The Moral Case For Trident
Peter Cannon argues that there is nothing ethical or moral about gambling with our security and putting future generations at risk.
Tory Thought
Views From The Ground: How the Lib Dems Are Damaging Colchester’s Skyline
In this edition of ‘Views From The Ground’, Parliament Street hears from Darius Laws. Darius is a director, cinematographer and Conservative Party activist from Colchester, Essex. He argues that the local Liberal Democrats are ruining all hopes of reviving one of Colchester’s most memorable landmarks. It’s about time that Bob Russell,the Lib Dem Member of Parliament for Colchester, gave up […]
Ed Miliband is far from Labour’s only problem
Matt Gass takes a look at why Labour’s problems go beyond white vans, pink vans and Milibands.
Dr Liam Fox: Key Risks to the UK Economy in 2015
Speech by The Rt.Hon Dr Liam Fox at a Parliament Street event held at Kings College London
Plain cigarette packaging is just plain silly
In this article Mo Metcalf- Fisher, Parliament Street’s Director of Strategy, argues why he thinks Plain Packaging legislation is just plain silly. I used to smoke. I say used to — I gave it up about two months ago. I’d been smoking since I was 17. I’m now 24. I wasn’t a casual smoker either. I’m one of the ones […]
Liam Fox: ‘We should actively consider giving the Ukrainians the military supplies they need to defend their territorial integrity’
The Rt. Hon. Dr. Liam Fox MP provides his verdict on the situation in Ukraine. This has been taken from a speech given by Dr. Fox to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham on 10th February 2015. The current crisis in the Ukraine is not a unique situation, but part of a continuum than has been evolving in recent years. […]
Ed Miliband: the man who hates British business
Parliament Street’s Head of Policy, Clare George- Hilley, argues that there are two clear choices ahead of the general election: The Conservative Party’s long-term economic plan, or Ed Miliband and the Labour Party’s short-term economic sham. Labour’s decision to declare war on some of Britain’s most successful businesses is a reminder that Ed Miliband isn’t fit to be leader of the […]
“We need someone who will fight for London” Deputy Mayor of London Victoria Borwick on Mayoral election
Victoria Borwick is Deputy Mayor of London. In this interview, she gives Parliament Street’s Charlotte Kude her prospects for London seats in the general election and for the upcoming mayoral election. CK: From your experience as Deputy Mayor of London, what are the biggest issues that the city is facing at the moment? VB: “I think the main thing is that people […]
Poor Tristram Hunt: Labour will be catastrophic for education
Steve Mastin argues that although a 1st rate historian, Tristram Hunt is a third rate politician and a fourth rate shadow education secretary. On May 8th, we could wake up to find not only that Miliband and Balls hold the levers of power but, worse still, that Tristram Hunt is Education Secretary. I say we, meaning those like me who are teachers […]
Labour Wrong Yet Again: Real Wages Are Rising
Parliament Street’s Head of Policy, Luke Springthorpe, welcomes the good news that real wages are rising- despite what Labour’s ‘cost of living’ campaign says. He argues that although such rises are great, we still need to see a sustained pick-up in productivity, for it to last. Despite the fact the UK has had economic growth that has ranked as the […]
