Starring in hit reality TV show Made in Chelsea is the ‘perfect job’ for Torquay celebrity Georgia Toffolo. Filming for the ninth series of the hit E4 show has already started and Georgia says she is excited the reality show is returning to our screens. The 20 year old said: “It’s like the perfect job. Well, it’s not really a job, […]
On Monday 23rd February 2015, City AM reported on Parliament Street’s Second Annual Lecture delivered by the Rt. Hon. Dr. Liam Fox MP: Former Conservative leadership candidate Liam Fox will tonight look to curry favour with his party’s eurosceptic wing by describing the Eurozone as the greatest threat to global financial stability. Speaking at the right of centre think-tank Parliament Street, Fox […]
Chris Hanley from TNS opinion and James Downes from Parliament Street discuss the ramifications surrounding ISIS, drawing on recent polling data from TNS opinion, Pew and YouGov. The article then looks at four core areas in the legitimacy to intervene, investigating authorisation from the UN Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, intervention by recipient states and the right to self-defence. The […]
In this first edition of ‘Views From The Ground’ Parliament Street hears from Festus Akinbusoye. Festus is the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Ham, East London. He argues that although an extremely important issue, building homes should not involve ignoring the concerns of existing local people. As is being seen in Labour run Newham. The opportunity to stand […]
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 […]
By Clare George-Hilley The Tudor period, which gave our country such rich culture and strong national identity is still making a comeback. The great Tudor revival has captured the imagination of many in our country. So let us remember to be proud of our exciting and vivid history instead of being ashamed of it. The Tudor period is a remarkable […]
Join Parliament Street at Kings College, London for a special announcement from The Rt. Hon. Dr. Liam Fox MP. Tickets are free. Please purchase yours by visiting the eventbrite page. Dr. Fox was appointed Secretary of State for Defence by Prime Minister David Cameron on 12th May 2010. He resigned from this position on Friday 14th October 2011 and returned to […]
Tom Lahey argues that the West should be doing more to protect Libya from the evil forces of ISIL. In 2011, an opportunity presented itself to the Western powers to intervene in a revolution in Libya and overthrow long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. NATO- led by Britain and France, with support from other allies including the United States- provided much […]
Parliament Streets Director of Environment and Rural Affairs, Sarah-Jane Sewell, discusses the good news about superfast rural broadband. Have you and two or more other people in your rural home all tried to watch something different on Netflix or youtube, on your individual devices, at the same time? If the answer is yes, then the key verb in the question […]
In this new Parliament Street paper, James Somper writes that Ukip’s performance at the polls is underpinned by the ‘political disaffection’ of a minority who feel that ‘their values and preferences’ have been excluded from the contemporary political arena.
