On Saturday 11th January we were privileged to welcome to Tamworth Lord Lexden, Deputy Speaker at the House of Lords. At the Castle Hotel Lord Lexden gave a very informative talk to a group of some 50 guests, explaining why Sir Robert Peel wrote and published his Tamworth Manifesto, and why it is still relevant and important even in today's political scene.
Following the talk we were then invited into the Town Hall by Mayor Gareth Coates, from where the manifesto was first read aloud to Tamworth's voters. Fascinating.