Join us to debate how to fight against Islamic State extremism at home and abroad at Conservative Party conference 2014. Click here to attend. TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER: 19.30-21.00The ICC Hall 8A Guest Speaker – Dr Liam Fox, Former Secretary of State for Defence
Join us in Birmingham for a special debate on the future of international aid with former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. Click here to attend.
The Parliament Street board has announced the first of its party conference events for 2014. The Parliament Street conference reception with special guest speaker and free drinks will take place on Sunday 28th September 21.30-23.00 at The Hyatt Symphony Ballroom. The event will include a keynote speech from Cabinet Minister Eric Pickles. We hope you can join us for […]
I have just returned from Scotland, where I did some doorstep campaigning on behalf of the United Kingdom I love. I left a Scotland in a state of nervous prostration, knowing it had done the right thing, but with a pang of guilt at not taking the emotionally attractive route of becoming an independent nation. For the young novices to […]
In the last of our series of interviews with former Cabinet minister and Nixon biographer Jonathan Aitken, Paul Nizinskyj delves into the real Richard Nixon and how he differs from his media image as the ogre of US politics. Anyone who’s a fan of one of my favourite TV shows, Futurama, will be familiar with the popular caricature of Richard Nixon – jowly, cold, and taking […]
The Union rides again… …but what can we learn from the vote? Jonathan Galbraith, 19 September 2014 “We came within a few thousand votes of losing the greatest country in the world.” Who said that? David Cameron? Alastair Darling? Her Majesty? David Bowie? Clearly not Nicola Sturgeon… None of the above as it happens: Warren Kinsella, former spin doctor to […]
The Prime Minister announced this morning a course of action which has the potential to dramatically alter the political landscape of the United Kingdom forever. The growth in popularity of previously dismissed parties such as UKIP and the SNP, each from radically different sides of the political spectrum, has for some time pointed to public disillusionment with “the establishment.” Voter […]
Gazing upon the allegations of infighting and charges of political complacency in the newspapers, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Yes campaign had already won the vote. This is of course not the case, but continued finger-pointing and anonymous briefings in the broadsheet and tabloid press is undoubtedly doing huge damage to the No campaign’s final fight to […]
In the run up to the referendum on Scottish Independence, Steven George-Hilley writes about the choice facing the Scottish people. One of the most successful aspects of the Yes campaign has been its ability to hide the economic, social and historical consequences of a vote for independence. The choice for the people of Scotland has been framed by Scottish National […]
In the second of a series of interviews with former Cabinet minister and Selwyn Lloyd aide Jonathan Aitken, Paul Nizinskyj discusses UKIP, the general election and Cameron’s own ‘Night of the Long Knives.’ Blind chance sometimes affords individuals spectacular front row seats in the theatre of history; from the 22-year-old apolitical secretary watching the downfall of the Third Reich from Hitler’s bunker to a young Oxford undergraduate who landed […]
