Every year as we edge ever closer to 11th November, without fail, that debate rears its head. That debate of course being: what does wearing a poppy actually mean? Quite frankly, it’s a debate that makes me despair. What critical social commentators signally fail to understand is that their very right to speak out against a way of thinking, a […]
5th November 2013 Following the news that Bracknell MP Dr. Phillip Lee has seen his Twitter following grow from 787 in September in 2012 to 3,064 in the same month this year, Parliament Street’s Steven George-Hilley was quoted in Get Reading extolling the merits of Twitter in public life. Steven George-Hilley, director of technology, Parliament Street said: “Social media is […]
By Caitlin Boydon-Jones On Wednesday evening, Parliament Street was joined by Former Secretary of State for Defence, and Member of Parliament for North Somerset Liam Fox, to discuss his new book Rising Tides; facing the challenges of a new era. Fox delivered a speech covering the topic of Globalisation and the challenges it brings, to a packed out room of […]
By Shaun Dias Commonwealth Leaders are beginning to gather in Sri Lanka ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Many nations are criticising the decision to allow Sri Lanka to host CHOGM amidst the countries continued human and civil rights violations springing from the countries twenty-six year civil war. The principles of the Commonwealth, set out in the […]
By Caitlin Boydon-Jones On Tuesday evening, Parliament Street was joined by acclaimed historian and author Chris Skidmore MP as well as around 50 guests in the House of Commons to discuss Chris’ latest book Bosworth – the Birth of the Tudors. Chris delivered a fascinating lecture, giving a detailed account of the Wars of the Roses which culminated in the […]
Britain’s cyber defences received a boost this morning, with the announcement of a new five year collaborative effort to transform heritage site Bletchley Park and develop it as a centre for educational excellence. Security giant McAfee will sponsor an international Cyber Security Exhibition and Computer Learning Zone, which will be located in a block of Bletchley Park which has sat […]
By Matt Gass So another reshuffle has come and gone. The consensus on Ed Miliband’s reorganisation has been that it solidified the leftward lurch that has been building since the Labour Party Conference. Many have described it as a Blairite cull given due to the demotion of several shadow ministers seen as centrists, such as Liam Byrne who has moved […]
By Clare George-Hilley With a general election under two years away, Manchester 2013 will be remembered as a landmark conference, where the Conservative Party focussed not only on what it has to do for the country, but why it is doing it. In the conference hall and exhibition space, banners hung from the roof rafters reminding delegates of our record […]
In an astonishing political move for any Minister, let alone one who presided over some of the worst NHS scandals in living memory, Andy Burnham has decided the best way to silence critics of his time as Labour Health Secretary is to threaten them with legal action. Yes, this is the same person who ran a department which, according to […]
Eric Pickles addresses the Parliament Street Reception I want to start by thanking everyone who made the 2013 Conservative Party Conference such a great event, and in particular to everyone who helped make Parliament Street’s second conference a resounding success. As with last year we hosted two events – an evening reception for our members and a panel discussion with […]
