Parliament Street’s Director of Financial Services, Tim Focas was recently interviewed by People Management, about the affect Brexit would have on the work-life balance of those working in the City of London. People Management is the official blog for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. You can read Tim’s interview here or alternatively it is reprinted below: Brexit pressure hitting […]
Tuesday 11th April 2017 Parliament Street mental health spokesman, Danny Bowman, was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post UK about male body image and the use of photoshop. The original article can be read here. Alternatively, it can be read, below: Ludacris’ ‘Photoshopped Abs’ Are A Reminder Men Face Body Image Pressure Too Not so funny after all. Rachel […]
By Christopher Herman Zionism was once an epithet of the left; the left must return to making the progressive case for Israel. In the past twenty years a belief in the state of Israel, among the left, has become increasingly marginalised. So much so that the stance of George Galloway has become more acceptable among the left than that of […]
In the aftermath of last week’s U.S air strikes on Syria; Parliament Street’s Director of British and European Politics, James Downes, has produced this timely briefing paper which summarises British attitudes to military intervention in Syria. Public-Opinion-Military-Intervention-in-Syria.odt
Parliament Street CEO, Patrick Sullivan writes an Op-Ed about the recent events in Syria and the challenges facing the International Community. Donald Trump has passed the first real leadership test of his young Presidency and shocked many in the process. In the abstract it is easy to say that we should not get involved in situations involving “far away people […]
by Cllr. Richard Harris Ask yourself this; have you ever been bullied? Abused? Tormented? Tortured? Some of those words might seem a bit over the top, a bit extreme. As someone who has been bullied, as a child and as a young adult, I can tell you, this is not extreme, it’s the dark reality of life.The bullying at school […]
As part of our focus on mental health we have invited our members to discuss their experiences with us, in the hope that it will help others. Today, our mental health spokesman, Danny Bowman bravely talks about his struggles with Obsessional Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). When I started thinking about writing about my own mental health experience […]
By William Burstow Last week saw Nicola Sturgeon’s raison d’etre of Scottish separatism ironically result in the Scottish Parliament failing to pass any laws for more than a year. In her quest for separation she’s foregoing actual governance – Sturgeon fiddles while Scotland burns. Her ebb and flow of threats of a new separatist referendum also reached something of a […]
In a new column for FTSE Global Markets, Tim Focas argues that Whitehall’s pencil pushers could be costly during the Brexit negotiations: Should Whitehall turn to financial deal makers to win the renegotiation war? Monday, 03 April 2017 “Every battle is won, won before it has ever been fought” said the one time Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu. […]
As part of our focus on mental health and bullying, we have invited our members to discuss their experiences with us, in the hope that it will help others. Today, our disability spokesman, Cllr. Richard Harris bravely talks about his experience with school bullying and calls on the government to do much more to combat it. It’s not often that […]
