent News
Defenders of the Slave Trade 29th November 2020 On November 21, an article in The Times mentioned the first announcements of births, marriages and deaths to appear in the paper when it began publication in... Recent News
Young people and the ballot box 27th November 2020 On 8 October, Alistair Lexden backed a successful cross-party Lords amendment to the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill to help young people coming up to the age... Recent News
Continuing Unionist despair in the Lords 24th November 2020 The Government gave a poor account of itself in answer to an oral question from Alistair Lexden about Scotland’s position in the United Kingdom on 4 November... Recent News