In this edition of ‘Views From The Ground’, Parliament Street’s Tom Hunt, outlines his thoughts and findings from a recent campaign day with Stewart Jackson. Stewart Jackson is the Conservative Candidate for Peterborough. Last Saturday I paid a visit to Peterborough for Stewart Jackson’s campaign launch. I have long been an admirer of Stewart, he is a formidable local campaigner […]
In this edition of ‘Views From The Ground’, we hear from Kishan Devani. Kishan is the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Leicester East. Growing up surrounded by cultural diversity, I can truly say that it forms the basis of successful and tightly knit communities which exemplify the ideal of unity in diversity. Therefore, the opportunity to stand for parliament in an […]
Why vote for a party led by someone that thinks it’s somehow OK for to jump into bed with the SNP ?
Labour’s internal problems continue to grow with the refusal of Dundee East Labour to accept a £1000 donation from former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Lesley Brennan, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate in the ultra marginal SNP held constituency, stated that her original instinct was to ‘not accept’. This was later agreed and supported by the local Labour group who agreed that […]
Matt Gass takes a look at why Labour’s problems go beyond white vans, pink vans and Milibands.
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 […]
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 […]
Parliament Street’s Head of Policy, Clare George- Hilley, argues that there are two clear choices ahead of the general election: The Conservative Party’s long-term economic plan, or Ed Miliband and the Labour Party’s short-term economic sham. Labour’s decision to declare war on some of Britain’s most successful businesses is a reminder that Ed Miliband isn’t fit to be leader of the […]
Steve Mastin argues that although a 1st rate historian, Tristram Hunt is a third rate politician and a fourth rate shadow education secretary. On May 8th, we could wake up to find not only that Miliband and Balls hold the levers of power but, worse still, that Tristram Hunt is Education Secretary. I say we, meaning those like me who are teachers […]
Parliament Street’s Head of Policy, Luke Springthorpe, welcomes the good news that real wages are rising- despite what Labour’s ‘cost of living’ campaign says. He argues that although such rises are great, we still need to see a sustained pick-up in productivity, for it to last. Despite the fact the UK has had economic growth that has ranked as the […]
