By Henry Hill A narrative seems to have settled around the government’s decision to consolidate UK defence shipbuilding on the Clyde, at the cost of closing Portsmouth yard. According to some, including the Telegraph’s Con Coughlin, a proud English city has been shafted by a government hell-bent on lavishing gifts on the Scots. A shipbuilding tradition, centuries in the making, […]
Chris Christie, Bill de Blasio and Terry McAuliffe By Maxwell Woodger Last Tuesday, Americans went to the polls in three states, which are key to US presidential elections: New York, New Jersey and Virginia. For a UK comparison, this would be equivalent to a major regional election such as the 2012 London Mayor election, or a significant number of Council […]
Every year as we edge ever closer to 11th November, without fail, that debate rears its head. That debate of course being: what does wearing a poppy actually mean? Quite frankly, it’s a debate that makes me despair. What critical social commentators signally fail to understand is that their very right to speak out against a way of thinking, a […]
5th November 2013 Following the news that Bracknell MP Dr. Phillip Lee has seen his Twitter following grow from 787 in September in 2012 to 3,064 in the same month this year, Parliament Street’s Steven George-Hilley was quoted in Get Reading extolling the merits of Twitter in public life. Steven George-Hilley, director of technology, Parliament Street said: “Social media is […]
By Caitlin Boydon-Jones On Wednesday evening, Parliament Street was joined by Former Secretary of State for Defence, and Member of Parliament for North Somerset Liam Fox, to discuss his new book Rising Tides; facing the challenges of a new era. Fox delivered a speech covering the topic of Globalisation and the challenges it brings, to a packed out room of […]
By Shaun Dias Commonwealth Leaders are beginning to gather in Sri Lanka ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Many nations are criticising the decision to allow Sri Lanka to host CHOGM amidst the countries continued human and civil rights violations springing from the countries twenty-six year civil war. The principles of the Commonwealth, set out in the […]
By Caitlin Boydon-Jones On Tuesday evening, Parliament Street was joined by acclaimed historian and author Chris Skidmore MP as well as around 50 guests in the House of Commons to discuss Chris’ latest book Bosworth – the Birth of the Tudors. Chris delivered a fascinating lecture, giving a detailed account of the Wars of the Roses which culminated in the […]
By Matt Gass So another reshuffle has come and gone. The consensus on Ed Miliband’s reorganisation has been that it solidified the leftward lurch that has been building since the Labour Party Conference. Many have described it as a Blairite cull given due to the demotion of several shadow ministers seen as centrists, such as Liam Byrne who has moved […]
Eric Pickles addresses the Parliament Street Reception I want to start by thanking everyone who made the 2013 Conservative Party Conference such a great event, and in particular to everyone who helped make Parliament Street’s second conference a resounding success. As with last year we hosted two events – an evening reception for our members and a panel discussion with […]
On 30 September 2013, Parliament Street hosted one of the most interesting and topical fringe events of Conservative Party Conference – ‘Life After the Lib Dems’. The event was chaired by Parliament Street’s Nabil Najjar, and we were joined by a first-class panel including the Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP, Shaun Bailey, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, Melanie Phillips […]
