Conservative MP Sir Peter Tapsell analysed the legacy of former MP F E Smith in the events of 1911, as part of a series of lectures on key historical politicians to mark the centenary of the 1911 Parliament Act.

F E Smith was a Conservative statesman and MP in the first part of the 20th century and a close friend of Winston Churchill.

He was a staunch Unionist and an opponent of Irish Home Rule.

Comparing the era of Smith with modern politics, Sir Peter Tapsell described how F E Smith was staunchly against "any move to a unicameral Parliament" and had been a supporter of a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal parties.