By Olivia Cooper INTRODUCTION: On Tuesday 7th March 2017 Parliament Street hosted its second round table panel discussion on policy post Brexit. Again the focus was on the City post Brexit. The discussion was chaired by Olivia Cooper Consultant lawyer with DMH Stallard LLP, she was joined by the Right Honourable Peter Lilley Member of Parliament for Hitchen and […]
In the aftermath of last week’s significant Dutch elections; Parliament Street’s Director of British and European Politics, James Downes, has produced this timely briefing paper which summarises the key takeaways from that election. Dutch Election Briefing Paper
Georgia Kirke joined Parliament Street in 2016. She is an entrepreneur, author and speaker with a passion for helping successful business leaders communicate their ‘why’ and share their values, personality and unique capabilities, as well as their business processes. Georgia founded Write Business Results Ltd, a revolutionary business book company created specifically for successful entrepreneurs. Her book,”The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Book Marketing […]
By Will Burstow One a plucky daughter of a Borders mill manager, the other a dour daughter of Fermanagh. There’s a wealth of difference between the personalities of Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP in Northern Ireland and Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives – and in their unionism. One is undoubtedly strong on the Union -a former TA […]
Friday 10th March 2017 In his latest column for the Huffington Post, Thomas Lahey takes a deep dive into the precarious waters of global geo-politics. Thomas Lahey is Senior International Correspondent at Parliament Street and is also a candidate for juris doctor at Rutgers Law School. His new column can be read here.
By Georgia Kirke “A shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand new business, much like his own, opened up next door and erected a huge sign which read ‘BEST QUALITY’. He was horrified when another competitor opened up next door on the other side, and announced its arrival with an even larger sign, reading ‘LOWEST PRICES’. The shopkeeper panicked, […]
Christianah Babajide is a second-year law student at The City Law School. She runs a law blog called Lawcommonroom. You can connect with her via LinkedIn. She attended Atkin Chambers Women in Law event, and gives us her views below: The Bar Council research shows that 57% of mothers at the Bar are primary carers, compared with only 4% of fathers […]
By Christopher Herman Brexit, however hard, must bring Labour a white heat moment if it is to reunite with working people. Over half a century ago, in Scarborough of all places, Harold Wilson set out a vision of how a Labour Government would fix the problem which was the declining economy. Wilson saw that if the British economy was going […]
By Dr. Rob Willson My main day job providing cognitive behaviour therapy to outpatients in North London. I’m also a trustee and chair of a mental health charity called the body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) foundation. BDD is a serious, common and potentially life-threatening condition affecting 2% of the population. I’ve written a few self-help books, four of which with one […]
By Danny Bowman In the first two months of 2017 mental health has been talked about more in parliament then in the whole of 2009. This would suggest that we are moving forward on this incredibly important issue. However, from the potential reduction in Personal Independence Allowance (PIP,) derogatory comments made by the head of policy at Downing Street […]
