On Thursday 27th July 2017, Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas was a guest on the James Whales show on talkradio.co.uk. In a lively interview, Tim defended last year’s vote to leave the Europe and discussed the benefits of Britain being able to control its own borders. Clarification: Parliament Street has no corporate view on Brexit, although the […]
by Elizabeth Anderson It takes a lot for a political speech to really inspire and impress me these days – I’ve heard or read a lot of speeches. Michael Gove’s speech on a Green Brexit was one of those speeches that impressed me. I have always loved the countryside, and as a consequence of this, which grew from a love […]
by Kate Baldwin Entitlement is a challenge for us all. We all have our expectations for having things in a certain way that we’ve grown accustomed. And we don’t like when those things are taken away. The latest explosion of entitled angry white men has been around the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the next Dr Who. A role, which […]
Thursday 13th July 2017 Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas has been interviewed by Contexte, the Journal of French and European Public Policies.Tim spoke about the performance of David Davis, as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. You can read his thoughts here. Alternatively, we have reprinted the article in English and French, below: French version […]
By Tim Focas, director of Financial Services at Westminster think tank Parliament Street Another day in Westminster, and another clutch of politicians who still cannot accept the result of the referendum. Andy Slaughter, Catherine West and Ruth Cadbury. No, me either until Jeremy Corbyn sacked them last week after they voted in favour of Britain remaining within the Customs Union and […]
It should come as no surprise that European leaders, from the national level to Brussels, were paying very close attention to the general election in the UK last Thursday. The likes of Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Paolo Gentiloni, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk were of course very interested in how Theresa May fared in a self-imposed referendum on how her […]
The British public are becoming somewhat accustomed to those early morning “I remember where I was when I first heard it” moments. We woke up to the UK leaving Europe, Trump entering the White House and the Tories just about hanging on in Westminster. An analysis of the last six weeks demonstrates how political volatility and vulnerability can take an […]
Cllr. Richard Harris is an Erewash Borough Councillor and the Disabilities Spokesman for Parliament Street. He is also a passionate Conservative. Ten years ago I was on the verge of turning twenty years of age. I was struggling through my second year at University and as a Disabled student was wondering what life had in store for me. 2007 […]
Friday 9th June 2017 Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas was interviewed today about the surprising result of yesterday’s British general election. You can read Tim’s interview here. Alternatively it is reprinted below: Fintech Sector Will Not Take Election Results Kindly Tim Focas, director of financial services at City think tank Parliament Street: “May’s decision to abandon fiscal […]
Today we were joined by Westminster Councillor J.P. Floru, to go through this morning’s must read opinion editorials. J.P. is a former European Parliamentary candidate and Parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party. He is the author of two books on free market economics and will be publishing a travel guide to North Korea later this month.
