Ross Matthewman explores the flaws in the EU’s response to Russian action in Crimea Angry words, handwringing, special summits, and vague threats of intangible “consequences” if an undefined series of events were to take place…at some point, somewhere. The European Union’s approach to foreign policy has never exactly been decisive and inspiring. And for all of their grand statements (“The […]
By Clare Ambrosino Last week Parliament Street revealed alarming new figures on the rising crime rates linked to social media. According to research, crimes on Twitter have soared by 390 per cent and there are currently no real measures to prevent a further rise in the future. This week I spoke to my former boss Sean Kelly MEP, who is one […]
Hereditary peer, classical liberal and climate realist, Paul Nizinskyj speaks to Matt Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, about Tony Benn, eurocrats and the future of the House of Lords. I should probably declare an interest here. As well as being a member of Parliament Street I also wear hats for Conservatives for Liberty and the Friends of the Hereditary Peerage. So, as […]
By Jonathan Galbraith After what feels like an eternity, the referendum on Scottish independence is now less than six months away, and as each camp now seeks to consolidate its existing support and capture new territory. The Scottish Conservatives held their annual conference last weekend in Edinburgh – a three-day affair that also served as a rally for the European […]
By Craig Rimmer Brussels The last week was all about doing business in Europe for me. I was at a Brussels Business Association dinner on the Tuesday and the American Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, and the starting gambit in the debate on both occasions was that labour costs in Belgium are too high. Belgians on average pay the highest […]
Matt Gass considers the challenges facing the next election campaign Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Scotland, along with Chief Secretary to Treasury, are the cabinet level positions held by Liberal Democrats since the Coalition was formed. We are now just over a year from the planned date of the 2015 election. Against the expectations of many the Coalition […]
Parliament Street secured a front page splash on UK national newspaper The Metro on the topic of crimes on Twitter and Facebook Steven George-Hilley discussed the topics in The Metro and The Daily Mail.
Originally published on p13 of The Daily Telegraph – Thursday 13th March 2014: The number of crimes linked to Twitter and Facebook has risen sharply in the past three years, figures suggest. Reported crimes involving Twitter rose from 677 in 2011 to 1,291 in 2013, an increase of 91%, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from […]
Wednesday 12th March 2014 From the Daily Mail: Twitter crimes double in three years as police forces report sharp rise in social media crimes Crimes involving Twitter rose from 677 in 2011 to 1,291 in 2013 across 25 police forces in England and Wales, Freedom of Information figures show On Facebook, crimes rose from 9,917 in 2011 to 13,019 in […]
Fresh from his speech at CPAC ’14 in Washington DC, Daniel Hannan speaks from the Capitol to Paul Nizinskyj about the culmination of his Anglosphere tour. It’s hard to think of a serving British politician who commands as much respect in the United States as Dan Hannan – at least among conservatives. From his ‘devalued prime minister of a devalued government’ […]
