It’s officially official. Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. Many never, ever, would have predicted such a headline one year ago, but the day has come. Obviously, it goes without saying that Donald Trump divides opinions. He’s one of those people that one either loves or hates. Mr Trump’s supporters are passionately behind him and generally believe […]
Academic blog, sociallynormative.org, has published a very interesting piece by Dr. John McAlaney on psychology and cyber security, after attending our recent cyber crime event. Dr. McAlaney is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Bournemouth, His article can be read here.
by Danny Bowman One of my hardest times suffering from a mental illness was at school; a mix between dealing with the tribulations of pre-adulthood and the lack of understanding shown by my peers and teachers. That’s why when I was asked by Altruist Enterprises to speak to students at Cranford Community College, Hounslow in my capacity as mental health […]
Before tomorrow’s Women of Influence Conference at the Army and Navy Club, Parliament Street Chairman, Clare Ambrosino discusses the ideas that inspired her to create the Women of Influence initiative . Why women need to join together to ensure that their voice is heard in the boardroom With so many powerful women in key roles, May and Merkel, Sandberg and Mayer […]
This article was originally published in The Huffington Post by the author. No president is perfect. Every president has issues that he must contend with that are serious and define his legacy. Clinton had the economy, Bush had 9/11 and the War on Terror, and the Great Recession. President Obama inherited the War on Terror, the worst recession since the […]
By Kate Baldwin Drawing more investment in technology than that of any other European country in 2016, there is no question that the UK is a global force in technology. Yet, women remain sorely underrepresented in the industry. Just under one quarter of the tech industry workforce are women, compared to 47% of workers as a whole – and one […]
by Georgia Toffolo It is no secret that the majority of resolutions, made with the best of intentions on January 1st , end up pretty much forgotten by the month’s end. No wonder, when you have to deal with the horror that is January, giving up the things you love the most is enough to drive anyone insane. So perhaps, […]
By Richard Holloway – Director of Housing and Planning Ask someone why house prices have rocketed 200% in the last 30 years and they will usually point to the lack of new house building as the primary cause of the struggle facing a whole generation of Britons. If you ask on certain sections of Twitter you might be pointed at […]
This post is an extract from a forthcoming chapter by James Downes (Director of British & European Politics, Parliament Street) and Christopher Hanley (Director of Public Opinion & Polling, Parliament Street) for Parliament Street’s upcoming new book. It is fundamentally clear that politicians on both the left and right of British politics have failed to recognize the long-term impact of […]
Emily Payne, Parliament Street’s Director of Middle East Studies tells how 2016 changed the region and looks at what is in store for it in 2017. 2016 was an eventful year starting with the Cologne New Year’s Eve sexual assaults and ending in the retaking of Aleppo and assault of Mosul. Almost six years after the Arab Spring, civil […]
